Punjab and Haryana HC gets 2 addit’l judges
Chandigarh: Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court SJ Vazifdar on Wednesday administered oath to Justice Raj Shekhar Attri and Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill as Additional Judges of the HC. Now, the number of Judges in High Court has increased to 48.
HPSIDC approves 5% DA to its employees
Shimla: The dearness allowance of the employees of the Himachal Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (HPSIDC) has been enhanced by 5 per cent with effect from July 1. The approval was given by the HPSIDC’s Board of Directors in its 256th meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri. The Minister said the work on industrial area Pandoga in Una and Kandrori in Kangra districts has been expedited and plots would be ready for sale to the entrepreneurs by the first week of August this year.
Officers can conduct search, raids under COTPA
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said all Senior Drugs Control Officers, Drugs Control Officers and Food Safety Officers of Food and Drugs Administration have been authorised to carry out search and seizure operations in the area of their respective jurisdiction regarding advertisement, trade, production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. He said officers would take further action against those involved in illegal production of tobacco products as per provisions of law under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act (COTPA).
Passport mela to be organised on Jul 1
Chandigarh: Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh, will organise a ‘Passport Mela’ at all three Passport Seva Kendras at ludhiana, Ambala and Chandigarh on July 1, 2017, for the convenience of public. The applicants can fill up online application on website — www.passportindia.gov.in - and take appointment at the PSK of their choice for July 1, 2017. The appointments will be available from June 29. The applicants who have already taken appointment can also re-schedule appointment.
Nine registers of 163 panchayats go online
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anil Sharma on Wednesday announced to make nine different registers of 163 gram panchayats of the State paperless. These include birth, death, stock, marriage, ledger, accounts and grant in aid, certificate registers. He said the Government was committed for strengthening of PRIs and their working and keeping in this view, Centre’s e-panchayat project is being implemented smoothly in the State which has 12 different software applications to bring transparency and responsiveness in panchayat’s day-to-day functioning.
ikidney mobile application launched
Chandigarh: A mobile application — ikidney — has been launched to facilitate kidney transplants with the help of paired kidney exchange. The app is an initiative of renowned kidney transplant surgeon and Urologist Dr Priyadarshi Ranjan in collaboration with the Chandigarh Kidney Foundation, and was launched on Tuesday by Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher. The App is likely to help thousands of patients of kidney failure across the country, who have a legitimate donor within the family but are not able to get a successful transplant either due to blood group mismatch or due to tissue incompatibility between the donor and the recipient.