Punjab CM greets people on Christmas
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday felicitated all the Punjabis, especially the Christian brethren, on the occasion of Christmas. In his message, Badal said,”Christmas, the birth of lord Jesus, being celebrated across the globe is an extremely joyous occasion not only for Christians, but the people of all faiths”. He said that the teachings of peace, love, amity and compassion preached by Jesus Christ were still relevant today in the present context. He said that such occasions were instrumental in strengthening the bonds of universal brotherhood and communal harmony besides inspiring the people to dedicate themselves in the services of the mankind to carve out an ideal society. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Revenue and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia also greeted the people on the joyous occasion of Christmas. In his message, the Deputy CM said Christmas carries the spirit of brotherhood, peace and prosperity and called upon the people to make the celebrations meaningful. Majithia wished that may the Almighty shower his plentiful blessings on all the people on this festive occasion.
UBS HolDs Alumni meet at Panjab University
Chandigarh: One of the premier B-schools of the region, University Business School (UBS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh on Wednesday organised its annual alumni meet. This year UBS welcomed its successful batch of 1987-89. The venues of the event were spread over the Evening Auditorium and University Business School premises. The UBS welcomed around 70 alumni from different batches with over 30 guests from the silver jubilee batch of 1987-89. The pass outs of the 1989 batch are spread out globally and hold top notch positions that vary from Country Managers to Vice-Presidents in esteemed multinational conglomerates. The function was inaugurated by PU Vice Chancellor Arun K Grover. After the PU Anthem and the lamp-lighting ceremony, a video presentation was shown to take the alumni back to their college days. It was followed by the felicitation of the silver jubilee batch and thereafter, alumni from other batches were introduced to everyone present. The event gave the alumni a chance to relive the nostalgic moments with their alma mater by providing them a platform to interact with their professors via the Faculty- Alumni Interaction Session.
Punjab Governor greets people
Chandigarh: Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Shivraj V Patil extended his greetings to the people of Punjab and Chandigarh, on the joyous occasion of Christmas. In a message, on the eve of Christmas, Patil said that India has shown the rest of the world how to live in peace and harmony, despite its multi-lingual and multi-cultural identity. The Governor hoped that such occasions would help in strengthening the bonds of universal brotherhood and communal harmony besides inspiring the people to dedicate themselves in the services of the mankind to carve out a happy and prosperous society.
ICAI’s ‘Taxacon2014’ concludes
Chandigarh: The-two day long conference on Taxation — TaxCon 2014 organised by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) concluded at Hotel Marriott on Wednesday. The Conference was aimed at latest updation to members on the taxation laws. Addressing delegates on Issues under Companies law, Arun Saxena stressed upon Audit Accounts and Auditors responsibilities. He emphasised on the rotation auditors and independent auditors for the conduct. The companies are required to make disclosure about related parties. He also informed about the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility which is the new feature in Company Act 2013 which is also resulting the successful movement of Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan in recent times.
NITK Observes ‘Good Governance Day’
Kurukshetra: National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NITK) celebrated ‘Good Governance Day’ on Wednesday. Two events were organised on the day in which the faculty, staff and students of the institute participated: A Seminar on ‘Use of Technology and Innovation in Promoting Good Governance and a Competition on Oratory. The seminar was inaugurated by Prof Anand Mohan, Director, NIT Kurukshetra. He identified the components of good governance and added that it should become a daily practice rather than just be observed on a particular day. He said use of technology should become an essential component of governance because technology would speed up the process of decision-making and also make it transparent.
Reliance Games announces ‘GameHack’
Chandigarh: Reliance Games has come out with GameHack, the first of its kind pan-India game development and pitch competition for developers and students, who have the passion and talent to create their very own mobile game or compete to showcase their existing games to win global publicity, funds and publishing contracts. Game Hack will travel to six cities to hear talks, provide networking, glimpse of future technology and showcase their talent in the big indie pitch in April.
Easyday stores gain strength in Punjab
Abohar: Bharti Retail will launch its refreshed ‘easyday’ store in Abohar, increasing the figure to 72. The new refreshed Easyday store is spread across more than 2,000 sq. feet of well laid out modern shopping area offering convenience and great value. The store in Abohar will offer meat, packaged foods, loose grains, household essentials like plastic ware, winter products like winter wear and foods, heaters, household cleaning, etc. Bharath Uppiliappan, Head of Marketing & Merchandising, said, “Our Abohar store launch is to provide our customers with efficient and modern shopping experience with consistent low prices across a wide assortment of quality products. We believe with our new superior Easyday store our customers will enjoy high quality products and enjoy big savings.”
Axis Bank announces ‘eDGE loyalty Rewards’
Chandigarh: Axis Bank announced its eDGE loyalty Rewards being extended to its Current Account & Travel cards holders, making it a program that rewards customers across their banking relationships. With this, Axis will be the first bank in India to reward loyalty points to Current Account transactions and travel card holders. All Savings bank customers are beneficiaries of this program and customers earn eDGE loyalty points by maintaining a balance of Rs25000 or more.
Emaar MGF receives EPC world award
Chandigarh: The Commonwealth Games Village — Residential project, developed by real estate company Emaar MGF, was conferred the prestigious EPC World Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution in Green Building Project- Real Estate Category’. Sanjay Malhotra, Chief Financial Officer, Emaar MGF land ltd. accepted the award on Company’s behalf from Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State of Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) & Civil Aviation and Vishnu Deo Sai, Minister of State for Steel & Mining, Government of India.
Vij seeks clean drinking water
Chandigarh: In a written communication issued to Chief Secretary, Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij has asked him to direct all the departments to ensure cleanliness of all resources of drinking water within their jurisdiction otherwise the Head of Departments of concerned department would be held accountable. Vij said drinking water was being supplied to all public places and establishments, but water tanks were not kept clean. He said Public Health Department would have to keep water tanks and other resources clean and covered in hospitals, schools, colleges, and at bus stands in cities and villages. After that, the Health Department would take samples and the concerned person would not be spared if sample fails, he added.