Haryana govt fixes all HoDs’ responsibility
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has fixed the responsibility of Head of the Departments to ensure regular timely payment of ex-gratia and monthly financial assistance to the family members of deceased Government employee. Now, they have to ensure that ex-gratia and monthly financial assistance to family members of deceased Government employee be paid regularly to the family members of the deceased Government employees within a period of 30 days from the date of his or her death. All the Administrative Secretaries and HoDs, Divisional Commissioners of all four division of Ambala, Hisar, Rohtak and Gurgaon, all the Managing Directors, Chief Administrators of Boards, Corporations and Pubic Undertakings in the state has been asked to ensure strict compliance of these instructions.
37 appointed on compassionate grounds
Chandigarh: Ajit Singh Kohar, Punjab Transport Minister on Tuesday handed over the appointment letters to 37 candidates appointed as class IV on compassionate grounds in Transport Department. Kohar said that these appointments have been made as per the rules and the regulations of the Punjab Government. He appealed to the newly appointed employees to work with dedication, devotion and sincerity.
Defence security corps day celebrated at OCF
Chandigarh: Defence Security Corps (DSC), based at Ordnance Cable Factory (OCF) here celebrated the 68th Raising Day. Inaugurating the celebrations, MK Georgekutty, General Manager Ordnance Cable Factory admired the yeomen services rendered by the DSC as they guard the high security defence establishment round the clock. He reiterated that notwithstanding the advent of surveillance technology, the vigilant pair of eyes and the strong hands of DSC will remain the backbone of security for armed forces bases. The DSC, with about 31,000 personnel, provides security for Defence Ministry sites. The centre imparts training and recruits ex-service personnel of the Army, Navy and Territorial Army.
FIITJEE students shine in NTSE selection
Chandigarh: 12 out of 13 students announced are from FIITJEE's long duration classroom programme and they have demonstrated exemplary scholastic brilliance to qualify in National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2015 from Chandigarh zone. NTSE is the prestigious scholarship exam for school studying students and was coordinated by State Council of Educational Research and Training. Exuberant with the joy of success, the students shared their views "the competition was very tough indeed and it was a battle of brains, where concept and reasoning were the key to correctly answer the questions in limited time.” Successful students are Karan Mittal, Aashish Waikar, Ankush Jindal, Uddhav Agarwal, Basudhara Mete, Himanshu Bansal, Vaibhav Gupta, Jeetika, Rushil Gupta, Jannat Bedi, Jagdeep Singh and Gayatri lal.
PESAT postponed to march 15
Chandigarh: The Physical Efficiency and Sports Aptitude Test (PESAT) of Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Sonipat has been postponed to March 15. A spokesman said that the test was scheduled to be conducted on March 1. However, it has now been postponed due to heavy showers which lashed the region last week and will now be conducted on March 15. All candidates are required to report in front of school main gate at 9 am on the new scheduled date i.e March 15.
Blood donation camp organised
Chandigarh: Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Sector 42 here organised a blood donation camp on Wednesday in collaboration with Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and it was sponsored by State Bank of India. The Institute organises blood donation camp on annually basis, in which students and the staff members actively participate for the noble cause. Most of the students appeared to be keen on donating blood, a component that has no substitute. Madhukar Anand, Regional Manager, SBI acknowledged the efforts for the noble cause.
Coventry City councillor woos industry
Chandigarh: Inviting the industry from Chandigarh and Punjab region, lord Mayor, councillor Hazel Noonan, Coventry City Council, UK mentioned that “Coventry City is proud about its industries and educational institutions and being strategically located, it takes maximum 4 hours to reach end to end of the country.” Being logistically efficient and one of top 10 business friendly cities, we are laying special focus on car factories, hi-tech businesses, ICT/digital technologies etc, said he while addressing industry representatives at a session on Trade & Business Opportunities with Coventry City Council, UK organised jointly by CII here on Tuesday.