One caught while accepting bribe
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught Inspector, Rattanvir Singh, Company Commander, at present posted in Home Guard, Police Station Nagina, district Mewat, red handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 3,000 from Rishal Singh,a resident of village Aakera in district Mewat. He was accepting bribe in lieu of appointing complainant’s nephew namely Rajinder as a Home Guard. A case has been registered against the accused under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Bureau’s Police Station, Gurgaon.
winner of Shopping Bonanza gets Skoda
Chandigarh: Dr Manali, a resident of Sector 32 here became the winner of ‘Winter Shopping Bonanza 2016’ and was gifted Skoda Rapid car by Elante Mall. Chandigarh resident Dr Manali's joy knew no bounds when the coupon bearing her name was drawn from a box containing over 10000
entries.
Basant Panchmi revelled at the Holy Wonder
Mohali: The Holy Wonder Smart School was ornamented and dazzle in yellow as the much- awaited Basant Ritu festival was celebrated with great enthusiasm and gaiety in the school. Ashween Arora, Director of the School presided over the function. The function started with the rendition of “Saraswati Vandana”.
sportsperson felicitated at GNPS - 36
Chandigarh: On the onset of the completion of academic session. Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 here on Friday organised a felicitation ceremony for the outstanding sportspersons excelled in the session 2015-16. The objective of this programme was to honour and encourage the spirit of sportsmanship in those who represented the school and city at various arena. The honoured team includes Champions Girls Basketball team of under 19, 17, 14 , Cricket Team of under 17 at the Inter School Tournament organised by UT Administration.
ATS Valley wins top position at RoboFest
Derabassi: Students of ATS Valley School here brought laurels to the school by winning first prize in RoboFest 2016. The team from the school called ‘Nurturers’ won the prize in 8-11 years category. Sandeep Sehgal, School Head said the students of the school won the prize for a robot which could dig the soil and water the plants. The school had recently introduced robotics as a part of the science curriculum from class 4 onwards. The competition was held at Saupins School, Sector 70 Mohali.
EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER ECO toxicity
Chandigarh: “Disease-burden including the incidents of cancer in India can be reduced to half if we prevent toxic components from leeching into our environment. Government must pay more attention to this area and bring the right kind of policies to address this issue.” This was the gist of the deliberations in a day long seminar on “Cancer and Ecotoxicology” held at Panjab University by “International Centre for Biomonitoring & Ecotoxicology” and “Department of Environment, Panjab University” in association with Thakar Dei Mehra Charitable Foundation.