case registered against Amritsar MC clerk
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Friday registered a case against Harjinder Singh, clerk posted at Property Tax Department in Municipal Corporation Amritsar, for amassing huge wealth than the disclosed sources of his income by misusing his official position. Spokesperson said that during the investigation, the VB team have chosen a specific check period from 2002 to 2007 during which the accused was holding a responsible posting and found that clerk Harjinder Singh has got total income of Rs 7.02 lakh, and have spent Rs 13.45 lakh on various moveable and immoveable properties including other expenditures.
Guidelines for seeking employment in other govt depts
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has issued guidelines concerning forwarding applications by Government employees seeking employment in other departments of the State or in the Central Government. Spokesperson said that in case of recruitment relating to the State of Haryana, employees who have not executed any bond with the State Government would be allowed to forward their application to the state recruiting agencies without obtaining ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Department. In case employees who have executed bond with the State such as doctors, the NOC would be required. Recruitment bodies would seek self-declaration of government employee to the effect that the employee is not facing any disciplinary proceedings.
appointment letters for 118 candidates
Chandigarh: Punjab local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday handed over appointment letters to 118 candidates including 76 officers appointed on various posts on permanent basis in various Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board. Apart from this, under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojna, 42 candidates have been appointed in the State Urban Development Authority (SUDA). He said that the Department has set a target for making recruitments to 1,100 posts to provide better citizen-centric services to the urban population. Under this, the process regarding recruitment to 650 posts is going on whereas case pertaining to 456 posts is stayed by the Court concerning which the legal options would be explored to get the stay vacated.
BBMB celebrates ‘International Women Day'
Chandigarh: As a new initiative, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has started celebrating ‘International Women’s Day’ to respect, appreciate and care towards all the women in India. The This event was organised by BBMB jointly with Big FM Radio team on Thursday at BBMB, Rest House in Chandigarh. Chief Guest Dr Aruna Sharma, in her inaugural speech, appreciated women’s patience to face difficulties and power to solve the society’s problems. BBMB women employees participated in the event with great enthusiasm. BBMB chairman DK Sharma delivered a motivational speech about women empowerment and gender equality by underlining the fact that it is only India in the world where the Nari is worshipped in the form of Sarswati, Durga and lakshmi.
6th World Punjabi Conference starts today
Chandigarh: The twwo-day World Punjabi Conference, which is starting in city from Saturday, will express the concerns of millions of Punjabi habituating around the world. World Punjabi Conference chairman HS Hanspal and Punjab Arts’ Council chairman Dr Surjit Patar, addressing a conference, said that different experts on subjects will actively deliberate in penal discussions during two-day conference. They said that its outcome will be placed before a special session of representatives of different political parties and they will be asked to explain the vision of their parties to address these problems being faced by Punjab and Punjabis. We hope that this conference will be able to suggest short and long term remedies to sort of Punjab, said Dr Patar.
IIT Ropar inaugurates BAJA SAEINDIA-2018
Ropar: Indian Institute of Technology-Ropar inaugurated the 11th edition’s second leg of BAJA SAEINDIA-2018-IIT Ropar on Friday with a total number of 60 teams comprising of 1500 students participating. To promote globally competitive intellectual growth and skill acquisition, this year IIT Ropar is hosting the event which is a platform to infuse a sense of excitement in engineering students from all over India for innovation, invention, design and creation, entrepreneurship and productive partnership between the industry and the Institute. The idea is to build a sustainable talent pipeline for industry and help students at a young age to engage in nurturing their imaginative acumen in science and engineering.
Sidhu felicitates Wrestler Navjot Kaur
Chandigarh: Punjab Cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu felicitated the Asian Championship Gold Medal winning wrestler Navjot Kaur on Thursday evening when she called on him at his residence. Terming her as the role model for Punjab’s youth, especially young girls, the Minister said that her win would set off a chain reaction which would see scores of youth taking up sports as a career thus propelling country towards being a force to be reckoned with in sporting arena. Sidhu also exhorted Navjot to stay focused and concentrate all her energies on winning Gold in 2020 Tokyo Olympics.