CM, Dy CM felicitate people on Ram Navami
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has extended his warm greetings to the people of the State on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, the birthday of lord Rama. The Chief Minister called upon the people to celebrate this auspicious day collectively rising above the parochial considerations of caste, colour, creed and religion. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal also extended his warm greetings on the occasion and called upon the people to follow the teachings of lord Rama in true spirit, which were still relevant in the present materialistic society besides redeeming the mankind from the yoke of evils.
Punjab Cab Mins greet people on Ram Navami
Chandigarh: Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka and Agriculture Minister Jathedar Tota Singh conveyed their best wishes to the entire nation and people of Punjab on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami. They said lord Rama, through his role as Maryada Purushottama has inspired generations of mankind to uphold the high standards of ethical conduct in life and his life and teachings have the power to provide guidance and spiritual solace in all phases of our lives. Punjab Revenue & Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia also greeted the people of Punjab on the occasion of Ram Navami. He exhorted the people to celebrate the occasion collectively, in a spirit of traditional gaiety, amity and devotion, rising above considerations of caste, creed and religion.
Haryana invites applications for v-c post
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has invited applications from the suitable or willing persons for the post of Vice-Chancellor for Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak latest by April 15. A spokesman o said that the candidates should have a basic recognized medical qualification included in the schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. He should have Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Master of Surgery (MS) Doctorate of Medicine (DM) or Magister Chirurgiae (M.Ch.) or equivalent qualification recognized by the Medical Council of India in any specialty. He shall not be below the age of 55 years on the last date of receipt of applications.
Haryana to hold training course for drivers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government will organise a three days’ training course for light Motor Vehicle drivers of the State Government. A spokesman said that this training would be provided at the Institutes of Driver Training and Research located at Rohtak, Bahadurgarh and Kaithal from April 18 to 20. All the head of departments have been directed to nominate regular Government drivers below 50 years of age working in the offices under their kind control and send the details to the Transport Commissioner by April 6 so that necessary training arrangements can be made accordingly. The sponsoring department may indicate the name of the driver, age and preferred place of choice for the training among Rohtak, Bahadurgarh or Kaithal.
Conference on Crop Technology concludes at KU
Kurukshetra: A two-day international conference on ‘Crop Technology led Agriculture development and Sustainability of Eco-System in India’ organised by Department of Economics, University College, Kurukshetra University concluded here on Friday. More than 400 participants from all over India and abroad participated in the conference and 150 presented papers on topics like ground water depletion, soil degradation, IM Crops, BT Cotton, bio-fuels, impacts of fertilizers and pesticides, land acquisition act, Swaminathan Report, formers suicides crop-diversification, untimely rains, drip irrigation etc in different technical sessions. lt Gen DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, KU, in his inaugural speech, mentioned the observation made by Thomas Malthus that population growth would eventually overtake the ability to produce food leading to starvation and war.
HMC-MM opens new Centre at Manesar
Chandigarh: HMC-MM Auto ltd., the joint venture (JV) between Hero MotoCorp ltd. (HMCl)and Milan (Italy)-headquartered MagnetiMarelli (MM), on Friday inaugurated its first autonomous ‘Production and Development Centre’ at Manesar in Haryana. The new centre will serve as a production facility and innovation hub to develop new-generation fuelling systems for HMCl two-wheelers. HMCl holds majority stake of 60 per cent in “HMC-MM Auto ltd” while Magneti Marelli holds the rest 40 per cent.
Axis Bank to offer pan salary account to army
Chandigarh: Axis Bank has entered an agreement with the Indian Army to offer a pan India salary account ‘Power Salute’ to all defence personnel. The ‘Power Salute’ Salary Account entails comprehensive retail banking products and services, exclusively tailor-made for both serving as well as retired defence personnel. The exclusive offers include family banking facility for family members of the personnel with bundled online PPF account and a concessional loan rates offering of up to 200 bps, available at more than 2,500 Axis Bank branches at over 1,700 locations. The offering also includes account number portability and a state of the art mobile banking service, crafted to the needs of traveling defence personnel.
Training programme on green buildings held at CII
Chandigarh: With an objective to impart knowledge on green building concepts and share best practices in green buildings, Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) organised a training programme on green buildings at the CII NR headquarters in Sector 31 here on Friday. AK Jaswal, chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter mentioned that IGBC with the support of the Government and other stakeholders, is spearheading the green building movement in India. Today, India with over 2.68 billion sq. ft with 3,088 IGBC registered projects has the second largest green building footprint in the world.