Resignation of Haryana CPS accepted
Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia has accepted the resignation of Dharambir, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) attached with Ministers of Agriculture and Development and Panchayats departments, Haryana with effect from March 10. A notification to this effect was issued by Chief Secretary, Haryana on Tuesday.
Punjab notifies Social Anthropology dept Chandigarh: Punjab Government has notified Sociology & Social Anthropology department of Punjabi University, Patiala as State Social Impact Assessment Unit (SIAU) to carry out Social Impact Assessments (SIAs) and prepare Social Impact Management Plans (SIMPs). Under the provisions of ‘The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013’ (Act No. 30 of 2103), a SIA and SIMP was required before making preliminary notification u/s 11 of the Act. This unit would now be responsible for having SIAs conducted, and SIMPs prepared as per provisions of the said Act and its relevant Rules.
Neerja Bhanot Award for Rashmi Anand
Chandigarh: Womens’ rights activist Rashmi Anand of New Delhi will be the recipient of the Neerja Bhanot Award for 2013. This was decided today by a jury on Tuesday. She will get `1,50,000, a trophy and a citation at a special Award ceremony to be held in April 2014 at Chandigarh. The awards are given annually in memory of Neerja Bhanot who gave up her life while saving the lives of hundreds of passengers on board a Pan Am aircraft, hijacked at Karachi Airport in 1986. Neerja is the youngest recipient of India’s highest civilian award for bravery, the Ashoka Chakra. The criteria of the Neerja Bhanot Award is that the awardee must be an Indian woman who, when faced with social injustice like dowry, desertion etc., faces the situation and overcomes it with guts and grit and then helps other women in social distress. Rashmi Anand suffered domestic violence for over 10 years. She left the violent marriage 10 years ago and today, she works with issues of Gender and Domestic Violence, having voluntarily counseled hundreds of women at the Crime Against Women Cell of Delhi Police at Nanakpura over a period of 4 years. She runs a Trust, the Woman of the Elements Trust, which provides free legal aid to women and child victims of violence, all who are below the earning capacity of `5,000.
nlu Delhi’s V-C enlightens students at PU Chandigarh: National law University (NlU), Delhi, V-C, Prof Ranbir Singh on Tuesday said that many senior professors, lawyers and judges had not opted for the legal profession not by choice but by chance. But the new generation is opting for this profession by choice; therefore, more is expected from the law teachers. Prof Ranbir Singh was speaking on the topic of Strengthening of legal Education to Promote Social Justice: Challenges of 21st Century at Panjab University, Chandigarh on the second and concluding day of Mehr Chand Mahajan Memorial lecture series, which was organised by the Department of law, PU. Prof. Ranbir Singh highlighted the importance of role played by the lawyers in the freedom struggle of every country. Initially, he drew a road map of legal education in India and informed that there are more than 1,000 colleges in India. He also discussed in detail the phenomenal change that has emerged in legal profession.
Army trekking expedition to Indrahar Pass
Chandigarh: An Army team has undertaken a trekking expedition across the towering Indrahar Pass seated in the mighty Dhauladhar ranges in Himachal Pradesh, commencing from Tuesday. The expedition was flagged off by General Officer Commanding, rising star Corps, at Yol Cantt. The General Officer also presented an Ice Axe to the team. The team, comprising of two Officers, one Junior Commissioned Officer and thirteen Other Ranks, commenced its expedition from Mcleod Ganj, on its way to the mighty Indrahar Pass at 4,500 metre. The trek will setup its base camps at Triund and lahesh Caves, before embarking upon its final ascent to the summit across the Indrahar Pass, thereby, establishing the stamp of the Army on one of the loftiest passes in the Dhauladhar Ranges.
Fastrack launches Optical Eyewear
Chandigarh: Fastrack, known to enhance the cool quotient of the fashion loving youth, enters the optical frames category with an all new range revolving around the brand’s most celebrated values of irreverence, boldness and fun. The collection with 49 new styles is an ensemble of youthful and colourful frames — predominantly in sporty and geeky styling for the spontaneous young men and women. Frame forms include wayfarers, oversized geeky rectangles and the ever popular, sporty wraps. The frames come in unconventional and interesting color combinations like orange, yellow, neon green, hot pink, turquoise blue.v