Casteist attack on SC employee
Chandigarh: National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) took strong notice of the alleged verbal casteist attack on a SC employee, who works as Operation Theatre Assistant at Police Hospital, Sector 26, Chandigarh, by the Senior Medical Officer (SMO). The Commission, on the orders of its chairman Vijay Sampla, has issued a ‘reminder’ notice to the Chandigarh UT Administration asking the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police to submit an action taken report immediately.
Conduct audit of real estate projects: Tewari
Kharar: Sri Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Sunday asked GMADA and RERA-Punjab to initiate suo-moto action against all big builders who had not fulfilled their commitments to their buyers in terms of amenities promised. He urged GMADA and RERA to conduct a social audit of every real estate project that was constructed in the past 10 years in Mohali, Kharar, and New Chandigarh, involving residents to ascertain whether they had got all those infrastructure facilities that had been promised by the ‘big shark’ real estate developers. He also demanded registration of criminal cases for cheating, criminal breach of trust and other relevant provisions of the IPC against such unscrupulous real estate developers and their brokers.
Initiatives of HPKVN proving boon
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam established by the State Government is providing training through various offerings, a spokesman said. So far 18,409 candidates have got enrolled in short term training and out of which 8010 candidates have got certified. Bachelor of Vocation is a three-year degree programme in collaboration with the Department of Higher Education where the training is being provided in retail, tourism and hospitality. In this course so far 2755 candidates have been enrolled and 576 candidates got certified, the spokesman said.