hp CM releases government calendar
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday released the calendar of the state government for the year 2016. The Chief Minister congratulated the Printing and Stationary Department for printing an attractive calendar well in time with photograph of state flower-pink rhododendron. Printing and Stationary Department controller Dr DK Gupta said that the cost of a calendar had been fixed at Rs16 and would be available with the agents and all District Red Cross Societies who can further sell it at Rs20 in the open market.
renewal of parking stickers begins
Chandigarh: The Punjab Civil Secretariat has started the process for renewal of parking stickers for the year 2016. In an official communiqué sent to all departments, General Administration of the Punjab Government has asked all the departments to submit desired documents till December 15 so that the parking stickers for the vehicles could be issued in due course of time. Spokesperson said that parking stickers for the new year would be issued after receiving stickers of the current year. Size and colour of parking stickers have been changed. He said that new parking stickers could be collected on any working day from January 5 to 12 next.
Khandelwal given additional charge
Chandigarh: Haryana government has given additional charge to Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana Dheera Khandelwal for Women and Child Development Department in addition to her present duties, against a vacant post.
MCC holds anti-encroachment drive
Chandigarh: The officials of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, enforcement wing on Thursday conducted an anti-encroachment drive under the aegis of SDM (East)-cum- MCC Additional Commissioner Danish Ashraf. In the drive, 151 violators were challaned in Sector-19 (Sadar Bazaar), Sector 27-D and Sector 18-C and loaded five trucks of seized articles like rehries, pheries, tables, readymade garment, gas cylinder, gas bhatties and chairs furniture, crockery items, gas stove, aluminium ladders, racks, wiper, advertisement banners or stands.
HP Red Cross Hospital holds AGM
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh State Red Cross Hospital Welfare Section chairperson Pratibha Singh, presiding over the Annual General Meeting on Thursday, disclosed that medicines worth Rs 2.97 lakh were provided free of cost to the patients admitted in Kamla Nehru Hospital and IGMC, Shimla, by the Section during 2014-15. Singh said that the Red Cross Society was contributing immensely for the cause of suffering humanity of the society. The Society’s sub-branch was being run by women who were providing relief to the poor and needy persons out of the available resources with the Society.
Indira’s birth anniversary celebrated
Chandigarh: The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister the late Indira Gandhi was celebrated at the Punjab Congress Bhawan on Thursday. Floral tributes were offered at Indira Gandhi’s portrait by Punjab Pradesh Congress leaders including executive member Rajpal Singh, PPCC media coordinator Gurwinder Singh Bali, among others. The leaders remembered Gandhi’s contribution for strengthening economic and military power of the country.
workshop to improve livestock production
ludhiana: On the second day of the ongoing National Conference of Society of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension (SVAHE) at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), three technical sessions were held in which scientists presented their improved methodologies related to developing livestock Extension Policy Framework and Knowledge Dissemination Tools for Empowerment. Besides, five poster sessions on various subjects related to development or impact of veterinary extension methodologies on knowledge transfer and technologies or proven practices for sustainable livestock production were held.
Rs5.83 cr financial aid to 389 cancer patients in Mohali
SAS Nagar: To facilitate the cancer patients for their treatment in reputed hospitals, financial aid from Chief Minister Cancer Relief Fund worth Rs5.83 crore has been provided to 389 cancer patients in Mohali district. Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that out of 395 applications received from cancer patients, financial help to 389 patients have been provided and in remaining six cases, financial assistance worth Rs nine lakhs will be provided within a week.
Education Exhibition by British Council in C’garh
Chandigarh: The British Council is hosting Education UK Exhibition, a platform aimed at aspirants who wish to know more about study opportunities in the UK and receive practical advice to help match their career ambitions. The Exhibition, to be held on November 28 at Hotel Mount view, will offer students a unique opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 10 UK universities and receive first-hand information on undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes in the UK as well as on student life and culture.
NCC cadets visit old age home, School for Blind
Chandigarh: As part of the NCC Week from November 16 to 23, 50 NCC cadets visited the Old Age Home and School for the Blind on Thursday. 1 Chandigarh Air Squadron Commanding Officer Wing Commander JS Jeji informed that NCC cadets of all three services collectively participated in the event. He informed that NCC week would carry out public rallies for benefit of the society, spread public awareness messages through world’s largest youth organization, public presentation on waste management, aeromodelling display on Friday and blood donation on Saturday.
Three-day annual Nirankari Sant Samagam ends
Chandigarh: The grand spiritual get-together at the three-day 68th Annual Nirankari Sant Samagam concluded on Thursday with a call to the world to realize God as the only means to dismantle the walls that divide humanity in the name of religion and caste. Baba Hardev Singh said that these walls are created only by the ignorant who worship God without knowing the eternal one. The concluding session was marked by multilingual poetic symposium on the theme to bring down the walls of hatred and build bridges of love. More than 30 poets from India and abroad recited their poems in different languages including Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English.
Canara Bank celebrates its founder’s day
Chandigarh: Canara Bank on Thursday celebrated its 110th Founder’s Day at its Sector 44-C branch. The function, presided over by Bank’s Sector-34 branch General Manager Devender Arora, was attended by a large number of existing as well aspiring customers of city’s 14 branches. Arora, in his key note address, informed about the history of great institution and said that the bank was started by Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, in 1906 in Karnataka and as on date, having total net worth of 5734 branches, 9132 ATMs in India and abroad with a total business of Rs8.08 lakh crores.