Haryana Right to Information Rules amended
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has made amendments in the Haryana Right to Information Rules, 2009 and these rules will be called Haryana Right to Information (Amendment) Rules 2018. A spokesman said, as per the amendments the commission at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal may impose penalty on the State Public Information Officer in accordance with the provisions of section 20 of the Act. A copy of the penalty imposed by commission would further be forwarded to the Registrar for further follow up and recovery. The Government would make necessary arrangements to ensure recovery of the penalty amount from the SPIO concerned in compliance of the order of the Commission. The Registrar would be responsible for following up each matter of such kind till the compliance report is received.
Governor nominates social workers as VP BGMS
Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has nominated social worker Parul Dhaka as Vice President of the Bhartiya Grameen Mahila Sangh (BGMS), Haryana. The Governor is the President of this institution. This post was vacant after the resignation of Ekta Nagpal from this post.
DGP exhorts sportspersons
Chandigarh: Haryana Director General of Police, BS Sandhu exhorted the police sportspersons to make the State Police proud by exhibiting outstanding performance in the 18th World Police and Fire Games to be held at Chengdu in China, next year. Sandhu was interacting with a six-member delegation of Haryana Police sportspersons, who called on him after being honored by Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh at a felicitation function in New Delhi. Haryana players have won 14 medals in 17th World Police and Fire Games held in los Angeles, California, USA. Sandhu said, it is matter of pride that Haryana police personnel are not only participating in national and international sports events but also winning medals to add to country’s medal tally. The delegation included Inspector Puneet Rana, Sub Inspectors Kavita and Nirmala Devi, Head Constables Promila Devi, Santosh Kumari and Sandeep.
JPS Bindra is new CGM (NABARD)
Chandigarh: Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) Officer of 1984 batch, JPS Bindra has taken over as the Chief General Manager (CGM) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Punjab Regional Office, Chandigarh on his promotion replacing Deepak Kumar who retired last month. Bindra has worked in various capacities in Punjab & Haryana, Rajasthan & Uttrakhand and head office, Mumbai. He will be in-charge of Punjab and UT Chandigarh.
HPAT decides 17039 applications
Shimla: As many as 26235 original applications were filed in HP Administrative Tribunal (HPAT) till June 30 out of which 17039 original applications have been finally decided. A spokesperson said that in addition to above, 513 contempt petitions, 30 review petitions, 79 execution petitions and 7195 miscellaneous applications have been disposed off during this period. 6479 cases were also received from the High Court of Himachal Pradesh out of which 1482 cases have also been finally decided.
Schedule for RIMC entrance test announced
Chandigarh: The entrance examination for admission to the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun (Uttarakhand) for July 2019 term would be conducted here at lala lajpat Rai Bhawan (Sector-15) on December 1-2. A spokesperson said, only boys were eligible to apply for the admission. Candidates appearing for the test should not be born earlier than July 02, 2006 and not later than January 1, 2008. The applications duly completed must reach here at Directorate, Defence Services Welfare Punjab, Sainik Bhawan, Sector 21-D on or before September 30. Application received after September 30 would not be entertained, he added.
Haryana grants schools to apply for recognition
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has granted one more opportunity to the left out schools, to apply for recognition to the Secondary Education Department till July 20. A spokesman said that new District level Committee (DlC) under the chairmanship of concerned District Education Officer or District Elementary Education Officer had been constituted for processing and recommending the cases of recognition of existing and new schools. The District level committees would conduct inspection of the existing schools. DEOs have been directed to send the list of such left out schools which claim to be existing schools duly recommended by inspection committee to the Directorate within 15 days, he added.
Govt approves Rs 274.73 cr for roads
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has accorded administrative approval amounting to Rs 274.73 lakh for construction of 3.5km new road from Garhi to Bhagthala in district Rewari. A spokesman said that the State Government has also accorded administrative approval amounting to Rs 170.07 lakh for construction of 1.5km new road from Kishangarh to Gurukul Ghasera up to Sekhpur Sikarpur road in district Rewari. Proposals to this effect have been approved by the Chief Minister Manohar lal.
‘Veer Di Veera’ exhibition
Chandigarh: With the wedding bells and other festivities knocking on the door, exhibition organizer, Mitali Munjal is all set to provide the residents of Chandigarh a one-stop destination for their lifestyle and wedding needs. Veer Di Veera exhibition will make its presence felt at Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh on July 7-8. The exhibition will have stalls catering to wedding attire, home décor, casual clothes, accessories, jewellery, footwear, and lots more. Fashion designers from the Bollywood industry will also exhibit their wedding collection at the exhibition.
MRIS students celebrate Van Mahotsav
Mohali: Paving the way for a greener tomorrow, the students of Manav Rachna International School, Mohali celebrated Van Mahotsav by planting and adopting saplings in and around the school. About 150 students participated in the initiative and adopted one sapling each. While students from classes I to III planted saplings of medicinal trees within the campus, students of class IV, V, VI and VII planted saplings of shady trees in nearby areas. Mohali Divisional Forest Officer, Guraman Preet Singh Bains and Manav Rachna International School Principal, Taruna Vashisht inaugurated the plantation drive and motivated the students to nurture their saplings with love and care.
Mobile Medical Unit: A big help for the rural areas
SAS Nagar: To accomplish the task of providing the upgraded medical facilities to the people of Punjab "Under Mission Tandarust Punjab", State Government is providing the medical facilities near the residence of people living in villages and slums with the help of mobile medical unit. Dr. Reeta Bhardwaj, Civil Surgeon Mohali said that 12834 patients have been examined. With the help of this unit, facilities like Free Medicine, E.C.G., lab Tests etc. are also provided. Total number of people who got the facilities of E.C.G., X Ray and lab Tests in this mobile medical unit were 3055, which includes 150 for E.C.G., 400 for X-Ray and 2505 for lab Tests.