Guv, badals extend wishes on Janamashtami
Chandigarh: Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his Deputy Sukhbir Badal on Sunday extended their greetings to the people on the auspicious occasion of Janamashtami — the birthday of lord Krishna. Patil, in his message, said that this joyous festival reminds us to be honest in our conduct and actions and to perform our duty sincerely, dedicatedly and devotedly. Badal said that lord Krishna was an apostle of peace, saviour of dharma and symbol of truthfulness and righteousness. Sukhbir said that eternal values preached by lord Krishna in ‘'Bhagavad Gita’ are very much significant and relevant to every generation since the times immemorial. All of them appealed to the people to celebrate this festival collectively, in a spirit of peace and harmony, rising above narrow and petty considerations of caste, creed and religion.
Sad mp inaugurates exhibits of Brahmakumaris
Mohali: Mohali Unit of Brahmakumaris International Organisation celebrated Krishna Janamashtami festival with great devotion, love and enthusiasm on Sunday. A number of Chetan Jhankis of Sri Krishna in jhula, Sri Radhe-Krishna Raas leela and Sri laxmi-Sri Narayana etc were put on display. Mohali’s Phase-VII’s Sukh Shanti Bhawan have been given a festive look decorated with colourful lights, banners, flags etc. The exhibits were inaugurated by SAD MP Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra. Hundreds of students of Brahmakumaris from Mohali, Ropar, Kurali, Kharar and Morinda participated in a special function.
Jain in BJP national executive committee
Chandigarh: Satya Pal Jain, former city MP has been nominated as a member of the national executive committee of BJP for the 6th term consecutively. His name was included in the list of party’s 75 members main national executive committee. He is the first and the only worker of BJP Chandigarh to be a member of the national working committee of the party for 6 terms continuously since 1999. The 75 members committee includes various senior leaders of the party including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lal Krishna Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajnath Singh among others.
Faculty Dev Programme held at Aryans
Mohali: Aryans Group of Colleges organised a Faculty Development Programme on “Enhancing Teaching effectiveness in Education” at its campus. Around 150 faculty members of different departments including Management, Engineering & Technology, Education, Nursing, etc. participated enthusiastically in the programme. Dr Anshu Kataria, chairman, Aryans Group said that the program introduced effective approaches to teaching and also helped the teachers to identify their own strengths and areas for improvement. He suggested the teachers to balance their career and academic development and keep up the spirit of learning something new as and when they get the opportunity.
lalit Kumar is addl secy urban local bobies
Chandigarh: lalit Kumar, Additional Director(Admn), Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Haryana has been posted as Additional Secretary, Urban local Bodies Department against a vacant post.
BJP organises free medical camp
Chandigarh: BJP, Pharma Cell, and Satya Narayan Mandir Sabha, Sector 22C, on Sunday organised a free medical camp at Satya Narayan Mandir dharamshala. The camp was inaugurated by city BJP president Sanjay Tandon. Heart, Sugar, Eye, Ortho and Dental check-up was done by specialist doctors of PGI Chandigarh. Free BP Test, Sugar Test and BMD Test was also done by Pharma Companies. Free Medicines are also distributed to the needed patients.