Namdhari Satguru Udai Singh lauds Pioneer
Mandi: Namdhari Chief, Satguru Udai Singh, visited the offices of Daily Pioneer here and expressed his happiness over reviving the heart rending account of the heroic saga of the great sacrifices made by the brave Namdharis 143 years ago in 1872, when 65 martyrs were made to stand before the cannons at Malerkotla and were blown up by the cruel British Administrator, Coven. He complimented Daily Pioneer for carrying the story of the great martyrs and described it as a great tribute on the sacrifice day of January 17. He reminded the people, particular youths, that thousands of freedom fighters had laid down their lives to free India from the shackles of slavery. He expressed confidence that these reminiscences of the great martyrs might enthuse patriotism and change of hearts of those indulging in anti-national activities.
Badals, lop Extend Wishes On Ravidass Utsav
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his deputy Sukhbir Badal, Cabinet Ministers and the State Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday extended their warm greetings to the people on 638th Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Ravidass — great spiritual preacher and messiah of the under privileged sections of the society. Badal, in his message, appealed the people to celebrate the day in unison by rising above petty considerations of caste, colour and creed. Cabinet Ministers Bikram Singh Majithia, Sikander Singh Maluka, Tota Singh and Gulzar Singh Ranike also extended their wishes saying that real tribute to the saint would be to carry forward his legacy to the present and future generation.
Punjab Transfers 3 Ips, 1 Pps, 3 Pcs
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Monday issued transfer or posting orders of three IPS, one PPS and three PCS officers with immediate effect. Spokesperson said that IPS Shive Kumar Verma has been posted as DIG (Administration), CPO, Mohnish Chawla as DIG (Bathinda Range), Bikram Pal Singh as AIG (Personnel), CPO. PPS officer Rajinder Singh has been posted as DCP Jalandhar. Among PCS, Ajay Kumar Sood has been posted as Khanna ADC in addition to ludhiana Improvement Trust’s land acquisition collector and Khanna SDM. Sakatar Singh has been posted as Assistant Commissioner (General) Bathinda and Narinder Singh-I as Rampura Phul SDM.
Ugc Emeritus Fellowship For Chem Prof
Chandigarh: Prof Raj Pal Sharma of Panjab University’s Department of Chemistry has been awarded UGC Emeritus Fellowship for two years to continue his research work. As per the information retrieved from SCOPUS, one of the largest used research databases, Prof Sharma has an H index of 19, which is one of the highest in PU. He is one of the few teachers who have been awarded both CSIR Emeritus Scientist (2013-2015) and now UGC Emeritus Fellowship (2015-2017). He has extensive collaboration with foreign groups (in USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain) and published nearly 160 research papers in International Journals of repute.
Punjab To Establish Five Modern Fish Market
Chandigarh: Punjab Government is planning to launch two modern fish markets in Amritsar and Bathinda district, besides setting up three more in the State. A project of Rs17.82 crore would be launched as a part of promoting fisheries and development of hygienic storage and handling of fish. State level Screening Committee of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) has already approved a proposal for Additional Coverage of 600 acres for setting up the Demonstration and Training Project for Fish Culture in Salt Affected or Water logged Waste lands in the districts of Muktsar and Fazilka.
Pu To Hold Sensitisation Workshop On Feb 4
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, would host Sensitisation Workshop on Societal Fellowship Scheme of Centre’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) for Women Empowerment on Wednesday.
Milkfed Procures 453.93 lakh Kg Milk In Dec
Chandigarh: Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation limited (Milkfed) has procured 453.93 lakh kg milk from 6,359 societies during December 2014. spokesperson said that daily average milk procurement of Milkfed was 1,464.3 thousand kg in Punjab. Milkfed was also taking care of animals, especially milch animals, he said adding that 48,285 sick animals were treated in Punjab through 561 First Aid Centres and 1,763 Veterinary centers of Milkfed.
Special Schools Boon For Child labours
Chandigarh: Punjab labour department’s novel experiment to provide vocational education to rescued child labour in 127 special schools in Amritsar, ludhiana and Jalandhar districts is proving a great success. Centre has appreciated Punjab’s experiment and replicating the same in other states suffering from the menace of child labour. A total of 40 schools are being run in Amritsar, 40 in ludhiana and 27 in Jalandhar. In each of these schools, 50 students are admitted in the age group of nine to 14 years.
Forest Complex To Boost Agro Forestry
Chandigarh: The upcoming Rs23.29 crore Forest Complex at ladowal in ludhiana district is all set to give a boost to research and agro forestry in the state to achieve the target of increasing forest cover to 15 per cent by 2020. Spokesperson said that State Government has given its nod to set up state-of-the-art forest research institute at ladowal, second in northern region to have a thorough research on agro forestry species of tress suitable for climatic zone of Punjab. The research would also focus on fast growing pest resistance trees that could help the state in achieving its target by the scheduled date.
Punjab Sets Up Placement Cell For Medicos
Chandigarh: Punjab Medical Education and Research Department has set up placement cell to facilitate the pharmacists in getting a suitable job, said the State Medical Education and Research Minster Anil Joshi on Monday. He said that the placement cell has been set up by the Punjab Pharmacy Council to help the students with 60 per cent or more marks, in getting rewarding jobs in renowned companies. For this purpose, the department has established a close coordination with hospitals and medical institutions. He said that the department’s effort in this direction has borne fruits as some students got the placements in Fortis Hospital. The Minister said that the pharmacist desirous of getting placements could send their applications on placement performa available at the official website and in office.
Bhutan Delegation Meets Mayor
Chandigarh: Eight-member delegation of executive engineers from Thimphu City Corporation in Bhutan, led by Thimphu Thromde chief engineer Ngawang Tashi, on Monday held a meeting with city mayor Poonam Sharma, MC commissioner VP Singh, and senior officers of corporation. They were given brief introduction regarding various projects and functions of the Corporation, roads, water supply, gardens and green belts, urban planning and architecture etc. The delegation also visited Japanese Garden, various other projects of MC, gardens and Sukhna lake.
Over 1.39 lakh Fards Issued In Mohali
SAS Nagar: A total of 1,39,064 farads and 5,48,505 attested copies have been issued through Farad Kendras in Mohali, so far, established to provide all type of revenue services from single window to the citizens. “Farad Kendras are proving very beneficial for general public. Earlier, it was very time consuming to get land records from Tehsildar and Patwaris, but now with these Farad Kendras, a lot of time, energy and money could be saved,” said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu on Monday. He said that it takes hardly 10 to 15 minutes to get a land record through these Farad Kendras and with nominal fee of Rs 20 per page.