Himachal CM expresses grief over Jubbal fire incident
Shimla: As many as seven houses were completely razed and one partially, in a devastating fire in village Pujeli in Gram Panchayat Maandal in sub-tehsil Saraswati Nagar of Jubbal area of Shimla district. The fire broke at around 3.15 pm. However, no loss of life has been reported. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh expressed grief over the incident and directed for immediate relief to the victims. He said that the Government would provide all necessary help to those who have lost everything.
Vigilance nabs 18 officials in bribery cases in Sept
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau, during its ongoing campaign against corruption, has nabbed 18 officials red handed accepting bribes in 17 different trap cases during September, which includes 7 police personnel, 5 employees of Revenue Department and 6 belonging to other departments. A spokesperson said the Bureau had submitted challans of 12 vigilance cases in various special courts in the last month. Apart from this, four vigilance enquires have also been registered to thoroughly probe the corruption cases against public servants. In addition to this five criminal cases have also been registered after through probe.
Training-cum-interaction session to be held
Chandigarh: Haryana Secondary Education Department will organise a training-cum-interaction session for Technical Nodal Officers at district level on October 13 in Panchkula, to resolve the issues being faced by various field offices in the updating of HRMS portal. In this regard, all District Education Officers, District Elementary Education Officers and Drawing and Disbursing Officers have been directed to send their Technical Nodal Officers to attend the session.
Hry to award scholarship to meritorous students
Chandigarh: Haryana Government will award scholarship to meritorious students of M.A.(Final year), who have secured first, second and third position under Merit Scholarship Incentive Scheme for 2017-18. A spokesperson said that the Department has sought the details of last three toppers of M.A. Final year in various subjects, from all Government colleges in the State, by October 30.
CMR awards presented to PGI faculty
Chandigarh: PGIMER faculty members were presented ICMR Awards by Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare at a function organised in New Delhi. Prof Deepak Bansal, Department of Pediatric Medicine (2016)was awarded ‘Dr PN Raju Oration Award’. Dr Sandeep Grover, Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry (2016) and Dr. Ajit Avasthi, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry (2014) were awarded ‘Dr Vidya Sagar Award’. Dr Sahajal Dhooria, Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine (2016) and Dr Navneet Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine (2014) were awarded ‘Smt. Kamal Satbir Award’.
Big Bazaar offers Xiaomi smartphones during diwali
Chandigarh: Big Bazaar with over 240 stores in India has partnered with Xiaomi for its festive season sale. Through this partnership, Redmi Note 4 and Redmi4 will be available with exciting offers across all Big Bazaar stores in the country. This marks Big Bazaar’s back into the smartphone retail business after several years.Customers can purchase RedmiNote 4 and Redmi4 at a special price starting at Rs 9,999. In addition to this, customers can also grab these smartphones through No Cost EMI offer in association with Bajaj Finserv, said Sadashiv Nayak, CEO, Big Bazaar.
‘CII Chandigarh Fair 2017’ to kick off from Oct 13
Chandigarh: Kick-starting Diwali festivities for the year, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will organisethe 22nd edition of CII Chandigarh Fair 2017 at Parade Ground, Sector 17 here October 13 to 16. The chief guest Anurag Aggarwal, UT Home Secretary will inaugurate the fair and Sandeep Jain, State level Coordinator (Punjab) & Chief General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation ltd, will be the guest of honour on the occasion. As many as 260 exhibitors will put up their stalls at the fair for Diwali shoppers from the region.