Congress condemns BJP councillor
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee has condemned the role of Arun Sood, BJP councillor and leader of opposition in MCC, in allegedly causing the selection of a travel agency for organising the study tour without tendering and by flouting all norms and conditions using his undue influence and by deliberately concealing the fact that this travel agency is owned by none other than his family members; Sanjeev Sood and Sahil Vaid, and also causing loss to the state exchequer by raising inflated rates. Congress alleged that Arun Sood himself was part of the nine-day tour in which 19 members and six officials had traveled to Chennai, Kolkata and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
play school celebrates Annual day
Mohali: The tiny tots of Bachpan, a play school in Mohali, celebrated their annual day, the theme being “Rocking Bachpan” at the auditorium - Institute of Hotel Management, Sector 42 here with a fun filled programme of song and dance. The kids danced with perfection and confidence to a number of songs in English and Hindi like to name a few “Bum Bum bole”, “Baby doll mein sone de” “Zinda from Bhag Milkha Bhag, Venga Boys and many other rocking numbers. The chairperson Glenda Nunes in her address mentioned that it is indeed a Herculean task to get kids in the age bracket of 2+ to 5 years perform on stage and appreciated the hard work put in by the teachers and staff of the school.
DataWind launches CBSE mapped learning content
Chandigarh: DataWind, maker of UbiSlate launched iScuela”s global award winning, multimedia rich educational content on UbiSlate tablets. Students in India now have access to this CBSE curriculum mapped rich content at a mere tap of their fingers. The trial version of the iScuela Education application will be preloaded on all DataWind tablets and the users are free to sample the content of the grade that they are more interested in and then upgrade the product to the full version.
AIMED welcomes 100% FDI for manufacturing
Chandigarh: Reacting to the Government’s expected move on liberalising FDI policy for cash-starved medical devices sector, the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) on Sunday welcomed 100 per cent FDI for manufacturing but not for trading. Over the past few months, the Government has eased FDI rules in defence and construction to promote domestic manufacturing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pitch for “Make in India” and boost investment and economic activity.
Nirankaris organise blood donation camp
Chandigarh: Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation on Sunday organised a blood donation camp at Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan at Sector 15. Despite heavy rain and intense cold weather, 246 devotees including 33 women donated their blood voluntarily in this camp. leading blood donating voluntary organization in the country, this camp was the 16th camp out of 19 camps of current financial year of the Chandigarh zone.