Punjab frames new guidelines for hiring of vehicles
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday framed new guidelines regarding the hiring of vehicles for carrying out official duties. Spokesperson said that before this, Government had issued special guidelines in December 2014 for hiring of vehicles that were a part of austerity measures by the Government to reduce expenditure. He said that now the relaxation has been given to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers, MlAs and their security personnel regarding the hiring of vehicles. Apart from them, some other senior officials have also been granted relaxation to hire Government vehicles for official duties including Chief Secretary, Financial Commissioners, Principal Secretaries, Judges of High Court, Deputy Commissioners, SSPs, among others.
Punjab transfers 1 DRO, 4 tehsildars, 2 naib tehsildars
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday issued transfer or posting orders of one District Revenue Officer (DRO), four tehsildars and two naib tehsildars with immediate effect. Spokesperson said that DRO Paramjit Kaur has been posted at Faridkot. Kharar tehsildar Pardeep Singh Bains has been given additional charge of Call Centre 168 coordinator, Harminder Singh as Moonak tehsildar, Bhupinder Singh-II as Zira tehsildar and Harphul Singh Gill as lehragaga tehsildar, he said.
Punjab BJP appoints 33 district election in-charges
Chandigarh: Punjab unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released the district-wise list of election in-charges for the party’s organisational elections for the year 2015. The list of 33 in-charges was released by organisational election in-charge and senior party leader Prof Rajinder Bhandari. As per the list, Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina has been appointed in-charge for Amritsar Rural, Tikshan Sood for Amritsar Urban, Dyal Singh Sodhi for Barnala, Shiv Dyal Chug for Batala, Dhiraj Kumar for Bathinda Urban, Gurtej Singh Dhillon for Bhatinda Rural, Sandeep Rinwa for Faridkot, Santosh Kalra for Fatehgarh Sahib, besides others.
Sacred Heart’s Vidushi wins two gold medals
Chandigarh: Vidushi Rawat of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, on Thursday bagged two gold medals at the ongoing Inter School Skating Championship being organised by UT Sports Department at Sector 10 Skating Rink. She won two gold medals in two categories — rink race-I and rink race-II. With this, Vidushi has qualified for the upcoming National School Games to be held in Belgaum, Karnataka, in December 2016. Vidushi, so far in her skating career has won a total of 130 medals.
SVGOI students encourage to use voting rights
Chandigarh: Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Programme-2015 was organised on Thursday by Swami Vivekanand Group of Institutes (SVGOI), Banur. The main purpose of this programme was to motivate young voters for participation in electoral programme and to convey them the importance of their rights of vote. SVGOI chairman Ashwani Garg addressed the students and impressed upon them to become good voters.
Missouri State varsity introduces Material Sciences
Chandigarh: Missouri State University (MSU), one of the oldest universities of mid-west US, on Thursday introduced a four-year undergraduate programme in Material Sciences. Material Science prepares students for various career opportunities, both in public and private sectors. Material scientists are employed by manufacturers, refiners, industries like metallurgy, transport, construction, aviation, defence, pharmaceutical, garment, energy, biomedical require material scientists. Any student can apply by October 31, but must have 10+2 certificate senior secondary education in Physics and Maths with a minimum average of 60 percent in Year X, XI and XII and IElTS score of 5.5 or TOEFl-iBT score of 61. A SAT score is highly recommended.
lohia Auto to foray into Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh: lohia Auto Industries, an automobile division of `600 crore lohia conglomerate, will foray into Haryana and Punjab with the launch of its new e-rickshaws and diesel three-wheelers in both states soon. lohia Auto Industries’ CEO Ayush lohia said: “We see a huge potential for our entire range of vehicles in Punjab and Haryana and specially Chandigarh and we are keen to tap into the opportunities in both personal and public transport space. lohia Auto is planning to establish 10 dealership in Punjab and Haryana by the end of this year.”
Red Bull Tour Bus in Patiala on September 15
Patiala: Red Bull Tour Bus is back on the road for round two of #AskForTheBus. The bus will begin its journey at Thapar University in Patiala on the September 15, followed by Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) in Mohali on September 17. latest Bollywood sensation, rapper Badshah will be present.
Shell lubricants bag gold award
Chandigarh: Shell lubricants has bagged the gold award for its flagship mechanic loyalty program 'Shell Mechanic Samriddhi'. The campaign win was under the 'Best Engagement Strategy for a male audience' category. The concept was to design a loyalty program for mechanics with a view to reward their loyalty and build a long-term sustainable relationship with the mechanic community.