UT issue directions for Immigration
Chandigarh: Ajit Balaji Joshi, District Magistrate, Chandigarh in exercise of the power vested u/s 144 Cr.P.C. has ordered as an emergency measure that before establishing Immigration/Emigration/Student Visa Companies, it is mandatory for the owner of the company to provide complete antecedents in writing to the Chandigarh Police at Public Window, Police Headquarter, Sector 9 within 7 days as and when they start their consultancy business in the city. This order shall come into force with effect from zero hours on June 11 and shall be effective for a period of sixty days up to and including August 9. The District Magistrate is of the opinion that some check is necessary on these companies so that they may not cause harm to the citizen and that immediate action is warranted in this regard.
UT issue directions to landlords
Chandigarh: Ajit Balaji Joshi, District Magistrate, Chandigarh in exercise of the powers vested under section 144 Cr.P.C has ordered as on emergency measure that no landlord and owner or manager of commercial establishment shall rent out any accommodation to any person, unless and until he has furnished the particulars of the said tenants to the Station House Officer concerned. All the persons who intend to offer accommodation on rent shall inform in writing the particulars of tenants to the Station House Officer concerned in whose jurisdiction the premises fall. Any breach of this order would invite action under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. This order shall come into force with effect from zero hours on June 11 and shall be effective for a period of sixty days up to and including August 9.
PGIMER holds three blood donation camps
Chandigarh: PGIMER Department of Transfusion Medicine celebrated World Blood Donor Day on June 14 by organizing three blood donation camps at "Blood Donation Centre" in Advanced Trauma Centre in PGIMER (55 donations), Bridge Market, Sector 17 (248 donations) and the third camp at ICICI Bank, Sector 10 (65 donations). Voluntary blood donors were facilitated by mementoes, certificates and pens as a token of appreciation. Around 368 units of blood were collected on this occasion. World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on June 14 every year on the birth anniversary of Karl landsteiner, who discovered the human blood groups and was awarded noble prize for the same.
CII, ISB and GE join hands
Mohali: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Indian School of Business (ISB) and GE have joined hands to launch an executive education programme aimed at positioning and enabling compliance professionals as strategic business partners. This unique partnership will provide public and private sector participants an opportunity to experience and interact with each other apart from subject matter experts to understand and the underlying challenges in compliance management and thereby upskill their ability to advance corporate governance in Indian corporates. This gains significance in the light of a World Bank report that ranks India at 130 among 189 countries on ease of doing business and 76 among 168 countries on the Corruption Perception Index.
207 units of blood donated at CATS camp
Chandigarh: CATS in association with Can & Will Foundation organised a blood donation camp here at Rotary Blood Bank & Resource Centre Sector 37. In all, 207 units of blood were donated and 8 people pledged their body, while 6 people pledged to donate their eyes. The event was unique as organ donation was also promoted through the camp which was jointly held by Rotary Blood Bank for Blood donation, while PGIMER team encouraged for Eyes, kidneys, liver, lungs, bones, tissues and body donation. DATRI team from Delhi was there for Stem cell and bone marrow registration.
CCET employees met UT Home Secretary
Chandigarh: A delegation of the employees leaders met UT Home Secretary Anurag Agarwal on Tuesday demanding reinstatement of assistant professors and other employees terminated earlier. Rakesh Kumar convener, co ordination committee of the Government and the MC employees and workers and Vikramjeet Pawar, president CCET Employees Union said that temporary contingency posts were approved by the Chandigarh Administration for the adjustment purpose. However no adjustment was done due to negative approach adopted by the concerned persons, they alleged. They said if the employees intensify the agitation then the college authorities will be responsible for the it. They added that if their demands are not met then they will do yoga bearing black ribbons on international yoga day.
loan mela of Union Bank of India
Chandigarh: Union Bank of India on Tuesday launched loan Mela at its Regional office, Sector 17 B, Bank Square, Chandigarh. The loan mela was organised on the occasion of the visit of Rakesh Sethi, Executive Director. The loan mela was mainly organized for the sanction and disbursement of small loans under Bank’s lCV and other retail loans. Almost all the branches of the region participated and with the joint effort the region was able to sanction as many as 28 retail loans, 27 lCV and 3 MSME loans amounting to Rs. 3.75 Crores, 0.31 Crores and 10.44 crores respectively. The sanction letters were delivered by the Executive Director in the presence of A K Dixit, General Manager, FGMO New Delhi and S C Teli, Dy. Gen. Manager, Regional office, Chandigarh. Sethi impressed upon the importance of small loans under PMMY Scheme for upliftment of the lower strata of the society and guided the borrowers on importance of making regular repayments so that their credit history remains satisfactory to enable them to avail loans of bigger ticket size in the future.
Hry issue directions
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has circulated instructions concerning revised criteria to keep socially-advanced individuals or sections out of the purview of the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). A spokesman said that to determine creamy layer out of Other Backward Classes, the Government of India had raised the income limit from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs six lakh per year so as to give employment on civil jobs and services under the Government of India and admission to Central educational institutions. A written communication to this effect has been sent to all Heads of Departments, Divisional Commissioners of Rohtak, Gurgaon, Hisar and Ambala, Registrar, Punjab and Haryana High Court, all Deputy Commissioners, Managing Directors and Chief Administrators of Boards, Corporations and Public Undertakings among others.