Badal, lal greet people on Mahavir Jayanti
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Haryana counterpart Manohar lal, along with others, on Wednesday extended their greetings to the people, especially the members of the Jain community, on the holy and auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. Badal, in his message, appealed the people to follow path shown by lord Mahavir to celebrate this auspicious occasion with religious fervor to further strengthen the secular and social bonds of our society. lal described lord Mahavir as an apostle of truth, who showed the path of non-violence, peace and universal love to the humanity. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa also extended their greetings on the occasion.
Jatinder takes over as Punjab’s health director
Chandigarh: Dr Jatinder Kaur on Wednesday took over as Punjab’s new Health and Family Welfare director. She was elevated to the post after the superannuation of previous incumbent Dr Karanjit Singh on March 31. Dr Jatinder is MD (Gyne and Obst) and has joined Punjab Civil Medical Services in 1980 as Medical Officer and served on many key positions in Punjab and UT Chandigarh. She said that her priority as new new director would be to improvise healthcare facilities for people’s benefit.
UHBVN’s grievance redressal forum to visit in Apr
Chandigarh: The members of the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (CGRF) of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) will make extensive visit of the area in April for hearing consumers’ grievances and to entertain new complaints. Spokesperson said that consumers from distant places will not be required to go to the Forum office at Panchkula for redressal of their grievances. CGRF shall take all grievances or complaints of consumers except that of theft and unauthorized use of electricity, offences and penalties as per rules.
Naginder appointed as Punjab pr dept CVO
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has appointed Joint Director Naginder Singh as the Chief Vigilance Officer for the Department of Information and Public Relations. He has replaced Joint Director Opinder Singh lamba who was earlier appointed in the year 2011.
Atreja appointed HSCCW hony secy
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government on Wednesday appointed Santosh Atreja as honorary secretary of Haryana State Council for Child Welfare. Haryana Governor and Haryana State Council for Child Welfare president Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki handed her appointment letter at Raj Bhawan. Resident of Karnal district, Atreja has retired as Home Science lecturer of DAV Women University in 2006, and has remained actively involved in various social service organizations.
Milkfed procures 497.08 lakh kg milk in Feb
Chandigarh: Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation limited (Milkfed) has procured 497.08 lakh kg of milk from 6,417 societies across the state during February. Spokesperson said that daily average milk procurement of Milkfed was 1775.3 thousand kg in Punjab. Milkfed was also taking care of animals, especially milch animals. As many as 24931 sick animals were treated through 561 First Aid Centres and 1763 Veterinary centers of Milkfed.
Dhillon takes charge as SGGS College principal
Chandigarh: Prof SS Dhillon, Associate Professor in Physics, on Wednesday takes over the charge as principal of SGGS College. An excellent administrator, brilliant academician, and a great visionary, Prof Dhillon held many key post in SGGS College including vice principal, dean sciences, head of department of Physics, PU Senate added Member, inspection committee. He is serving in SGGS College since last 34 years.
Departmental exam from May 4
Chandigarh: Punjab’s Central Committee of Examination is organizing next departmental examination of certain categories of officers or officials from May 4 to 9 at lajpat Rai Bhawan in two shifts —9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 5 pm. Spokesperson said that those IAS, IPS, PCS (Executive Branch), PCS (Judicial) and other officers who intend to appear in the examination should send their applications to Additional Secretary to Department of Personal and Secretary, Central Committee of Examination (PCS Branch), Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, through their Departments in the prescribed performa by April 15. No direct application will be entertained under any circumstances. Incomplete applications will be rejected.
FIITJEE students shine in NTSE selection
Amritsar: Total five students from FIITJEE’s long duration classroom program have demonstrated exemplary scholastic brilliance to qualify in National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2015 from Punjab. The exam was coordinated by State Council of Educational Research and Training, Punjab. FIITJEE as an institute has the highest success in any schooling program available anywhere across the country. Aayush Chaudhary has topped in Punjab by scoring 132 out of 140 marks.
IElTS approved for all UK Visas
Chandigarh: IElTS, world’s most popular test of English for higher education and global migration, has been approved for all UK visas that require applicants to provide proof of their level of English. Under the new arrangements, IElTS tests for UK visa applications will be offered throughout the year in more than 100 key locations throughout the world, and a new test — IElTS life Skills — will be introduced for people who need to prove their speaking and listening skills at level A1 or B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
ICICI inaugurates its 4000th bank branch
Chandigarh: ICICI Bank on Wednesday announced the inauguration of its 4000th bank branch at Sector 37 in Chandigarh, becoming the first private sector bank in the country to achieve this milestone. Bank’s branch footprint covers 2300 locations across the country from Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir to Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu to Naliya in Gujarat and Mokokchung in Nagaland. Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar said: “Today’s important milestone is yet another step towards providing our customers improved access and proximity to Bank’s services. 52 percent of our branches are in rural and semi-urban areas, which is also a testimony of our commitment towards financial inclusion in the country.”
KXIP, Blippar join hands for IPl 8
Chandigarh: In a step towards enhancing fans’ experience, Kings XI Punjab has announced their partnership with Blippar, world’s largest image recognition and augmented reality platform. The collaboration for IPl Season 8 will provide fans an opportunity to book tickets and buy merchandise via smart phones leveraging KXIP ads or logo directly. Cricket enthusiasts can also get fun anecdotes, click pictures with their favourite team member and surf interesting KXIP trivia through the Blippar app.