Hooda honours 159 young achievers
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday honoured as many as 159 young achievers of the state who have succeed in Civil Services Examinations and other all India competitive examinations held during the year 2013-14 in Haryana Pratibha Samman Samaroh – 2014 organised at Panchkula. Hooda honoured 77 students who have succeeded in Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and allied services exam. He also honoured 41 candidates who have succeeded in JEE and Engineering Examinations, 15 toppers of class XIIth (all streams), three toppers of class Xth, nine candidates who have qualified All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), three toppers of All India Medical Science (AIMS), three winners of International Science Olympiad and eight of other services. On this occasion, Mr. Hooda gave away certificates and cash awards to the awardees.
J&K flood: special collection centres opened
Chandigarh: Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) Western Command along with Retired-Defence Officers Wives Welfare Association (R-DOWWA) NGOs — which are involved in looking after the welfare of wives, veer naris, widows and special children — have requested all citizens who are desirous of helping the thousands of families and children affected by the recent floods in J&K, to donate on voluntary basis so as to provide help in the forms of blankets, warm clothing, hard food items like biscuits, maggie noodles, groundnuts and jericans preferably filled with RO water etc to alleviate the suffering. Special collection centres are opened at CSDs, DSOI sector 36 Chandigarh, ECHS Polyclinics and command hospital to collect the donated items.
property tax payment date extended to Sept 30
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Tuesday announced to extend date of property tax payment without penalty or interest till September 30. Official spokesperson said that the state local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi had received representations from various organizations and societies in this regard. He said that after sympathetically considering their demand, Joshi has decided to extend the date for paying property tax without penalty or interest to September 30. Earlier, the last date was August 31, 2014, for payment of property tax without any penalty and interest.
Advanced wheat variety WH 1105 developed
Chandigarh: Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Dr KS Khokhar said that scientists of University had recently developed advanced variety WH 1105 of wheat whose seed is in great demand. Seed of WH 1105 would be available to farmers in coming few days. Khokhar while speaking after inaugurating two-day Krishi-Mela at University at Hisar said that SMS service had been launched to provide weather information to farmers. About one lakh farmers were getting benefit of this service. He said that lack of labour for agriculture related work has become a problem which caused a negative impact on crop yields. He suggested adopting cultivation of new crops and varieties as well as adoption of machinery so as to overcome such situation.
Haryana Effects 3 IPS, 8 HPS officers’ rejig
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has issued transfers and posting orders of three IPS officers and eight HPS officers with immediate effect. Among the IPS officers, B Satheesh Balan, SP, Panipat has been given additional charge of Commandant 5th Battalion (Haryana Armed Police) HAP Madhuban during leave period of Krishan Murari. Deepak Gahlawat, Assistant Superintendent of Police (on completion of Phase II training) goes as ASP, Rewari. Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, Assistant Superintendent of Police (on completion of Phase II training) goes as ASP, Hisar. Among the HPS officers, Omvir Singh, Commandant 4th Battalion HAP Madhuban has been given additional charge of Commandant 2nd Battalion HAP Madhuban.
Food & Civil Supply officer held in graft case
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed Food and Civil Supply Department inspector red handed while receiving bribe of Rs3,000. Bureau’s official spokesperson said that Vishal Kumar, posted at Patiala as Food and Civil Supply inspector, was nabbed on the complaint of Baljit Singh of Issarheri village in Patiala district, a depot holder, alleging that the inspector has been demanding bribe on monthly basis. On a tip off, a trap was laid by the VB team and Vishal was caught red handed while accepting bribe of Rs3000 from the complainant.
dullo appointed Cong election authority member
Chandigarh: Punjab’s former State Congress president Shamsher Singh Dullo has been appointed as a member of the Central Election Authority for organisations elections by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Setting in process the party’s organisational elections next year, the committee has been formed under the chairmanship of former Union Minister Mullappally Ramachandran with Biren Singh Engti, and Ashk Ali Tak as other members of the committee.
Sahitya Akademi book fair to start today
Chandigarh: Sahitya Akademi, an apex organisation under Department of Culture, Government of India will organise a Book Exhibition at Divisional library (South), Sector 34 here from Wednesday. Concluding on September 14, the five-day exhibition will be inaugurated by chairperson, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi. As many as 2000 books in Hindi, English and Punjabi languages at a special discount of 50 percent on Punjabi books and 20 percent on other books will be available.
Max life sets up helpdesk for flood victims
Jammu: Max life Insurance on Tuesday set up a special claims helpdesk to help Jammu & Kashmir flood victims in their life insurance claims. In order to expedite and simplify the evaluation process for the claimants, Max life Insurance has restricted the documentation to evidence from officials of the state government or hospital authorities or municipal record showing death due to floods in Jammu & Kashmir region. One has to produce a photo ID proof of nominee/beneficiary. The claimant can contact the company personnels Jawed Mir at Srinagar based office on 9419 005 271 and Sanjay Saigal at Jammu office on 9419 177 644.
TRESemme launches Hair Spa Rejuvenation range
Chandigarh: New York fashionista’s favourite haircare brand TRESemmé launched its latest salon innovation — the TRESemmé Hair Spa Rejuvenation range. Driven by the belief that every woman has an intrinsic desire to look and feel gorgeous every day, the new range allows you to break your hectic routine, distress & rejuvenate. Together with a gentle massage on the scalp, it gives the benefit of a hair spa in the comfort of your home.
Prostate Cancer: awareness key to survival
Chandigarh: One of the most common cancers in men, the carcinoma of the prostate gland has often been considered a disease of the western world since its incidence has traditionally been higher in high income countries. Dr A K Mandal, HOD Urologist, PGIMER said, “If prostate cancer is diagnosed early, it can be treated successfully. In fact, in 9 out of 10 cases, early detection can provide a long-term cure. But, for early diagnosis, awareness about the disease and its screening modalities is absolutely crucial.”
Jaitley points out gross discrimination by IBa
Chandigarh: Around 300 retirees of the associate banks of State Bank of India across the country who had opted for voluntary retirement under the exit option scheme during 2006-07 have been unjustly denied the second option of pension despite being eligible for the same. A letter in this regard has been recently written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pointing out gross discrimination in the matter of offering second option to retired officers of associate banks by IBA as its instructions were contrary to the approval of government which had extended the option.