Provisional admission granted to students
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has accorded permission to the students having compartments in 10+2 to get provisional admissions in technical colleges, polytechnic colleges and ITIs. Technical Education Minister Anil Joshi said that the decision was taking considering future prospectus of the students willing to pursue technical courses. He also made it clear that these students have to clear compartment before the examination of first semester, failing which the admission of such students would deem to be cancelled.
Balanced growth in Haryana, says Hooda
Chandigarh: Claiming that that the present State Government is ensuring homogenous development all across the state, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said several developmental projects have been launched for Mewat area also. Hooda, speaking in ‘Id Milan’ function organised at Hathin in district Palwal on Monday, said with a view to give a fillip to education in the area of Mewat, school, college, ITI and a Medical College was being set up. Hooda also announced Rs 5 crore for development of villages in Hathin assembly constituency and Rs 2 crore for development of Hathin town, besides Rs 31 lakh for building women college.
BDPOs to administer oath
Chandigarh: Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra on Monday announced that the oath to the left out Sarpanches and Panches would be administered by the block development and panchayat officers (BDPOs). Rakhra said sarpanches and panches could have not taken oath due to certain reasons. At the same time, he called upon newly-elected Panchayats to play a proactive role for villages’ overall development. He urged them to rise above the narrow factionalism and work in tandem to make their villages a role model of development.
GPS-enabled vehicles for election staff
Chandigarh: Haryana State Election Commissioner Dharam Vir on Monday suggested that every vehicle of the officers managing elections should be enabled with Global Positioning System (GPS) for a better and more effective management of election process. GPS-installed vehicles would enable the administration to control any situation in the shortest possible time during elections, said he while addressing a workshop of Deputy Commissioners and officer of National Informatics Centre (NIC) on application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) in election process.
Maluka expresses gratitude to teachers
Chandigarh: Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka on Monday appreciated the gesture of State’s teachers who had contributed Rs 2.12 crore in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for Uttarakhand disaster. Maluka, in a statement, has expressed his gratitude to the teaching community for coming forward and helping the humanity in this hour of grave crisis. He said that the cheque has already been handed over to the Chief Minister and he has urged Uttrakhand government to ensure proper rehabilitation to the families.
Haryana appoints ‘introducers’ and ‘verifiers’
Chandigarh: With a view to enable all residents to acquire Aadhaar cards, Haryana Government has decided to appoint ‘introducers’ to help those residents to enroll in the system who do not have any proof of identity or address. Realising the need to provide ‘Introducers’ and ‘Verifiers’ to accomplish the enrollment activities, the Government has notified Numberdars and Sarpanches as introducers in rural areas and Municipal Councilors for urban areas. Similarly, serving Patwaris and Gram Sachivs have been notified as verifiers while the retired Class-III and above employees of the Central and State Government including retired school teachers can be appointed as Verifiers for the purpose of Aadhaar enrolment.
Punjab BJYM demands suspension of J&K govt
Chandigarh: Strongly condemning the act of violence against Hindus in Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha president Mohit Gupta on Monday demanded the suspension of J&K Government for such rioting against the minority Hindu community of the State. He said Hindu community was targeted by the rioters and their houses and shops were vandalised and Hindu youngsters were killed by mobs whereas Home Minister of J&K Government Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo who himself is MlA from Kishtwar was present in Kishtwar at the time of violence and didn’t even try to protect the Hindus from destruction thereby showing the hands of J&K government behind the incident.
Ranbaxy inks tie-up with Kulim hi-tech park
Chandigarh: Ranbaxy Malaysia Sdn Bhd (RMSB) on Monday announced that it has been allocated the site for setting up its Greenfield manufacturing facility in Malaysia- Ranbaxy’s second manufacturing plant in Malaysia. A ‘letter of offer’ agreement was signed with Kulim Hi Tech Park (KHTP), a wholly-owned state agency and industrial park that houses various other leading industries. The facility will be built on an area of around 15 acres with an investment of around US $ 35 million providing employment to over 200 people.
NABARD sanctions Rs 238.65-cr loan
Chandigarh: NABARD has sanctioned a loan of Rs 238.65 crore for 21 Rural Road Projects and 14 Rural Drinking Water Supply Schemes under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)-XIX to Haryana. Spokesman said that the amount has been sanctioned for widening and strengthening of 191.955 kms of rural roads in eight districts including Faridabad, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Rewari, Rohtak and Yamunanagar. The road construction would provide all-weather improved connectivity to remote villages, marketing centres, several educational and public health institutions, etc.
Awards for Grewal Eye Institute
Chandigarh: Region’s leading eye hospital, Grewal Eye Institute providing comprehensive services in the field of eye care, was awarded ‘Best Eye Institute in Chandigarh’ for patient care and satisfaction at Global Healthcare Excellence Awards, 2013, held recently in New Delhi. Earlier, the Institute has also been awarded with the “Special Jury Award” in recognition of its demonstration of excellence in quality management through innovative patient care and continuous improvement in patient satisfaction at ninth North-West QualTech Convention and Awards held at CII, Chandigarh.
Haryana Innovation Council to give 34 awards
Chandigarh: Haryana Innovation Council will give 34 awards to the youth for providing innovative ideas for improving governance, public service, and technology under Youth Ingenuity Appreciation Awards. Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department Dheera Khandelwal said that the awards would be given for two categories - Scheme Related Ideas and Technology Related Ideas. The applicants would have to send their ideas by September 5 by email to myideaharyana@gmail.com in a word document under the subject line ‘Young Thinkers’. The ideas could also be sent by post to Science and Technology Department, Bay No. 35-38, sector-2, Panchkula, she added.
Three inspectors promoted
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has promoted three Inspectors as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSPs). Those promoted as DSPs are Baljeet Singh, Inderjeet and Narain Chand.
Two get promotion in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has promoted Ramesh Kumar Sharma, Private Secretary in the Financial Commissioner’s Office to the post of Under Secretary in HSS-1 with immediate effect. The government has also promoted lalit Mohan Sharda, Superintendent to the post of Under Secretary in HSS-1.