Haryana declares holiday on Sept 17
Chandigarh: In view of Municipal by-elections, in ward no. 1 of Municipal Council Jind, ward no 8 of Municipal Council Sirsa and ward no 13 of Municipal Committee Ellenabad, district Sirsa, Haryana Government has declared holiday on September 17. A spokesman said that the State Government has notified public holiday on September 17 for all shops and commercial establishments falling within the jurisdiction limits of these wards to provide opportunity to the people to exercise their franchise.
Haryana adopts statistics ACT 2008
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has adopted the ‘Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009)’ by repealing the Collection of Statistics Act, 1953. A spokesman said that a notification has also been issued in this regard and Director, Department of Economics and Statistical Analysis (DESA), Haryana has been designated as nodal officer for exercising powers and performing duties as contained in the aforesaid Act. The Act is intended to facilitate the collection of statistics on economic, demographic, social, scientific and environmental aspects by Government at all levels and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, he added.
Vigilance Bureau arrests man for taking bribe
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau (HSVB) has caught Rajinder Singh, Member Block Samiti, Uchana, district Jind red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 from Pargat Singh, a resident of Alipur, Jind for getting released payment of Priyadarshni Awas Yojna. A spokesman said that Bureau has also caught labh Singh, accountant HAFED (Headquarter) Sector 5, Panchkula red handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 4000 from Ram Karan, a resident of house number 7A, Ashok Nagar, Ambala Cantonment in lieu of giving benefit of his pension.
2,246 inspections by Haryana labour Dept
Chandigarh: Haryana labour department has conducted 2,246 inspections under various labour laws recently and detected 62 violations of various kinds resulting in recovery of over Rs 6.80 lakh as fine from defaulters. A spokesman said that prosecutions were launched against 280 establishments and convictions were obtained in 223 cases. Also, warnings were issued to 25 establishments due to detection of violations committed by them. As many as 121 industrial disputes were got settled by the conciliation officers of labour Department and 54 disputes were withdrawn by workers or trade unions. He said that inspectorate staff of the Department also conducted 62 regular inspections for factory building plans and registration fee.
Saroj Siwatch is chairperson of SEIAA
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has declared the post of chairperson, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Haryana equivalent in rank and status to the post of Principal Secretary, Haryana. A spokesman said that Saroj Siwatch was appointed as chairperson, SEIAA in pursuance of the notification issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Centralised call centre for Referral transport
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Foundation, a Centre of Excellence for Communication at State Institute of Health and Family Welfare and a Centralized Call Centre for Referral transport would be set up in Haryana. National Rural Health Mission and launch of National Urban Health Mission would also be named as National Health Mission. These decisions have been taken in the meeting of National Rural Health Mission on Thursday under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Secretary PK Chaudhery.
Surprise Hookah raid in residential areas
Gurgaon: On a tip-off, a team of Food and Drug Administration, Gurgaon, conducted a surprise raid in Sector-23 residential area on Thursday. House No-515, Sector-23, was searched for tobacco molasses and Hookah or any objectionable article, one Hookah was found in the basement of the house but it was not in use. Many youth were found playing in the Pool Snooker Billiards gaming zone. One Hookah was lying on one side, with pipe disconnected from the hookah but no nicotine in chemical form or tobacco molasses was found. The team was comprised of Gurgaon drugs control officer, Pooja Chaudhary, Rewari Drugs Control Officer Amandeep Chauhan. Hookah Bars are banned in Gurgaon and Deputy Commissioner has already imposed section 144 in the district.
awareness camp for industrialists organised
Chandigarh: Punjab Government with the motive to sensitise the industrialist of the State regarding the means and ways of availing the facilities being provided by Union and State Government, has organised a training camp. The camp was organised at ludhiana with the collaboration of OII Expeller & parts manufacturing society, ludhiana. Anil Joshi, Industry and Commerce Minister, Punjab said that this initiative has been taken just to facilitate the industrialist for getting NOC, pollution certificate and finance.
Sanitation awareness campaign held in Dadumajra
Chandigarh: Solid Waste Management Sanitation and Awareness Campaign was organised in association with Sanitation Wing of Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh in Dadumajra Colony on Thursday and the local leader flagged off the campaign. The safaikaramcharies of Sanitation Wing of Municipal Corporation organized an impressive rally by carrying placards depicting the message for the residents to cooperate in maintaining the sanitation of the city.
City youth get counted in Mattermark
Chandigarh: Chandigarh-based team of 10 led by Surjeet Singh and Manpreet Khurana proved their worth by positioning themselves at 11th rank globally at the prestigious top 100 start-ups identified by Mattermark – a website for Start-Up investors managed by Bloomberg network. This website helps to get the best value for your money for services such as Insurance, Real estate, Travel,
Holidays, loans etc. This initiative has already received a
whopping 7500 hits every day, since its pilot launch and has already assisted more than 2000 offline clients with their immediate requirements.
book on fungal infection released
Chandigarh: Prof YK Chawla, director, PGIMER released a new book, Fungal Infections in Asia: The Eastern Frontier of Mycology on Thursday. The book is edited by Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Professor and head of the department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER and published by Elsevier. A total of 20 eminent clinicians and medical mycologists from India and abroad have contributed chapters in the book. The largest continent of the world with more than half of global population has geographical conditions that favour the growth of many fungi with some very unique species.
Socio-economic conditions like overcrowding, compromised health care facilities and lack of awareness add to the morbidity and mortality of fungal diseases in this part of the world are
addressed in the book.
One-day convention of e-Resource Users held
Kurukshetra: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra organised a one-day Convention of e-Resource Users in the Senate Hall of the Institute. The Convention was organised to make the new faculty, research scholars and students aware of the resources subscribed by the library and to promote the use of e-resources. Dr Krishan Gopal, the librarian of the Institute told them about the library services and e-resources collection subscribed by the library. He said that the library is subscribing to about 5000 journals in the electronic form, covering all areas of Engineering, Applied Sciences, umanities and Management