THREE IAS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED IN PUNJAB
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Monday transferred three IAS officers and three PCS officers with immediate effect. Jaspal Singh, Secretary Expenditure and Science, Technology & Environment has been transferred and posted as Secretary PWD relieving NS Kalsi Additional Chief Secretary of this additional charge. Anurag Verma has been posted as Secretary Science, Technology & Environment and also given the Additional charge of Secretary Agriculture relieving Vivek Partap, of additional charge. Krishan Kumar, has been posted as Secretary Expenditure in place of Jaspal Singh.
Mayor starts work of placing dustbins in Markets
Chandigarh: Arun Sood, Mayor, Chandigarh on Monday started the work of placing dustbins in markets from Sector 38-C Market. The Mayor said that 1160 dustbins would be placed in the different city markets and estimate to purchase more would be tabled in next meeting. Municipal Corporation will provide dustbins in all markets along with necessary instructions for not littering in open spaces. Mayor said dustbins would be placed in parks and other places also to discourage littering in open spaces.
GUlZAR TO INTERACT WITH PU STUDENTS
Chandigarh: Noted poet, film personality and Tagore Chair Professor at Panjab University (PU), Gulzar would interact with students, faculty, staff and alumni at the PU Auditorium on August 24. The lecture would be the first event of Gulzar at PU campus after being designated as Rabindranath Tagore Professor at PU. PU Vice-Chancellor Arun Kumar Grover would preside over the function. Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and Panjab University, Chandigarh would also organise “The Evening with Gulzar” at Tagore Theatre on the same evening. Gulzar has been the recipient of Padma Bhushan, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. He has won several Indian National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, an Oscar and one Grammy Award too.
FARD KENDRAS ISSUE 2.37 l FARADS IN MOHAlI
SAS Nagar: The newly-established Fard Kendra in Mohali have issued 2.37 lakh Farads in the district established by the Govt. of Punjab. Deputy Commissioner DS Mangat said that 2 lakh 37 thousand 203 Farads & 3 lakh 44 thousand 987 attested copies have been issued through Farad Kendras, so far. He said that it takes hardly 10 to 15 minutes to get a land record through these Farad Kendras & with a nominal fee of Rs 20/- per page, one could easily get the attested copy of his land record.
seminar held to mark AKSHAY URJA DIWAS
Chandigarh: Akshay Urja Diwas was celebrated and a seminar was organised by Department of Chemistry at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector-26 Chandigarh. The seminar was sponsored by CREST Chandigarh Administration. Dr. Buwan Bhushan Mishra, Scientist at Center of Innovative and Applied Bio-processing, Mohali, was the guest speaker at the seminar.
plantation drive launched
Chandigarh: Public Relations Society of India, Chandigarh Chapter on Monday started plantation drive in BBMB residential colonies of Sector 35, Sector 36 & Industrial Area, phase-I. Inaugurating this drive, Satya Pal Jain former MP, planted a tree of Rudraksh in BBMB Guest House, Sector 35 B. Davesh Moudgill, Deputy Mayor also planted a tree there. Raman Bajaj Chairman Chandigarh Chapter intimated that plants of different varieties provided by Punjab Forest Department will be planted in the residential colonies of BBMB located in Chandigarh. Officials from BBMB-- Bharat Bhushan and B.S. Sabharwal, Shikha Nehra, Vice Chairperson of PRSI, Jagdish Singh, Secretary, AK Sharma, Treasure and other members were also present.