Two persons caught while accepting bribe
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught Gurmel Singh, resident of village Mohanpur, Tehsil Shahbad, district Kurukshetra and Sourab, Clerk, labour Department, Kurukshetra red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 11,000 from Rajbir Singh. A spokesman of the Bureau said that the accused were accepting the bribe in lieu of passing the death claim of Rajbir’s father late Jasmer Singh, Ex-lineman in UHBVN, Kurukshetra. A case has been registered against the accused under section 7, 8 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, at Bureau’s police station in Ambala. Further investigation is in progress.
Returning officer appointed
Chandigarh: The Government of India has appointed Ruchi Singh, as returning officer to conduct the election of one member of Ayurvedic and one member of Unani system of medicine from Haryana State to Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), New Delhi. A spokesman said that the returning officer has put up the electoral rolls containing the names of electors. All the registered practitioners of the Council of Indian Medicine, Haryana have been asked to check their names and addresses in the office of the returning officer, CCIM Election-cum-Joint Director AYUSH, Panchkula, and District Ayurvedic Offices in Haryana.
BoB honoured with Rajbhasha Kirti Award
Chandigarh: Bank of Baroda has been awarded with first prize among all the nationalized banks under Rajbhasha Kirti Award Scheme of Government of India for the year 2016-17 for outstanding achievement in implementation of official language policy. The award was received by PS Jayakumar, MD & CEO and Ashok Kumar Garg, Executive Director of the Bank at the hands of President Ramnath Kovind in the presence of Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and Ministers of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Kiren Rijiju 7 at a function held in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In addition to this, the Bank Town Official language Implementation Committees functioning under the convenorship of the Bank at Jaipur and Varanasi were awarded first and second prizes respectively in linguistic region ‘A’ and the Committee at Baroda received second prize in linguistic region ‘B’.
Documentary film on Deendayal Upadhyaya
Chandigarh: BBMB displayed a documentary film on the life journey of Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. To commemorate the birth centenary of Pt. Upadhyaya, all officers & employees were motivated through his life journey. All the officers and employees of BBMB viewed this film with a great interest. On this occasion, DK Sharma, chairman, BBMB appealed all the employees of BBMB to follow the high ideals of Pandit Upadhyaya.
Infosys Chandigarh concludes Hackathon
Chandigarh: The Infosys Chandigarh Development Center organised a Hackathon event for local college students and working professionals with an objective to provide hands-on experience on real-time scenarios, industry best practices and frameworks. Over 40 teams participated in a 24 hours Hackathon over September 22 - 24, hosted by Infosys at its campus. The chief guest, VP Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, inaugurated the event. The theme of the Hackathon was ‘How can we elevate Chandigarh Tricity to the next level of digitization’. Students and IT professionals came together to identify problems and design suitable solutions.
PGIMER Director Ram takes swachhta pledge
Chandigarh: Prof Jagat Ram, Director PGIMER along with senior functionaries from the administration, faculty members, nursing staff and employees from sanitation took a swachhta pledge to keep the hospital and premises of the Institute clean and infection free. Jagat Ram also distributed mugs with cleanliness slogans and PGI logos to children of Paediatric wards. Badges with swachhta slogan were also distributed amongst the employees. The Institute is celebrating cleanliness fortnight by spreading awareness amongst all employees regarding keeping the surroundings of work and home clean and keep the environment infection free. Director, PGI reiterated the commitment of the Institute to maintain cleanliness in the campus and promote hygiene in the community.