lt Gen IS Ghuman takes over as Chief of Staff
Chandigarh: lt Gen IS Ghuman took over as the Chief of Staff, HQ Western Command on Monday. He was commissioned into The Brigade of Guards in 1981. An alumnus of NDA Khdakvasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, the General Officer has a distinguished career spanning more than 35 years during which he tenanted various command, staff and instructional appointments in various Commands. He successfully commanded an Infantry Battalion in Op Parakram. He also commanded an Infantry Brigade and an Infantry Division with varied operational roles.
Armed men loot Rs15 l from Pnb branch
ludhiana: Four armed motorcycle-borne men on Monday looted Rs15 lakhs from a State-owned bank at Kochhar market here, police said. The robbers barged into the branch of Punjab National Bank situated in the thickly populated Kochhar market area and fired in the air to scare away the bank staff, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (D) Balkar Singh said. They fled with the cash, he said. ludhiana Commissioner of Police, Jatinder Singh Aulukh and DCP Dhruman Nimbley went to the spot after being informed about the incident.
Foodibles wins Start-up Weekend contest
ludhiana: A three-day ‘Start-up Weekend’ for would-be entrepreneurs concluded at Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management here which attracted a good number of participants and top mentors from the region. Out of the 10 teams which took part in the contest, while the Foodibles team emerged winners, Honeyleas and the Chai were declared the first and second runners-ups, respectively. About 15 mentors were also honoured on the occasion. TCY CEO Kamal Wadhera, Chitkara University Incubator Director Sumeer Walia, and Founder & CEO Robochamps Akshey Ahuja were the three Jury members for the contest. According to Jai Parkash, the main event organizer, the objective behind holding this kind of event in ludhiana was to encourage free exchange of business ideas among the management students. “The idea is to build the spirit of entrepreneurship among the students through learning, networking and startups. This ludhiana event was quite successful in meeting these objectives,” he added.
Ministers get power to transfer employees
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided that in case of general transfers during the year 2016-17, the Ministers-in-charge would be competent to effect transfers in their respective departments from August 1 to 15, 2016. An official spokesman said that this decision would be applicable to all departments for Class III and IV level employees only, except teaching staff of Education Department, doctors of Health Department and all staff of Forest Department subject to usual norms. In cases of transfers of Class I and II officers, the concerned Ministers would put up proposals to the Chief Minister, he added. He said that a written communication to this effect has been sent to all Heads of Departments.
Punjab gives Rs7.26 cr for cancer patients
SAS Nagar: To facilitate the cancer patients for their treatment in reputed hospitals, financial aid from Chief Minister Cancer Relief Fund worth Rs7 crore 26 lacs has been provided to 484 cancer patients in the district and financial assistance of Rs7.50 lakh to the remaining 5 patients will also be provided soon. Deputy Commissioner, DS Mangat said total 489 applications for seeking financial help were received in district SAS Nagar. Mangat said that since 2016 to till date 73 applications from Cancer patients for seeking financial help were received out of which financial assistance for Rs1.2 crore stands provided to 68 patients.
Naib Tehsildar arrrested for brige
Chandigarh: The sleuths of Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Monday nabbed a Naib Tehsildar red handed while accepting the bribe of Rs10,000. Bakhshish Singh, Naib Tehsildar, Sub Tehsil Dhilwan, District Kapurthala was nabbed on the complaint of Dalip Singh of village Miani Bakarpur, district Kapurthala. The complainant has alleged that he has made a Will in favour of his son Joginder Singh. In order to register this Will, he approached Bakshish Singh who demanded bribe of Rs15,000 to register the Will deed finally the deal was struck at Rs10,000. A team of Vigilance Bureau laid a trap and the Naib Tehsildar was nabbed red handed.
CM approves water outlet for Badhrana village
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has accorded approval for connection of a new water outlet at kilometer 44-R JC-V of Jawaharlal Nehru Canal based drinking water supply scheme for the discharge of 4.68 cusec water and surrender of 4.02 cusec discharge at outlet 39.605 R JC-IV in district Rewari. The outlet connection has been planned with prospective population upto the year 2021.
PU Board of Finance approves Rs502 cr budget
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) Board of Finance (BoF) on Monday approved the revised non-plan budget of Rs502.11 crore for the year 2016-17 fiscal year. The revised budget estimate has envisaged expenditure of Rs502.11 crore and income of Rs249.51 crore. The revised budget would now be considered by the PU Syndicate and Senate. Earlier, the non-plan budget estimate had envisaged expenditure of Rs517.33 crore and income of Rs210.61 crore for the year 2016-17. PU Vice Chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover presided over the BoF meeting. The meeting was attended by the Registrar Col. GS Chadha (Retd.), Dean University Instructions Prof Dinesh Gupta, UT IAS Officer Jitender Yadav, MHRD representative and Joint Secretary Finance Dr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Finance & Development Officer Vikram Nayyar, Punjab Government, Syndicate and Senate representatives.
Dhankar bats for crop insurance scheme
Chandigarh: Haryana Agriculture Minister O. P. Dhankar said that the main objective of the state government is to create “Risk Free Haryana”. He also urged the farmers to get their crops insured under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and derive maximum benefits by paying minimal premium as tomorrow would be the last day for it. Dhankar was addressing the media persons in New Delhi. The Minister said that under the scheme, the premium to be paid by farmers has been brought down considerably to only two per cent for kharif and 1.5 per cent for rabi crops. Haryana Government has made a provision of Rs 300 crore in the budget for the same and if need arises, it would be further increased.
Command hospital conducts ‘Gynecon 2016
Chandigarh: To ensure better mother and Child Health Care, Command Hospital Chadimandir conducted a 2 day continuing Medical Education Program entitled Gyneon which concluded on Monday. Addressing the gathering of specialists in Obstetrics and Gyanecology, Air Commodor GS Sandhu from Bangalore emphasized that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in us and stressed the need of laying down protocols to ensure patient safety at all level. Dr. Deepak Chawla from Government Medical College & Hospital Chandigarh laid down a very important fact that delaying the cutting of umbilical chord by one minute can allow the baby 80-100 mililitre of extra blood from the placenta and save it from anaemia afterwards. It would show how just a simple change of practice can have far-reaching consequences in medicine. The function was inaugurated by Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh.