Fire breaks out in Bank Square
Chandigarh: A fire broke out in a four- storeyed building in a commercial complex near Bank Square in sector 17-B here on Monday. Five fire tenders had been rushed to the spot to douse the flames, officials said, adding that the fire broke out in the upper floors of the building, which housed a government office. There was no report of anyone being trapped in the building, said the Fire department officials.
Former Union minister Buta Singh bereaved
Phagwara: Former Union home minister Buta Singh’s elder sister Pritam Kaur passed away at her native village on Monday. She was 95. Kaur breathed her last in Jallowal village on the Jalandhar-Bhogpur road. She is survived by a daughter and four sons, including former Punjab minister and Kapurthala district Congress chief Joginder Singh Mann. Kaur had not been keeping well for some time, said a family member. The cremation would take place after one of her sons, who is settled abroad, arrived here. While Mann has already reached Jallowal, Buta Singh is likely to reach the village on Tuesday.
Haryana Govt upgrades four schools
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has upgraded one Government High School (GHS) to the level of Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) and four Government Primary Schools (GPS) to the level Government Middle Schools (GMS) in the districts of Gurugram, Karnal and Sirsa. Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that Chief Minister Manohar lal has accorded approval to upgrade these schools to ensure quality education to the students in government schools. He said that GHS Kadarpur, district Gurugram had been upgraded to the level of GSSS. Among the four primary schools upgraded to middle level included GPS Phoosgarh, GPS Shiv Colony in Karnal and GPS Dhani Shera and GPS, Kishanpura in Ellenabad, Sirsa.
VB nabs technical assistant for 25k bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau has nabbed a Junior Technical Assistant (JTA) Kuldep Singh red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 25,000. “Kuldeep Singh working in the office of General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, ludhiana, has been nabbed on the complaint of Mohinder Singh, resident of Powat village in ludhiana district,” said a spokesperson. The complainant had approached the Bureau and alleged that the accused Kuldeep Singh was demanding Rs 25,000 to release his loaded tipper. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered at Vigilance Bureau Police Station, ludhiana and further investigation is under progress.
Scientist earns prestigious Fulbright Fellowship
ludhiana: Chandra Sekhar Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Scientist of the School of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, ludhiana has been bestowed with Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award (2016-17). Fulbright fellowship is awarded every year to selected scholars of over 125 nations by Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for promoting cutting edge research, quality teaching and international cultural exchange. As a part of this fellowship programme he spent nine months at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa in the lab of Prof. James Reecy. His research work aimed at statistical modelling of the uniparentally expressed genes using whole genome marker data in cattle.
Verka honors the best distributors of tricity
Chandigarh: Verka, a flagship brand of Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation limited (MIlKFED) has recognized the best distributors of Verka Pouch milk and honored them. The best seven distributors of Verka Pouch Milk from Tricity, who achieved the highest sale growth through the incremental scheme, were honored by Jugal Arora (Consultant) Milkfed Punjab and JK Gupta (general manager) Verka Mohali Dairy. The awardees are Sandeep Narang of Sunrise Agencies, Preet Trading Company, Satish , Sukhdeep Kaur, Gulshan Kumar and s Dilbag Singh. All the distributors ensured to increase the Verka products share in the market and were overall satisfied with the working of Mohali Dairy.
SBI organizes blood donation camp
Chandigarh: State Bank of India in association with Blood Bank Society, PGIMER organized a blood donation camp at North Hall of its local head office in Chandigarh, to mark “Circle Foundation Day”. The camp was inaugurated by Sunita Sharma, president, SBI ladies Club, Chandigarh. On the occasion, Anil Kishora, chief general manager, SBI, Chandigarh circle alongwith the Circle Management Committee Members encouraged the donors and thanked them for participating in this noble cause. 165 people donated blood at the camp.
Dr Deepak Puri joins Ivy Hospital
Chandigarh: Dr Deepak Puri has joined Ivy Hospital Super Speciality Healthcare as Executive Director & Head-Cardiovascular Sciences. Before joining Ivy , Dr Puri , MS (Surgery) PGIMER, M.Ch (CTVS) PGIMER had worked as Director-CTVS at the Max Hospital, Mohali, Additional Director at Fortis Hospital, Mohali and an Assistant Professor-CTVS at PGIMER. He has over 21-year experience in Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS).
Additional charge given to IAS officer
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has given additional charge of Special Excise and Taxation Commissioner to IAS officer Ashima Brar, Special Secretary, Finance, against a newly created post.