leaders mourn demise of Swadesh Chopra
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his Deputy Sukhbir Badal, Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia, Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh, Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa, Punjab BJP president Kamal Sharma, former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, on Tuesday expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Swadesh Chopra, wife of Punjab Kesari Group’s editor-in-chief Vijay Chopra. She passed away after a prolonged illness at a private hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday morning. She was 76 and survived by her husband and two sons — Avinash Chopra and Amit Chopra — both joint managing editors in Punjab Kesari Group. All shared their heartfelt condolences with the bereaved family.
Change in timings of GMCH-32
Chandigarh: The Government Medical College Hospital, Sector-32, will function from 9 am to 5 pm and the out-patient department (OPD) registration will function from 8 am to 11 am from July 16. The emergency services will work round the clock as before.
Haryana’s dental surgeon nominated in DCI
Chandigarh: A dental surgeon from Haryana, Dr SK Khindria, has been nominated as member to Dental Council of India. He expressed his gratitude to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal and Health Minister Anil Vij on his nomination. Dr Khindria has been nominated in place of Dr Sandeep Dahiya for the period of five years or as per the provisions of the Section 3 (e) of Dentists Act. Before this, he has worked as a member of Dental Council of India twice.
Applications for post of Director invited
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has invited applications for filling up the post of Director and Warden of Fisheries on contract basis. A spokesperson said interested candidate could sent their application with updated curriculum vitae by email to dahpunjab@gmail.com or through post at Director, Animal Husbandry, Punjab, 17 Bays Building, Sector 17, Chandigarh by July 23, 2015. Candidate should possess degree of BSc (Zoology) and training in Inland Fisheries from a recognised institution. He said tenure would be of five years or 65 years of age of the selected candidate whichever is less.
Workshops to be organised
Chandigarh: UT’s Department of Food Safety and Standards has decided to hold workshop for wider awareness of business community and to convince them to obtain food licences or to get them registered for running their food businesses in legal and authorised manner. The decision was taken during an emergent meeting held under the chairmanship of UT Food Safety Commissioner-cum-Health Secretary Anurag Aggarwal. One-day awareness workshop and food licence or registration will be conducted at Manimajra on July 9.
Punjab govt developing Dera Bassi: Sharma
Dera Bassi: local MlA and Punjab’s Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Industries and Commerce) NK Sharma on Tuesday said the State Government was committed to develop Derabassi as a model constituency and was formulating special steps to provide facilities to the rural areas at par with the urban areas. He said finances would not be allowed to act as constraints in the way of all round development of villages. “Rs7.39 crore has been spent on cementing streets and drains and draining of polluted water in the villages falling under Dera Bassi constituency. Rs1 crore is being spent on constructing community centers in six villages,” he said.
Haryana VB caught two
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau (VB) has caught a court clerk Anil Kumar red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs3,000 from Assandh-resident Ram Niwas in lieu of not executing warrant against him and bogus report regarding execution of warrant in the case pending in the court. In an another case, Chamarian’s halqa patwari Ramesh Kumar was caught red handed while taking Rs1,000 bribe from one Sanjay Kumar in lieu of providing a copy of mutation deed marked after the death of father-in-law of the complainant. Separate cases had been registered against both accused under Section 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at VB Police Station, Rohtak.
City rotary club to set up Dialysis Centre
Chandigarh: Continuing with its existing programmes of providing free heart surgeries to needy children, ear and eye surgeries, Chandigarh’s Rotary Club will setup a high-end dialysis centre in the city, said DP Singh, who has been given the baton of leadership of Rotary Club on Tuesday. He said that the Club would also adopt five schools to make them “Happy Schools under Rotary literacy Mission and upgrade the toilet facilities in six government schools”.
Aryans group to hold counselling on Jul 11
Mohali: Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh, is providing golden opportunity to the students of tricity who could not get chance in the colleges of the region by organising ‘First Admission-cum-Scholarship Counselling’ on July 11 at Aryans Campus. Interested students can give a missed call on Toll Free Helpline 1800-30000-388 or visit www.aryans.edu.in. Group chairman Dr Anshu Kataria said counselling was especially for the students who have passed Class X, XII and graduation and want to take admission in professional courses.
Indiamart emphasises on innovation
ludhiana: Indiamart, online marketplace connecting organised a highly engaging discussion forum for the SMEs, Indiamart Emerging Business Forum at Radisson Blu ludhiana. The forum under the key theme, ‘Branding and Innovation’ focused on the role and importance of branding and marketing and how it can help SMEs rise up the growth gradient.