Punjab constitutes State advisory committee
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has notified constitution of State advisory committee for Forest & Wild life Preservation and labour. Minister for Forest & Wild life Preservation and labour would be Chairman and other official members are Chief Parliamentary secretary Of department, Financial Commissioner Forest & Wild life Preservation and labour would be member secretary of his department, Principal Secretary labour would be member secretary of his department and concerned department Heads would be member of this committee. Non official member of this committee are Gobind Singh longowal, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpura, Vanider Kaur loomba ,Joginder Pal Jain from Shiromani Akali Dal and from Congress Karan Kaur, Joginder Singh and Ajaib Singh Bhatti. Manoranjan Kalia is from BJP and Simarjit Singh Bains independent.
Two HODs retire in PGI
Chandigarh: Yogesh Chawla, Director PGI honored Prof. Y K Batra, Head, Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care and Prof Deepak Bhasin, Head, Department of Gastroenterology along with six officials on their superannuation on Monday by presenting mementoes to them. Beneficiary cheques comprising GPF, gratuity and group insurance were handed over to them. Respective Heads of Departments wished them well in life by presenting bouquets to them.
Fiitjee announces Talent Reward Exam
Amritsar: Fiitjee announces Talent Reward exam to help IIT-JEE / Engineering aspirants realize where they stand in competition with other students as they gear up for the actual Joint Entrance Examination for entrance to India’s top engineering colleges. Through this exam, students can know their ranking at the National level along with an evaluation of their IQ and current scholastic potential. The exam is open for all students who are currently studying in Class V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X & XI. Fiitjee will hold this exam on 27th December. The last date to register for the exam is December 24.
Two months long Tibetan market opens
Chandigarh: Two-month long Tibetan Market was inaugurated by Anurag Aggarwal, Home Secretary, UT Administration on Monday. Thirty shops will sell woolen clothes which include jackets, sweaters, mufflers, caps and other woolen items. These traders who hail from tribal belts of remote Himalayan regions migrate to plains on the advent of winters for woolen trade. A special provision for Tibetan Kitchen has also made for providing Tibetan delicacies in the bazaar. local Tibetans were present in large numbers in the inauguration. Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress who were presented, performed a series of cultural performances. Aggarwal assured the traders for full support during their month long stay in Chandigarh. The market will be opened from 10 am to 8 pm and entry is free.
Irrigation Dept Advisory Committee re-constituted
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has notified the reconstituted Irrigation Advisory Committee. The committee would advise in framing and executing policies of irrigation department for the Year 2015-16. Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon would be the Chairman of the Committee and it would have 4 official members including Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Irrigation, Chief Secretary, Punjab, Secretary, Irrigation and Head of Irrigation department. The committee would have 10 non-official members, five from the Shiromani Akali Dal Joginder Singh Jindu, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Gurtej Singh Ghuriana, Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur and Gobind Singh longowal, three from the Congress including Charanjit Singh Channi, Jagmohan Singh Kang and Balbir Singh Sidhu, one from BJP Sukhjeet Kaur Shahi and one independent Rajneesh Kumar.
Identical uniforms to government employees
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has appointed Director, State Transport, Punjab as Nodal Officer for providing identical uniforms to its employees. The state Government would provide identical uniforms to Punjab Civil Secretariat Gate Keepers and Gate Messengers, State Government Employees including Operational Staff, Workshop Staff of Punjab Transport Department, government vehicle drivers and hospitality staff. Departments concerned should send their proposals to Director, State Transport-cum-Nodal Officer within one week, a spokesman said.
Peerless Mutual Fund launches Midcap Fund
Chandigarh: Peerless Funds Management Co. limited (PFMCl), Investment Manager to Peerless Mutual Fund, announced the launch of its first midcap fund (an open ended equity scheme). The new midcap fund would invest in mid-sized companies, the market capitalization of which range between the largest and smallest capitalized company in the Nifty Midcap 100 Index. Amit Nigam, Head-Equities, with an experience of 13 years, will be the Fund Manager of the scheme.
Teenovators’15 up for Chandigarh Challenge
Chandigarh: Manipal University and INK launched ‘Teenovators 2015’, a National Innovation Challenge for 9th to 12th standard students, earlier this year. launched in nine cities across India, including Chandigarh, the program saw over 400 schools registrations. As part of the regional event, the Chandigarh Challenge held in Brilliance World School, Panchkula announced the winners of the Preliminary Challenge who would advance to the Intercity Challenge, and get a chance to compete with the best of the best at the National Challenge. The event was presided over Mrinalika Dhapola who is the Director of Digital Equalizer Programs, Punjab - American India Foundation who felicitated the toppers. Priyanka Agarwal of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula was one of the toppers in the school-level Innovation Challenge. She is one of the three students who have scored cent percent among the 50,000 students who have written the test across India.
cashless health insurance form’s date extended
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has extended the last date for the submission of forms regarding cashless health insurance scheme for Punjab Civil secretariat employees. Spokesperson said that considering the demand of Punjab civil secretariat employees, the State government has extended the last date of submitting forms from November 30 to December 4. He said that form must reach at the office of Superintendent Accounts-III by 3 pm up till December 4, 2015.
‘senior citizens are custodians of wisdom’
SAS Nagar: Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki on Monday said that older persons still play a major role in social structure of our family system. He said that the senior citizens are a store house of traditional knowledge and continue to be respected as a source of wisdom. Speaking at International Senior Citizens Day function, Solanki said that older persons are regarded as custodian of age old wisdom, tradition, culture of heritage.
Police Week comes to an end
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Police celebrated the 6th Police week from November 23 which came to an end on Monday. As part of the Police week, ATM of HDFC Bank and Wet Canteen at IRB Complex, Sarangpur were inaugurated by R P Upadhyay, Inspector General of Police in the presence of A S Cheema, DIG, Sukhchain Singh Gill, SSP, Maneesh Chaudhry, SSP-Security & Traffic and other police officials, It culminated with an official lunch for the officers and media persons. The sports persons of IRB were also congratulated by IGP.