Capt releases shabad song
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday officially released a shabad, sung by several leading personalities, and a song, rendered by renowned Sufi singer Puran Chand Wadali, to mark the 550th prakash purb celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev. Dedicated to Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary, the shabad — ‘Satguru Nanak Aaye Ne’ — and song — ‘Guru Da Langha’, aimed at spreading Guru Sahib’s message amongst masses. The song has been penned by MLA Dr Raj Kumar Verka, while the shabad has been composed by Harshdeep Kaur and features leading national film personalities including Shankar Mahadevan, Kapil Sharma and Jaspinder Narula, along with acclaimed singers Shaan, Saleem Merchant, Sukhshinder Shinda, Richa Sharma, Shekhar Ravjiani and Neeti Mohan.
NIT Kurukshetra signs MoU with ISRO
Chandigarh: To forge the links or partnership with ISRO for conducting research in cutting edge topics in the areas of space applications, the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, has signed an MoU with ISRO, Bangalore, on Monday. NIT Kurukshetra director Dr Satish Kumar and ISRO’s Capacity Building Programme Office (CBPO) director Dr PV Venkitakrishnana signed the MoU in a well-attended ceremony at the campus of the Institute. Under this MoU, a Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S) will be established in the Institute providing research facility to the students, scholars and the faculty.
National Seminar at PU SPS
Chandigarh: Panjab University’s School of Punjabi Studies, in collaboration with Punjab Arts Council, is organising one-day national seminar entitled Guru Nanak Bani Chintan: Pratirodh da Sabhiachaar ate Darshanik Samvad on November 6 in the Golden Jubilee Hall to celebrate the 550th parkash purab of Guru Nanak Dev. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar will be chief guest and while PAC chairman Prof Surjit Patar will preside over the inaugural session. Many other literary personalities and creative writers will participate in the seminar.
AICC appoints Dudy as Punjab, Chandigarh in-charge
Chandigarh: All India Congress Committee has appointed former MP Rameshwar Dudi as the State observer of Punjab and UT Chandigarh as a part of its janjagran campaign run by the party from November 5 to 15. AICC organisation General Secretary KC Venugopal has given this responsibility to Dudy as directed by the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. Dudy said that the BJP’s Central Government has misled the country on the economic front, and the Congress is running a public awareness campaign on these issues from November 5 to 15 in all States.
Tikka assumes charge as PMIDB chairman
Chandigarh: Amarjeet Singh Tikka on Monday assumed charge as Punjab Medium Industrial Development Board chairman in the presence of Cabinet Ministers — Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sundar Sham Arora, besides his relatives and friends. After assuming the office at Udyog Bhavan, Tikka thanked the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for reposing faith in him and said that he would fulfil all his responsibilities diligently. He exhorted the youth of Punjab by saying that they should concentrate on setting up their own ventures instead of running after the government jobs.
54 IAS from 12 states join training programme
Chandigarh: Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab, added another milestone to its training programmes as it has launched “for the first time” a month-long combined Induction Training Programme for 54 IAS officers from 12 different states of the country in its campus on Monday. The training programme, which will be up to December 15, is marked with various academic sessions with the aim of exposing them with contemporary issues of importance to administrators across the country. Eminent experts have been invited to interact with the participants and discuss issues of taking forward the process of inclusive socio-economic development, public policy governance and public administration.
JW Marriott brings taste from Amritsar’s bylanes
Chandigarh: Savour gastronomic gems handpicked from the heart of Amritsar along with a pinch of Old-World Nostalgia as culinary artisans from Amritsar serve you their family’s generations old culinary heirlooms at ‘Amritsar — the Galliyan’, the second edition of Amritsari food festival by JW Marriott Chandigarh. JW Marriott’s executive chef Japvir Vohra is culling the signature culinary favourites from the nooks and corners of Amritsar for this celebration starting from November 4 at The Café@JW where dinner buffet is available at Rs 1900 plus taxes per head.
awareness drive against stubble burning held
Chandigarh: Initiating an awareness drive against stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers in association with Department of Agriculture and Punjab Pollution Board, flagged off its first Awareness Campaign in Chandigarh and Patiala on Monday. K S Pannu, Secretary, Department of Agriculture - Government of Punjab and SS. Marwah, Chairperson, Punjab Pollution Control Board, graced the occasion as Chief Guests in Chandigarh and Patiala respectively. As part of the campaign, various activities will take place in the form of roadshows at prime locations (Mandis), where the farmers come to sell their crops. The campaign will continue for 25 days covering over 50 Mandis, during which SIAM will be running films/videos for farmers to stop stubble burning and educate them on its harmful effects of stubble burning on the health and environment.