Sran interacts with Ranji Players
Patiala: Baldev Singh Sran, CMD PSPCL interacting with players at Dhruve Pandove Cricket Stadium, Patiala on the eve of Ranji Trophy between Punjab & Hyderabad Cricket teams. R.P.Pandove Director Administration PSPCL was also present.
NCB arrests two with contrabands
Chandigarh: On the basis of specific information, NCB Chandigarh team on December 16, 2019, put surveillance at Sah-Ambala road, Ambala (Haryana), and effected a seizure of 4.8 kgs of opium and 500 gms of charas. The contraband was hidden in special cavity made in the vehicle (Swift VDI) bearing registration No HR-41-G-2095. Two persons, residents of Ratangarh Kakrali in Kurukshetra (Haryana), along with vehicle have been apprehended by the team. On preliminary enquiry, it was revealed that the source of contraband was from Uttrakhand and was destined to Haryana.
ERDC2019 inaugurated at NITTTR
Chandigarh: A three-day entrepreneurship and rural development conclave (ERDC-2019) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. The event is being jointly organized by NITTTR, Chandigarh and Young Hopes of India Foundation in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Punjab. The conclave, inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Social Justice and Empowerment Ratan Lal Kataria, aimed at bridging gap between most creative minds, that is school children, teachers, educators, entrepreneurs specially focused at rural entrepreneurship and the rural governance.
IIT Ropar holds second linguistics symposium
Ropar: IIT Ropar’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore, organized its second linguistics symposium ‘Bridging Research on Cognition and Speech (BROCAS 2019)’ with the intent of offering a platform to researchers and scholars from qualitatively different research backgrounds, including theoretical, experimental and modeling, to present their ongoing research in the fields related to Phonology or Language cognition. The symposium was inaugurated and presided by IIT Ropar director Prof Sarit K Das. Forty participants, comprising research scholars and faculty members from various IITs, Universities and research institutes, have participated in the program.
Exam postponed due to PCCTU protest call
Chandigarh: Due to bycott call by Punjab and Chandigarh Colleges Teachers’ Union (PCCTU), the examinations, except MBA (Executive) and BE, scheduled for December 18, 2019, (Wednesday) has been postponed to December 26, 2019, (Thursday). The examinations for Honours School (Internal Exams) and other exams, which are conducted by Departments at their own level and Law Examinations (that is LLB, BA/BCom-LLB integrated Course, LLM) will be conducted as per the previous schedule, that is on December 18, 2019.
Govt to create Mechanical Division in PHEE dept
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday granted approval for fixation or revision of remuneration of the research fellows as per the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)/Department of Science and Technology pattern as per previous practice for maintaining the parity of the new post of Research Fellow in the Haryana Kisan Agriculture and Price Commission. Khattar has also approved the proposal to create one new Mechanical Division in Public Health Engineering Department in Sonepat.
1,090 boxes of illicit liquor seized in Sonipat
Chandigarh: In one of the biggest crackdown on illegal alcohol trade, Haryana Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday seized 1090 boxes of illicit liquor from a godown and a canter parked outside the godown in Sonipat district. Spokesperson said that STF team, along with Excise officials, had carried out a raid as soon as it got input about illicit liquor in a godown situated at Bayapur khurd in the district. During the search, police team found large quantity of illicit liquor inside the godown and also a canter full of illicit liquor.
2 kg opium, 48 kg doda post seized, two held
Chandigarh: Haryana Police’s Crime Investigation Agency has seized two kg opium and 48 kg doda post being smuggled in a Jeep from Hisar district. Police has also arrested two persons in this connection. Spokesperson said that arrested accused were identified as Sukhchain Singh, a resident of Kangroli district in Patiala, and Harmail alias Happy of Jandwala of Muktsar district. They had brought the seized drug from Kota in Rajasthan for supply in Punjab. A case under the sections of NDPS Act was registered against both accused.
Executive leadership prog at PGIMER
Chandigarh: The Executive Leadership Programme, organized by PGIMER’s Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, entered its second day on Tuesday. As many 20 delegates, who are ‘high achievers’ of Government of Odisha, started their day with a Laughter Yoga session conducted by Dr Nidhi Jaswal, from the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health. The participants were then taken to Mohali for showcasing Health and Wellness Centres in Punjab, where the State Program Officer Dr Areet Kaur briefed them about Ayushman Bharat Scheme and Health and Wellness Centre.