AAP announces office bearers
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released the list of its office bearers at different levels. In a joint statement, AAP state president Bhagwant Mann, co-president Aman Arora, secretary Gulshan Chhabra and Organization Building in-charge Garry Birring said that the appointments were made to smoothen the working of party at different levels in state. Expanding the state team, the party appointed Mohan Singh Falianwala as vice-president, along with six general secretaries, and 10 joint secretaries. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal has been appointed as Majha zone president.
Sidhu condoles demise of artist Malkiat Singh
Chandigarh: Punjab cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday expressed shock over the demise of artist-painter Malkiat Singh who passed away in the morning at the age of 75. Calling Makiat’s demise a huge loss for the artistic world, Sidhu said that he always kept the love for rural Punjab uppermost in his artistic creations of excellence. He prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss. Punjab Kala Parishad chairman Padama shree Dr Surjit Patar also expressed grief at the passing away of Malkiat Singh describing him as a rare gem of the art world.
165 l quintal sugarcane crushed in haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana’s cooperative sugar mills have crushed 165.57 lakh quintal of sugarcane and produced over 15.36 lakh quintals of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing season. Sugarfed spokesperson said that Shahabad cooperative sugar mill has crushed a maximum of 28.98 lakh quintals of sugarcane and has produced over 2.82 lakh quintals of sugar, followed by Rohtak cooperative sugar mill which has crushed 25.61 lakh quintals of sugarcane, producing over 2.32 lakh quintals of sugar. So far, the average recovery of sugar from cooperative sugar mills has been 9.60 per cent.
Hry to celebrate Bose’s birth anniversary
Chandigarh:Haryana Government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23, 2018, all across the State in a befitting manner. Spokesperson said that tributes would be paid to Bose and at least one Indian National Army (INA) soldier would be visited by the Ministers in their districts. All remaining INA soldiers and widows in every district will also be visited by Deputy Commissioner or any other IAS or HCS officers posted in their district. They would be given a shawl, a certificate of honour and a memento. Required assistance in consultation with Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department would also be provided in this regard.
Panipat chowk to named after Aggarsen
Chandigarh:Haryana Government has decided to rename Sector-12, Panipat chowk as Maharaja Aggarsen Chowk. A proposal to this effect has been approved by Chief Minister Manohar lal.
CM approves property transfer from HSIIDC to GMDA
Chandigarh:: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has accorded approval for the transfer of properties, interests in properties, rights and liabilities from Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) to Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) for publication of notification in terms of sub-section 46 of GMDA Act, 2017 of Transfer Scheme.
HPSA announces awards for contribution in Punjabi literature
Chandigarh: Haryana Panjabi Sahitya Akademi on Friday announced various awards for outstanding contribution in the field of Punjabi literature for the year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Akademi spokesperson said that Haryana Punjabi Gaurav Award, carrying a cash component of Rs 2.5 lakh each, for year 2013, would be presented to Atamjit Hanspal, for year 2014 to Kadarnath Kedar, for year 2015 to Dr Ramesh Kumar and for year 2016 to Dr Amrit Kaur Raina. Bhai Santokh Singh Award would be conferred upon Dr Pal Kaur and Jagir Kaur Sandhu for 2013, Dr Sahib Singh Arshi for 2014, Dr Sudarshan Gaso for 2015 and Joginder Kaur Agnihotri for 2016. It carries a cash prize of Rs 1.25 lakh.
Health camp for Jail unmates at Burail Jail
Chandigarh:Chandigarh Health Department, in collaboration with Model Jail (Department of Prisons and Correctional Administration) UT, Chandigarh, has flagged off three-day health-cum-screening camp under National Health Mission Camp for Jail Bandhus at Model Jail, UT, Chandigarh from January 17 to 19. The camp was inaugurated by Inspector General of Prisons, Chandigarh, Dr OP Mishra. Specialists from Health Department examined all jail bandhus above the age of 30 years. Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) risk profiling, that is for hypertension, diabetes and obesity for all jail bandhus above the age of 30 years are being conducted along with oral cancer screening.
IAE Award for Shoolini University
Solan: Shoolini University’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences has been selected to receive the International Arch of Europe (IAE) Award in the Gold category. The award would be presented to the University at the international Business Initiatives Directions (BID) Quality Ceremony to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 18 next. Varsity’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Atul Khosla said that the award was a recognition of the efforts for carrying out serious research and development in the University. He said that the University plans to further step up research in various fields.
EU Ambassador invites city’s students, researchers
Chandigarh: The Ambassador of the European Union to India Tomasz Kozlowski participated in an international conference titled ‘EU Day’, organized by the Department of Defence and National Security Studies at the Panjab University, on Friday and invited the students, researchers and faculty members to take full advantage of various types of scholarship and funding opportunities available under EU-funded programmes for higher education and research such as Erasmus+, Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, the Jean Monnet programme and Horizon 2020.