Haryana to communicate ACR to officers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided that every entry in Annual Confidential Report (ACR) — poor, fair, average, good or very good will be communicated to every officer and officials concerned, with immediate effect in the supersession of all previous instructions on the issue. A notification to this effect was issued here by the Chief Secretary, Haryana.
IORA chair VN Attri calls on CM
Chandigarh: Chair, Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Republic of Mauritius, Prof VN Attri called on Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday to discuss six priority areas of IORA. The areas included maritime safety and security, trade and investment facilitation, fisheries management, disaster risk management, academic, science and technology, tourism and cultural exchanges and gender empowerment. The Chief Minister said that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is poised for 7.8 per cent growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during 2015-16 and 8.2 per cent growth of GDP during 2016-17, as per estimate of Asian Development Bank. It was informed that India is one of the founder members of the IORA which was established on March 7, 1997 with its Secretariat at Republic of Mauritius.
Union law Minister in PU today
Chandigarh: Union Minister of law & Justice DV Sadananda Gowda will inaugurate national seminar on ‘law & Good Governance’ on March 27 at Panjab University (PU). The national seminar is being organised by PU Department of laws. PU VC Prof Arun Kumar Grover would preside over the inaugural function and Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court. Justice K Kannan would deliver the valedictory address in the Moot Court Hall of the PU.
Finance Department issues directions
Chandigarh: Haryana Finance Department has issued instructions to State Government departments regarding re-appropriation or diversion of request for funds and submitting bills in Treasury in March. A spokesman said that no bill pertaining to TA, leave travel concession, arrears, wages and salary would be accepted after March 30. If any bill gets rejected by treasury officer due to some objection, the bill could be resubmitted by March 31.
Hry vigilance body strict to curb corruption
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has asked all the departments to send the complainant or convey confidential information or complaint especially relating to red-handed traps to the Bureau office so that prompt action could be taken to curb corruption. A spokesman said that it had been observed that some complaints concerning demand of bribe were being conveyed by the general public to the senior officers of the department concerned. The departments could not take effective legal action on these complaints unlike the Bureau. Also, all the Deputy Commissioners have been asked to install hoardings or flex boards at the offices of all corruption-prone departments in their jurisdiction indicating toll free vigilance helpline numbers 1064 and 1800-180-2022 alongwith telephone number and address of local State vigilance bureau unit.
Nobel laureate scientist to interact with students
Chandigarh: Nobel laureate and senior NASA scientist Prof John C Mather will interact with more than 300 meritorious students of class XI at Panjab University (PU) Gymnasium Hall on March 27. Prof John would speak on big bang theory via video-conferencing from NASA for 45 minutes, which would be followed by 45 minutes interaction with the school students. The activity is part of a five-day long first DST INSPIRE Internship Camp being organised from March 23 to 27 at PU. The Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Internship camp is being organised to nurture the young and bright minds of 11th standard students and expose them to the excitement and innovative methods of Science and Technology. As many as 50 school teachers would also be present at the lecture.
Exhibition at Sinchai Bhawan
Chandigarh: An exhibition of rare manuscripts, photographs, maps and private papers of Haryana Archives Department kicked off on Thursday at Sinchai Bhawan Sector-4 Panchkula which would continue upto March 31, 2015. A spokesman said that the exhibition was inaugurated by Director General of department Dr Suprabha Dahiya. Bulk of six lakh archival documents starting from 1820 to 1990 converted into digital format have also been released on the Information kiosk for scholars and other visitors. The main aim of the exhibition is to create awareness about the cultural heritage of the State.
Police raids five liquor vendors
Chandigarh: Haryana Police have conducted raids on five liquor vends in Bhondsi, Manesar and Farrukhnagar area of Gurgaon district, and arrested five persons for selling liquor without license and permit. The police have recovered 27 boxes of country made and English liquor from these vends. Following a tip-off, the police raided the liquor vends located in different parts of Gurgaon who had no license and permit. Investigation is being done to find out the involvement of any Government employee in running these vends, he added.
SAS group of institutions host road safety camp
Mohali: SAS Group of Institutions organised ‘Road Safety to Traffic Awareness’ camp at the PCl Chowk where over 100 students and 30 staff members enthusiastically participated. Students holding posters and banners, wore T-shirt— all to spread message about traffic awareness, won applause from the passersby who joined the cause. Punjab senior Police Traffic officials also participated and shared their invaluable views about same. Campus Director Sushil Narang said such initiatives help in spreading awareness among students as well.
Sainik School visit to western command ends
Chandigarh: The visit of 38 students from Sainik School, Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) who arrived at Chandimandir for a five-day educational visit concluded on Wednesday evening. During this visit, they were taken around various Army units & Airforce Station at Chandigarh. In addition, they were also taken around tourist attractions at Chandigarh, Shimla, Kufri and Chail. It is a matter of great pride for all Chittorians and Rajasthan that the present COAS, Gen Dalbir Singh and lt Gen KJ Singh, GOC-in-C, Western Command are alumni of this school.
SOI delegation calls on Sukhbir Badal
Chandigarh: A delegation of Students Organisation of India, Chandigarh zone on Thursday called on president of Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal here. Office bearers of SOI Chandigarh led by its president Vikramjit Singh Middu Khera discussed various issues with Badal. Congratulating Middu Khera for his appointment as SOI Chandigarh zone president, Badal motivated the unit to work for the rights and interests of Student proactively. Badal assured Middu Khera that party will extend requisite support and cooperation to the organisation.
97 units of blood collected
Ambala: 97 units of blood were collected in a blood donation camp organised in the Bar Room, District Courts Complex, Ambala. The camp was organised by District legal Services Authority here in association with Bar Association and Red Cross Society, Ambala. A large number of advocates, court employees, students and general public donated blood.
43 companies participate in Placement Fest
SAS Nagar: With more than 43 companies offering about 2,000 vacancies, the State Polytechnic Placement Fest 2015 turned out to be a big platform for the students. The two-day fest in which more than 3,000 students took part was inaugurated by Punjab Additional Director, Department of Technical Education Mohanbir Singh at the campus of Chandigarh University. Chandigarh Polytechnic College, Gharuan in association with DTE-Punjab organised this fest.