No leave for officers during budget session
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has issued orders not to grant leave to officers (group A and B) during the ensuing budget session of the 14th Punjab Vidhan Sabha. A spokesperson said it has come to the notice that the functioning of Vidhan Sabha gets affected due to leave of officers. He said that the head of department can however allow leave to officer in case of emergency by appointing substitute of the officer on leave.
Throwball player Ghanshyam to be felicitated
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced that a felicitation function would be organised during this month to honour Throwball player of Haryana, Ghanshyam Singh who has won gold medal in 5th Asian Throwball Championship held recently in Malaysia. Hooda announced this when Ghanshyam Singh called on Hooda at his Delhi residence on Wednesday to take his blessings. The Chief Minister congratulated ace Throwball player on his achievement and said that he has brought laurels to the State and country by his outstanding performance.
dbu honoures 17 doctors on doctors’ day
Chandigarh: Desh Bhagat University celebrated Doctors’ Day at Hotel Shivalikview here. Surjit Kumar Jyani, Punjab Minister for Health and Family Welfare was the chief guest who honoured 17 doctors which includes Dr Amod Gupta, Dr Anupam Jindal, Dr B S Bhatia, Dr Kirpal Singh Chugh, Dr lavleen Kaur Sodhi, Dr Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Dr Mohinder Kaushal, Dr Mohinish Chhabra, Dr Rita Dutt, Dr Rakesh Kumar Jaswal,Dr G P Malik, Dr Sudhir Raj, Dr Shivpreet Samra, Dr V J S Vohra, Dr Prabhat Sood, Dr Gurvinderpal Thami and Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh . “The awardee doctors honoured on this Doctors’ Day have excelled in their field & they have made the noble profession more proud,” said Dr Zora Singh, Chancellor, Desh Bhagat University.
ug admissions date extended upto July 12
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University has extended the last date upto July 12 for admission against vacant seats in all the under-graduate classes in all the Govt/private colleges/ Sanskrit Colleges/ Pathshalas, affiliated to/associated & maintained by the University, said Registrar, Prof Mohan Jharta. The Registrar said that no further extension will be allowed in any circumstances.
Doctors’ day celebrated with gusto at Fortis ludhiana: Instead of the scalpels, tongs and scissors, doctors wield mikes and music dancing to the latest numbers at the Doctors’ Day celebrations held at the Fortis Hospital, ludhiana. At this unique celebration, doctors together went down the memory lane and grew nostalgic celebrations wherein doctors were re-conferred degrees in front of their wives and children. Reliving old times of their convocation ceremony, the unique Doctors’ Day celebrations at Fortis Hospital made doctors re-affirm the Hippocratic Oath they had taken while graduating from respective institutes. All the doctors were dressed in ceremonial convocation dresses, while facility director Vivan Gill conferred them degrees in presence of medical superintendent Dr Ankush Mehta and chief administrator Dr Harpreet Brar.
SBI organises blood donation camp
Chandigarh: To mark circle day, State Bank of India local head office, Chandigarh organised a blood donation camp to help the blood bank society, PGIMER. The camp was inaugurated by lingaraj Mahapatra, Chief General Manager, SBI Chandigarh Circle. Mahapatra said that SBI, being alive to the problems of the community has always risen to the occasion in the past also and has liberally contributed to the cause of community welfare. 150 donors donated blood at the camp.
free eye check up for students held
Chandigarh: Punjab Education Department and Health Department have launched a collaborative venture to check the eyesight of every school going children in all the Government schools of the State. In a communication to all DEOs, Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary, Education has directed that concerned headmasters and Principals to depute teachers to take all those students, suspected to have weak eyesight or having some eye ailment, to the nearest health centers on every Thursday for their check up. She said that the Education Department would bear the total expenses on their spectacles recommended by the ophthalmologist.
DA for unrevised pay scales increased
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has announced the hike in DA for all those employees/pensioners, who were drawing salaries under the unrevised pay scales. A spokesperson said that installment of Dearness Allowance due to be paid from July I, 2013 has been increased from 166 per cent to 183 per cent. The increased amount of DA from February 1, 2014 would be given in cash whereas the arrear of DA from the period July 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014 would be deposited in the GPF accounts of class D employees in July 2014. The rest of employee would get the arrears on August 15, 2014.
HC directs to retrieve illegally sold nazool land
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court has conferred the power of Collector to the Additional Deputy Commissioners (General) of Kapurthala and Phagwara for the effective implementation of the Nazool land (Transfer) Rule, 1956. A spokesperson said that as per the notification issued, Punjab and Haryana High Court have directed to retrieve illegally sold Nazool land in a time bound manner. He said that on account of large number of such cases pending in Kapurthala, Additional Deputy Commissioners (General) of Kapurthala and Phagwara have been conferred with the power of Collector of the district for the purpose of the Nazool land (Transfer) Rule, 1956 to decide aforesaid mention cases as may be assigned to them by Deputy Commissioner–cum-Collector, Kapurthala.