HARYANA CM ORDERS SPECIAl ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has ordered a special assessment exercise to assess the loss to crops caused due to recent heavy rain and hailstorm in different parts of the State. The Chief Minister directed for a special assessment exercise of the affected areas and to submit a report in this regard soon.
DATE TO ClAIM REBATE ON PROPERTY TAX EXTENDED
Chandigarh: Punjab Minister for local Bodies Department Anil Joshi on Monday announced to extend the last date for filing the property tax of 2014-15 up to March 15 instead of February 28. Joshi said that last date has been extended after considering the demand of public sympathetically. He said that this facility won’t be available to the public after March 15 so one should file the property tax within this date. “last date to file property tax without any fine is unchanged as March 31” he added.
HARYANA CABINET TO MEET ON MARCH 4
Chandigarh: Haryana Cabinet will meet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal at Committee Room, Haryana Civil Secretariat on March 4 at 4 pm. Earlier, the state government had announced to convene the meet on March 3.
PTU TO BEGIN COURSE IN VEDIC MATHEMATICS
Chandigarh: Punjab Technical University (PTU) will begin a certificate course in Vedic Mathematics. The course will be of six months duration and shall include basic introduction of the subject and also its applications in higher Mathematics. A spokesperson said that candidates desirous of seeking admission to the course should log on to www.ptu.ac.in for e- admission form and other details. The last date of submitting applications online is March 31.
‘E-IPO’ WIll RUIN RETAIl INVESTORS
Chandigarh: Bharat Merchants’ Chamber has stated that the proposed ‘eIPO’ will ruin retail investors as well as capital market intermediaries like share brokers, registrars, printers, advertising agencies etc. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed e-IPO norms, where investors can bid for shares through internet and eventually on mobiles, while already listed public sector undertakings will be provided a ‘fast-track’ route for share sales to meet the disinvestment targets. Shiv Kanoria, Honorary General Secretary of Bharat Merchants’ Chamber said under the pressure of FIIs & impact of West, SEBI is acting with haste to implement ‘e-IPO’.
MISRA APPOINTED SJVN CHAIRMAN
Shimla: RN Misra has been appointed as chairman and managing Director of public sector SJVN limited by Govt of India. Prior to this, Misra was holding the post of Director (Civil) and since January 6. He had been holding the additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director. Misra joined SJVN on 21st of May 2010 as Director (Civil). Prior to joining SJVN, Misra was executive director with NHPC limited. He has about 35 years experience in power sector. He has varied experience in Planning, project appraisal, environmental issues related to hydro power projects, project monitoring, contract management and execution of large hydro power projects.
PTU TO HOlD WORKSHOP OF YOUTH COORDINATORS
Chandigarh: Punjab Technical University (PTU) will hold a 3-day workshop of youth coordinators of all the colleges. A spokesperson informed that this workshop would begin on April 3 and conclude on April 5 at PTU Mohali campus. During this workshop, eminent personalities would guide and provide inputs to the youth coordinators of all colleges to work more vigorously for increasing the youth welfare activities and especially focus on cultural activities, thereby strengthening the moral character of the youth. 1 male and 1 female youth coordinators from every college of the State would participate in the workshop and every participant would be awarded a participation certificate.
WORKSHOP ON CAPACITY BUIlDING COMMENCES
Chandigarh: Two-week workshop on capacity building programme for young faculty/research scholars in social sciences commenced at Panjab University (PU) here. The workshop is being organised by the ICSSR North-Western Regional Centre at the ICSSR Complex, PU. Young teachers and research scholars from various social science disciplines hailing from the north-west region are participating in the workshop. Academic Director, Institute of Social Change and Regional Development, Guwahati, former Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, NEHU Shillong, Prof Apurba K Baruah delivered the key-note address on Monday.
CHANGE IN MINDSET NEEDED TO CURB FEMAlE FOETICIDE
Chandigarh: A mass revolution in mindset amongst all stakeholders of the society, especially the young men and older women is needed to resolve and fight the evil of female foeticide prevalent majorly in Punjab and Haryana. This was the joint call given by experts at a session on ‘Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity’ as part of ‘Nanhi Chhaan Day’ celebrated by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at its Headquarters in Sector 31 here on Monday. Hundreds of saplings were also distributed at CII. It is alarming that the sex ratio in India has further fallen from 945 girls / 1,000 boys in 1991 to 919 girls / 1,000 boys in 2011 while that of Punjab and Haryana is even below the national average at 895 and 857 respectively, as per latest census.
lAKMÉ SAlON REWARDS INDIAN WOMEN
Chandigarh: On Women’s Day, lakmé Salon launched ‘lakmé for life’ to thank and reward their beautiful customers. Every year on March 8, Salons will reward 8 lucky customers with expert salon services for the next 8 years, completely free. These 8 lucky women will win free salon services equivalent to their previous year’s spends at Salons, each year, for 8 years! Sushma Khan, lakmé Salon expert graced the occasion to felicitate one of the 8 lucky lakmé for life winner Ripudaman. For those who don’t make it to the lucky 8, there’s still enough to rejoice with all lakmé Salons offering upto 30% off on all services from March 5th to March 23rd, so you can save while you spend & who knows, you may be one amongst the lucky 8 next Women’s Day!
SCIENCE WEEK HElD AT BANYAN TREE SCHOOl
Chandigarh: Banyan Tree School, Sector 48 B, Chandigarh celebrated Science Week where-in students of classes VI to X participated under the able guidance of their teachers Kavita Pant, Ritu Sharma, Parveen Banu, Goldie Bhardwaj and Gurpreet Kaur. The exhibits were eye openers on various topics related to Energy Conservation, Innovation, Communication, Agriculture, Technology, Bio-diversity, Environment & Mathematical Modeling. The enthusiasm and skill clubbed with in-depth knowledge of Science, Social Science & Mathematics was commendable and was appreciated by the parents who visited the school.