Free coaching to SCs, OBCs for Civil Services exam
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has decided to provide free coaching to the candidates belonging to Scheduled castes and backward classes for civil services main examination, 2013. According to Punjab Welfare Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike, the coaching course would commence from September 2 and continue till date of examination. He said that all the candidates belonging to scheduled castes, backward classes and minorities, who have cleared the civil services preliminary examination 2013-14 and their family income was less than one lac per year, was eligible to join the coaching. Ranike said that interested candidates may contact the principal of Dr Ambedkar Institute of Careers and Courses, Mohali. He said that free coaching with hostel facilities besides required financial assistance would be given to the candidates as per norms.
Over 70 patients attend Sahaayak meet
Mohali: Over 70 dialysis patients and their relatives on Thursday attended a meeting of ‘Sahaayak’, a support group of kidney disease patients of Fortis Hospital, Mohali. An interactive session on ‘Management of Kidney Failure’ was held in which Dr Amit Sharma, Attending Consultant, Department of Nephrology and Sonia Gandhi, Head, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics delivered informative talks. Dr Priyadarshi Ranjan, Consultant, Renal Transplant & Urology and Dr HJS Gill Senior Consultant, Nephrology were also present on the ocassion.
HDFC Bank opens 18 rural branches in Haryana
Chandigarh: HDFC Bank on Thursday announced the launch of 18 rural branches in Haryana, taking its total network to 200 branches in the State. The 18 new branches, of which 14 are in unbanked locations, will bring formal banking solutions to around 90,000 people in the State. With this, the Bank now has about 65 per cent of its network dedicated to semi-urban and rural areas of Haryana. The branches were inaugurated by P K Choudhery, Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana, in the presence of Navin Puri, Country Head, Branch Banking, HDFC Bank and Smita Bhagat, Branch Banking Head and other senior officials of the bank.
Banyan Tree School remembers Hockey Wizard
Chandigarh: Banyan Tree School, Chandigarh celebrated the birth anniversary of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand on Thursday. On the occasion, a cross-country race was organised for the students of classes VII to XII in sector 48. All the students enthusiastically participated in this race. First, second and third positions among boys were bagged by Ran Meet, Hemant and Kulwinder and among girls Shahneel, Mannat and Mankreet bagged the prizes, respectively. The Principal, Rajeev Varshney, in his address congratulated the winners and applauded the efforts of students and staff members who made the occasion a big success.
Bank launches ‘ISIC Forex Card’ for Students
Chandigarh: Axis Bank on Thursday launched in association with The International Student Identity Card (ISIC), a co-branded Travel-Currency Card for students. With this exclusive association, the ‘Axis Bank- ISIC Forex Card’, would be the first photo Travel Currency Card available in USD, Euro, GBP and AUD currencies and can be used across 34 million merchant locations and at over 2 million MasterCard ATMs globally. The validity of this card is 2 years. ‘Axis Bank- ISIC Forex Card’ combines features of Travel Currency cards and ISIC, which provides special student offers and discounts across 125 countries on a wide range of spending categories such as travel, accommodation, museums and cultural sites, retail shopping restaurants, cafes, entertainment and many more.
Vigilance recommends cases against govt officers
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has recommended to register criminal cases against three gazetted officers, seven non-gazetted officers and ten other persons and departmental action against 11 gazetted officers and 13 non-gazetted officers as they have been found guilty in the investigations conducted by it recently. A spokesman of the Bureau said that 18 officials were also caught red handed while accepting illegal gratification ranging from Rs 1,500 to Rs. 45,000 recently. Criminal cases have been registered against them under Prevention of Corruption Act.
workshop on ‘conservation practices’ to be held
Chandigarh: Haryana Archives Department in collaboration with Indian Association for the Study of Conservation of Cultural Property, New Delhi will organise a two-day national workshop on “Conservation Practices of Documentary Heritage” from September 9 at U.T. Guest House, Sector-6, Chandigarh. An official spokesman said that Principal Secretary, Achieves Department Haryana, M. Kithan will inaugurate the workshop that would focus on latest techniques of conservation for archival records or rare books as well as various problems being faced by the restorers while preserving records or rare books.
Pvt schools directed to issue fee receipts
Chandigarh: The managements of affiliated private schools in Punjab have been directed to issue the receipts of any kind of payment deposited by the students. The directions were issued by the Education Minister of Punjab Sikandar Singh Maluka on Thursday. Maluka said that he had received many complaints from students and their parents regarding not getting receipt of fee and other payments.
Panchayat secretary held while taking bribe
Chandigarh: The State Vigilance Bureau of Punjab has nabbed a Panchayat Secretary Tejinder Singh posted in District Fatehgarh Sahib red-handed while he was accepting bribe of Rs 30,000, on Thursday. Sursh Arora, Chief Director-cum-DGP Vigilance Bureau Punjab said that the complainant alleged that accused was demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 for conducting audit of the gram panchayat. A vigilance team laid a trap and the accused was nabbed red handed in the presence of two government officials as witnesses. The tainted money was recovered from his pocket.