Appointment letters to 34 craft instructors
Chandigarh: Punjab Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Madan Mohan Mittal on Tuesday gave appointment letters to 15 craft instructors, 17 other candidates for various posts of Institute for Training of Trainers, lalru, and two Principals (Group-B) at the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training. Spokesperson said that the Minister exhorted the newly appointed instructors to work with complete dedication and stressed upon the youth the importance of being technically qualified.
Pb forms panel to provide ACP scheme benefits
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has constituted a committee to provide benefits under Assured Career Progression (ACP) scheme to the officers or officials of different categories. Spokesperson said that on the directions given by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the committee, comprising two retired IAS and one retired PCS officers RN Gupta, HS Rakhra and Jaswant Singh respectively, had been constituted to look into the issues of officers or officials under ACP scheme. Committee will furnish its detailed report after hearing officers besides administrations constraints and legal hurdles relating to ACP.
paid holiday on Jun 14 for panchayat bypolls
Chandigarh: To enable the workers working in factories, shops and commercial establishments situated in Punjab to exercise their democratic right of bye-election to 2015 of sarpanches or panches and election of complete gram panchayats in Amritsar, Bathinda, Barnala, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Fazilka, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Kaputhala, ludhiana, Moga, Mansa, Sr Muktsar Sahib, Patiala, SBS Nagar, Sangrur, Panthankot, Roopnagar, Mohali and Tarn Taran districts on June 14, Punjab labour Department has declared that day to be a weekly paid holiday for all factories, shops and commercial establishments situated in these constituencies.
rotational irrigation prog for kharif announced
Chandigarh: Punjab Irrigation Department on Tuesday announced rotational programme for irrigation for the current Kharif season through canal water from June 10 to 17. The channels of Sirhind canal system would run on the priority basis from Sidhwan branch, Bathinda branch, Bist doab canal, Abohar branch and Patiala feeder, respectively. Spokesperson said that Ghaggar link and its off-taking channels — Ghaggar branch and Patiala minor in Group ‘B’ being in the first preference will run to their indent.
Dept exam of IPS officers from July 6
Chandigarh: Punjab Government would conduct departmental examination of assistant commissioners, IPS officers and Tehsildars or revenue officials from July 6 to July 11. Spokesperson said that those officers who intend to appear in the examination should send their applications to the Special Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Personnel and Secretary Departmental Examination Committee (PCS Branch), Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, through their departments in given Performa by June 15. “No direct application will be entertained under any circumstances,” he added.
Junior engineer caught accepting bribe
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau (VB) has caught Pan Singh Tomar posted as junior engineer, UHVPNl Power House Siwan red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs2,000 from Ravi Kumar, resident of Siwan district Kaithal for demanding new domestic electricity connection. A case had been registered against both the accused under Section 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at VB Police Station, Ambala.
Speaker nominates Prithi Singh
Chandigarh: Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Kanwar Pal Gujjar has nominated MlA Prithi Singh as special invitee to serve on the House Committee for the remaining period of 2015-16.
CCSHAU announces 9 per cent interest on GPF
Chandigarh: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) at Hisar on Tuesday decided to give its employees nine per cent interest on GPF during the 2015-16. Naveen Jain, Financial Controller of the University said that in the last financial year, the university earned the income of Rs3.86 crore after paying off all its liabilities. He said that the interest rate of 9 per cent being given on GPF by the university is higher than any government institutions of Central Government and State Government. Besides this, the Vice Chancellor has approved the proposal to distribute Rs1 lakh every year for sports activities of non-teaching employees on the request of non-teaching employees organisation.
Vigilance nabs JE red-handed accepting bribe
Chandigarh: Sleuths of Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a junior engineer, POWERCOM red handed accepting bribe of Rs5000. A spokesperson said that JE Gursharan Singh deputed at POWERCOM sub division Manochahal, district Taran Taran was nabbed on the complaint of Sukhdev Singh, son of Jang Singh of village Valipur.
In his complainant to the Vigilance Bureau, complainant has alleged that JE was demanding a bribe of Rs15000 from him to shift the load of one transformer to another and the deal was struck at Rs5000.
Six govt colleges to function from June 10
Shimla: Six new Government degree colleges announced by Himachal Government will start functioning from June 10. These colleges include Government colleges lanj, Takipur and Dadasiba in Kangra district, government college, Panarsa in district Mandi, Government college Barotiwala in district Solan and government college Bharali (Anjbhoj) in district Sirmaur. A spokesman said that the desirous students of the concerned areas could apply for admissions under various courses being offered by these colleges from June 10 onwards.
Event for city students to get into uS varsities
Chandigarh: American Honors has launched a 2+2 pathway program to help students from Chandigarh and the region with motivation enter into community colleges with a pathway to leading US universities and pursue degree program of their choice.
American Honors is a 2+2 year pathway program to Top US colleges and universities offered by Quad learning and leading community colleges and would be implemented in other parts of India as well. It is a 2-year selective honors program at public funded US community colleges and is designed to affordably serve students of high motivation and ability. For details log on to www.americanhonors.org.
Training on ‘Value Addition of Milk’ starts
ludhiana: Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University’s College of Dairy Science and Technology (COSDT) took an initiative of conducting an intensive five-day training programme of value addition to milk and milk products which started from Tuesday. CODST Dean Dr AK Puniya revealed that Punjab is one of the leading milk producing state in India with milk production of 9.71 million tones in 2012-13. He said that through value addition in milk, small dairy entrepreneurs can make more profit in the range of 15-50 percent. Small farmers may start small self-help groups with adequate training of technical know-how of product manufacturing. 30 participants including one woman have registered their names for training.
IGMC to have RDR Brachytherapy unit
Shimla: The Cancer hospital, Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Shimla will soon have the latest high dose rate (RDR) Brachytherapy unit which will help in treating the cases relating to gynecological malignancies. The facility which is most likely to be commissioned by August 2015 is being developed as a replacement to present Brachytherapy machine through GIA under TCC scheme of NPCDCS programme of union ministry of health and family welfare. The machine had already been purchased at a cost of Rs3.58 core and the civil work was being carried out to make it functional at the earliest after making necessary modification of existing Brachytherapy room from radiation safety point of view so as to facilitate cancer treatment.