Officer to take on new post after inquiry
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Friday clarified that the ADC (Development) Kulwant Singh will take up his new posting as ADC (General) in Pathankot only after completing the probe into the alleged discrepancies in Rs 40 crore disbursal for house repairs in former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s lambi constituency. Media Advisor to CM Raveen Thukral, describing the transfer as routine, clarified that IAS officer will not be relieved of his current charge as ADC (Development) till he completes investigation.
Haryana to allow fresh for college admissions
Chandigarh: In the wake of some seats lying vacant in colleges even after third merit list, Haryana Government has decided to allow to consider the fresh applicants and left over applicants in the waiting list for admissions in the colleges. A Spokesperson said that all other applicants who have wrongly submitted some information in their online applications filled earlier have been allowed rectification of such information at the local college level. Online admission portal would be opened for all new aspirants from 4 pm on July 14, 2017, and would be closed on July 18 at 12 midnight.
RTS commission helps ITI students
Chandigarh: Punjab Right to Service (RTS) Commission, after taking suo-moto notice for non-delivery of NTC certificates and DMCs to students who passed out in 2014-16 batch, issued directions following which the students have received their certificates. RTS Commissioners Jagdeep Singh Cheema and Maninder Singh Patti pointed that there was backlog of over 15,000 certificates, besides non-issuance of certificates to students passed out 1998 onwards. PBTEIT Controller of Exams JS Kang informed the Commission that 7300 certificates have been issued to concerned ITIs and 11527 students will receive their certificates within a week. Commission has now fixedAugust 16, 2017, as deadline to clear pendency.
new subjects in colleges soon
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided to introduce Urdu subject in under graduate (UG) level in four Government Colleges in Nuh district from 2017-18 session. Spokesperson said that these colleges included Government College for Women, Salaheri, Government College for Women, Punhana, Government College, Nagina and Government College, Taoru. It has also been decided to introduce a new course of Anthropology as an elective subject in Government College, Sector-1, Panchkula, with an intake capacity of 60 seats from the academic session 2017-18. New courses of BSc Medical and BSc Non-Medical in Government College, Tohana, (Fatehabad), with an intake capacity of 20 seats each, will be started from the 2017-18 session.
Get free education at any IIT
Chandigarh: As a part of its 25-year completion in June 2017, FIITJEE has announced IIT Genius Scholarships under which ten students from each class, from VIII to XII, will be bestowed with the honour of ‘IIT Genius’ title and also get their education at any IIT sponsored by FIITJEE. Scholarship will cover all institutional expenses, including hostel, tuition fee, books fee, and reasonable personal expenses. Aspirant need not be a FIITJEE student to avail the scholarship and award or even join a course at FIITJEE after the award. Test will be conducted across India on August 27, with last date to register is August 24.
Haryana police busts card cloning gang
Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Friday busted a debit and credit card-cloning gang and arrested four persons. Spokesperson said that Drishti Bhasin had got registered a complaint in Police Station Sector 56, Gurugram, in May 2017 that someone had withdrawn Rs 50,000 from her account through ATM. Police investigated the matter and arrested the accused who had been identified as Ajay Raghav, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, the kingpin of the gang, Sanjay, a resident of Rajasthan, Rahul Yadav, a resident of Kosli, Rewari district and Sonajit, a resident of DlF Phase-4, Gurugram.
About 200 saplings planted
Chandigarh: The northern regional office of Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Friday celebrated 68th Van Mahotsav in association with the Food Corporation of India, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and Central Warehouse Corporation in Chandigarh. Around 200 saplings of Duranta, Hibiscus, Kaner, bamboo, Sadabahar were planted in the green area outside the office complex at Chandigarh.
Birla Insurance brings CritiShield Plan
Chandigarh: Birla Sun life Insurance has launched BSlI CritiShield Plan in Punjab which is designed to meet cost-effectively the protection and financial security needs of individuals and their families against cardiac and/or renal illnesses. The plan allows the entry age between 18 to 65 years with policy term between 5 to 20 years. The sum assured varied from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh.