SUKHBIR MOURNS DEATH OF EX-CM’s GRANDSON
ludhiana: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal deeply mourned the untimely demise of Harkirat Singh (41), the grandson of former Chief Minister Beant Singh at village Kotli near Payal. Harkirat was the son of former Minister Tej Parkash Singh Kotli and younger brother of Khanna MlA Gurkirat Singh Kotli and had passed away in an unfortunate incident at Chandigarh on May 30. Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday called on the bereaved family here at their ancestral house and shared his heartfelt sympathies with them. Harkirat Singh was also the Sarpanch of village Kotli and is survived by his wife.
HARYANA DY SPEAKER TO ATTEND SEMINAR IN BRISBANE
Chandigarh: Deputy Speaker, Haryana legislative Assembly, Santosh Yadav will participate in 27th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Seminar to be held at Birsbane, Queensland, Australia from June 5 to 9. She will participate as an official delegate from the CPA Haryana branch. This seminar is intended to be intensive learning exercises in Parliamentary matters where discussions on Parliamentary practices and procedure as well as relationship between Parliament and contemporary issues would be held. The delegates from nine CPA regions will attend the seminar.
CM TO VISIT VUlTURE CENTRE IN PINJORE
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar lal and Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar will visit Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre at Jhodhpur, Pinjore in district Panchkula on June 3. The Chief Minister will be chief guest at the Vulture Reintroduction Programme and Prakash Javadekar will be the special guest. Haryana Forest and Wildlife Minister Rao Narbir Singh and Minister of State for Forest, Karan Dev Kamboj would be the Guest of Honour. Chief Minister will also inaugurate an exhibition. A spokesman said that on this occasion, a book on Sultanpur National Park would be released and a Bird Aviary would be inaugurated. The vultures would be handed over to Madhya Pradesh and some vultures would also be released from soft aviary. A presentation on Vulture Breeding Centre would also be given by the Department.
HRY TO ISSUE DUPlICATE WATER BIllS 3 days
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has, on the recommendation of Right to Service Commission, amended a notification of the Administrative Reforms Department dated February 15 as a result of which the period of issuance of duplicate water or sewer bill of Public Health Engineering Department would be three days. A spokesman said that the period for renewal of license for contractors under the provisions of the Contract labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (Central Act No. 37 of 1970) would be 26 days and the period of renewal of factory license under the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948) would be 45 days and that of registration certification under the provisions of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 (Punjab Act 15 of 1958) would be 15 days.
GOVERNOR interacts with IAS PROBATIONERS
Chandigarh: Governor of Punjab, Haryana and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Kaptan Singh Solanki while interacting with a group of eight IAS probationers of 2014 Batch who called on him at Punjab Raj Bhawan on Thursday, asked them to do their jobs to the best of their ability and try to make a difference. He said that he was glad to have an opportunity to meet the young officers who will have a definitive role in steering the "destiny of the nation for the next three decades and more. He asked the probationers to be proactive, innovative and responsive while working for the vulnerable and poor sections of the society. Solanki urged the IAS probationers to administer with a human touch and implement welfare schemes in their true spirit after completing the training. He added that need of the hour is to understand the needs and requirements of the people, there ambitions and to adopt sympathetic attitude.
SHARMA APPOINTED AS VC PUNJAB GAU SEWA COMMISSION
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Sigh Badal on Thursday approved the appointment of Dargesh Kumar Sharma as Vice Chairman of the Punjab Gau Sewa Commission. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's office said that Badal cleared the file in this regard and the formal orders would be issued by the Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy development department shortly.
MSU INVITES APPlICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES
Chandigarh: Missouri State University (MSU) has invited applications from Tricity for its Administrative Studies Graduate Programme, titled Master of Science in Administrative Studies (MSAS). The interdisciplinary programme aims at enhancing administrative abilities with core focus in areas like Applied Communication, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Individualized Studies, Producing and Screenwriting and Sports Management. Elaborating on the programme, Bradley V Bodenhausen, Assistant Vice President for International Programmes, Missouri State University, US, said, “The Master of Science in Administrative Studies (MSAS) is the most-sought after programme because of its interdisciplinary nature.”
MECHANISED CITY ClEANING WORKSHOP in SAS NAGAR
SAS Nagar: On the directions of Ministry of Urban Development Government of India, Municipal Corporation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar conducted a capacity building workshop on GIS Based mechanised city cleaning for higher officials of other Municipal Corporations of the country at its office. Municipal Corporation, was given this responsibility as it has been shortlisted for adopting best practices in G.I.S Based Mechanized City Cleaning by the Central Government. This workshop was inaugurated by Kulwant Singh, Mayor and Uma Shankar Gupta, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, SAS Nagar. About 40 higher officials of 21 Municipal Corporations including Mysore, Kochi, Surat, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kolkata, Madurai etc from different States of India attended the workshop.
FRAMe ADMISSION RUlES FOR WEAKER SECTIONS: SC panel
Chandigarh: Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has directed the Director General School Education (D.G.S.E.), Punjab to frame rules & regulations governing the admission of students belonging to SC and economically weaker sections on minimum 25 percent seats in Un-aided private schools of the state. Chairman of the commission Rajesh Bagha said that the commission had received a complaint from the Dr. Ambedkar Bhalai Manch (Regd.) Kharar, District- Mohali concerning non-admittance of students belonging to SC and economically weaker sections by Un-aided private schools on minimum 25 percent seats.