Virbhadra hails victory of Congress
Shimla: Terming the victory of Congress in Karnataka Assembly elections as historic, Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said that it was possible due to efforts and farsighted leadership of Sonia Gandhi, UPA Chairperson and Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of Congress. He said that this victory reflects the faith of the people in the Congress and its good governance which would further pave the way for win of Congress in ensuing lok Sabha elections in the country. Interacting with media persons here, Singh said the way people of Karnataka have voted in favour of Congress clearly indicates that they have rejected BJP and its ideology. He said that during the four months rule of Congress in the State, many historic decisions had been taken for the welfare of the people and schemes implemented for overall development.
Rs 51 lakh contributed in CM Relief Fund
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was presented a cheque of Rs . 51 lakhs by Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Chairman, H.P. Pollution Control Board (PCB) on behalf of the Board, at Shimla on Wednesday. Chief Minister expressed his gratitude for this contribution towards a noble cause. He said that it would help in providing financial assistance to the poor and needy. Member Secretary PCB, Sanjay Sood, Officers and the Officials of the Board were also present on the occasion.
Allahabad bank scaling new heights
Chandigarh: Allahabad bank has surpassed the business figure of Rs 3 lakh crore for the Financial Year 2012-13. One of the oldest banks of the country posted Net Profit at Rs 1,185 crore for the Financial Year 2012-13. The bank has managed to register Net interest income of Rs 4,866 during the FY 2012-13. Net Interest Margin of the bank Stood at
2.81 % during the financial year 2012-13. Bank has managed to increase total business to Rs 309678 crore as on 31st March, 2013 against Rs 27,1843 crore as on 31st March 2012 which showing a Year to Year growth of 13.92 %. Bank was awarded with the long standing performer award by autonomous body D&B for implementing MSME schemes. Now for the upcoming year, bank has planned to achieve Rs 3,60,000 crore of Total Business and also planning to introduce the E-lobbies concept in 250 branches pan India.
Doon School Ties up WITH ENGlISH EDGE
Chandigarh: English Edge, a leading company for technology based English learning solutions, has tied-up with the Doon Public School of Panchkula. The School has constantly changed and evolved in its pursuit of excellence and this tie-up with English Edge is a step in that direction. Capt. Sanjay Anand, Principal – Doon Public School said, “English language learning is essential for students in this globalised world. We wanted to introduce language lab in our school and after evaluating various computer based language labs from various companies, we came across liqvid’s Tablet Based language lab, which started a revolution in the space. It promotes overall proficiency in the English language and enables the trainer to monitor every student’s performance.
New Holland launches agricultural Scheme
Chandigarh: New Holland, a leading agricultural equipment brand, part of the Fiat Industrial as well as one of the leading agricultural equipment companies in India, Wednesday announced a scheme for customers across Punjab. The scheme is open to all the customers purchasing tractors from May 1 to May 31, 2013. While every buyer will get an assured gift, a few lucky buyers will also win mega gifts. New Holland has planned a mega function in June 2013 and all customers purchasing tractors in this scheme period would be part of this celebration. New Holland offers tractors from 32 HP to 90 HP and is offering a very special scheme for this season.
Aakash students hog limelight in IIT-JEE EXAMS
Chandigarh: The preliminary results of Mains Joint Entrance Examinations (IIT-JEE) for admission to Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) have been announced. Aakash Institute students hogged the limelight with 282 qualifying for the IIT-JEE Advance. Jaspal Singh topped the chart amongst the successful students. They are qualified to appear for JEE Advanced examinations which is scheduled to be held on June 2, 2013 and will be conducted by IITs. The scores obtained in the JEE main (Tuesday's results) 2013 will help students to get admissions in the National Institutes of Technology (NIT) and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and some other deemed universities.
Scholarship for Haryana students
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has released a sum of over Rs .263.96 crore as scholarship to 5.86 lakh needy and deserving students from the financial year 2005-06 to 2012-13 to encourage them to take up higher education. Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said that under post metric scholarship scheme to the students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, a sum of over Rs 47.65 crore had been provided to 1.06 lakh students during last eight years. Over 1.82 lakh students had been provided incentives of Rs 24.63 crore under the scheme post matric scholarship for welfare of backward classes.