DGP felicitate personnel of CIA
Chandigarh: Haryana Director General of Police, KP Singh has felicitated the personnel of CIA Police, Rewari, for their swift action in nabbing the criminals and checking crime. He also gave away cash award of Rs 50,000 for the entire team to CIA Inspector, Satender Singh, apart from cash awards of Rs 1,000 and first class letters of appreciation to each member of the team. The team had been successful in nabbing members of ‘leeloo’ and ‘Jhota’ gangs and their associates, who were involved in crimes such as loot, dacoity, extortion and attempts to murder and were creating terror among the people.
Shame on BJP for exploitating players: Cong
Chandigarh: Kiran Choudhry, leader of Haryana Congress legislature Party, has slammed the BJP Government, led by the Chief Minister Manohar lal, for making about 100 players from the Handball Academy, Narwana, many of whom have played at the national and international level, to skip the morning training session, serve water and carry empty glasses at the “Gaurav rally” held by BJP at Jind. She has demanded a probe into the matter. She said, the fact that as many as 46 of these players had represented India at international events, including the South Asian Games in Guwahati, the Asian Handball Championship in South Korea, and the international handball meet in Sweden and won awards, made one hang one’s head in shame and showed how much the BJP and its government cared for the players.
Conference exhorts scholars to work for State
Mohali: The delegates and scholars gathered at ‘Punjabi Bhasha Vikas Conference’ organised y Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle here at Mohali urged Government to implement Punjabi language Act 1967 in letter & spirit. Among other resolutions passed unanimously by the gathering, was constitution of a High Power State language Tribunal. Conference appealed Punjabi people to use Punjabi as mode to communication at their home and offices. Presiding over the conference Daljit Singh, Punjab Education Minister said that the State Government will sincerely consider the demands put forth in today’s conference. He promised to take up the issues posing challenges for Punjabi language with Govt. at highest level as representative of Punjabi diaspora.
Water Supply at low pressure on Sept 14, 15
Chandigarh: Due to repair of a leakage in 1,200mm i/d PSC pipe line of Phase-III (from Kajauli Water Works) at Baldev Nagar near Sirhind Road, Punjab, there will be no pumping of raw water from Water Works Kajauli to water works Sector 39. Therefore, the timings of water supply for whole city on Wednesday shall be normal from 5 am to 8 am and at low pressure from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm. On Thursday, the water supply will be at low pressure from 4.30 am to 8.30 am while it will be normal from 5.30 pm to 9 pm.
Haryana Police busted flesh trade racket
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police has, following a tip-off, busted a flesh trade racket being run under the guise of a massage centre ‘Glamour Spa Centre’ in Gurgaon, and has nabbed seven persons, including three women. A case has been registered under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Immoral Trafficking Act at Police Station, Sector 5, Gurgaon. The Police team has arrested three women employees, aged between 25 and 35 years, and three customers, namely Pawan, a resident of Ratan Vihar, Nikhil, a resident of Bhimnagar and Abhishek, a resident of Ashok Vihar. Manoj Rana, a resident of Bijwasan, who is the owner of the massage centre has also been arrested.
‘Muskaan’ programme to be launched
Chandigarh: An experiential learning programme, known as ‘Muskaan’ will be launched for primary school students by Haryana Director, Secondary Education, PC Meena at Government Middle School, Gairatpur Bas, district Gurgaon on September 14. District Education Officer, Gurgaon, Neelam Bhandari, said that the Director would also launch the programme at Government School, Rosewood City the same day. The Heritage School, Gurgaon, would assist in implementing the programme under corporate social responsibility.
Blood donation camp held at SGGSC-26
Chandigarh: To commemorate the golden jubilee of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26 here, NSS unit of the College in collaboration with the team of doctors from PGIMER organized a blood donation camp. Bikram Rana, regional director NSS, appreciated the efforts of the volunteers, teachers and blood donors who participated in the noble cause especially on holiday. The NSS unit of the college collected total 154 units of blood. Certificates and trophies were distributed to the blood donors. Seven students became the star donors by donating blood for sixth time.
Minister Rakhra announces Aryans Fest
Mohali: Punjab Higher Education Minister, Surjit Singh Rakhra has released the poster of Aryans Tech Fest, which is going to be held in parallel with Fatehgarh Zone Youth Festival of Punjabi University from September 25 - 27 at Aryans campus. Surjit Singh while appreciating the initiative taken by team Aryans said that it will be a unique platform for students, and the industries etc. to showcase their break through, accomplishments and talents in the fields of science and technology. The fest would have many events like Robo Fest, Solar Fest, IT Fest, Science fest, Aero Show, Industrial Training Fest etc. More than 10,000 students across North India are expected to participate in this fest.
Pediatric simulation — TOT programme at PGIMER
Chandigarh: The Pediatric Critical Care Unit of Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER will organize Pediatric Simulation — Training of Trainers (TOT) Program for doctors and nurses on September 14 & 15 at Advanced Pediatrics Centre auditorium. This workshop is being planned in collaboration with PediSTARS, India, the main proponent of simulation based education in India. The program will be conducted by renowned international and national simulation experts. A total of 65 delegates (50 doctors and 15 nurses) will get trained during the two days workshop. This course will enable the participants to become facilitators for future simulation based workshops at national level.
PU holds spl lecture on national security laws
Chandigarh: A special lecture was delivered at Centre for Competitive Examinations, Panjab University (PU) by Professor Ujjwal Singh of Delhi University. Speaking on ‘National Security laws and Democracy in India’, Prof Singh presented an overview of the national security legal regimes for countering terror in India. He argued that the anti-terror laws in India have passed through three phases, each manifesting the distinct political context of the time and the kind of challenges that terrorism was seen as presenting to political authority. He dwelt at length to examine the logic behind the constitutional exceptions that the national security laws make in order to secure democracy in India.