HC condoles Justice Garg’s demise
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday organized a Full Court Reference to condole the sad demise of Justice AS Garg, former Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. All the judges of High Court took part in the full court reference. Sharing grief with the family of late Justice Garg, the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar said that he was a man of high integrity and had an unblemished career. His death is great loss for the legal fraternity. He said that Justice Garg also took keen interest in study of Palmistry, Astrology and Homeopathic Medicines and he also wrote many books. The lessons learnt from his life and service will keep guiding us at all times.
SAD appoints senior leaders as in-charges of Delhi, Rajasthan, J&K
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday appointed senior leaders as in-charges of party units of various states to further expand and strengthen the party. SAD president Sukhbir Badal said Balwinder Singh Bhunder would be in-charge of Delhi, Sikander Singh Maluka would be in-charge of Rajasthan and Bikram Singh Majithia would be in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir. Manjinder Singh Sirsa will be co-in-charge of J&K. SAD’s Delhi president Manjit Singh GK is in-charge of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. SAD general secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa has been appointed in-charge for Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. Both GK and Sirsa have also been appointed as in-charge for Maharashtra.
HSEB asks all retail book vendors to register online
Chandigarh: Haryana School Education Board, Bhiwani, has asked all retail book vendors to register them online from March 16 to 31, 2018, on Board’s website — www.bseh.org. Board president Dr Jagbir Singh said that for this, they can visit website and read the proforma carefully as released by the Board. All old retailers would also have to register themselves. According to rules for registration, Rs 5,500 would have to be paid by the retailers, out of which Rs 500 would be non-refundable. Text books are available for sale at five regional textbook sales centers established by the Board at Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad and Rohtak, he added.
SBI opens dedicated tax payers’ corners
Chandigarh: Dedicated Tax Payers’ corners have started functioning on Thursday at three State Bank of India (SBI) branches in Chandigarh — at Sector-22C, Madhya Marg Sector-7 and Industrial Area Phase-I. With this, all SBI branches are authorised to collect Central Government Taxes, which can also be deposited by customers through INB from the comfort of their office or home. To provide additional facilities and assist customers in depositing their taxes without any difficulty, SBI has setup special taxpayers’ corners in three different areas of Chandigarh.
Two-day rural games concludes
Chandigarh: Two-day annual rural games, organized by Baba Gazi Das Club at Radomajra near Kurali, witnessed massive participation from various sports clubs from Punjab and Punjabi diaspora in Canada. Padamshree Sant Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, popularly known as Eco-Sikh, distributed the prizes to the winners and applauded the efforts of the Club for preserving rural games and bringing it to masses with such platform. In women category, Punjab Police team beat Indian National team with a margin of 28-20.
National conference on ‘Modern Trends in Transformer Technology’
Patiala: Punjab State Power Corporation limited (PSPCl), in association with the Central Board of Irrigation and Power and CIGRE-India, is organising two-day national level conference on March 15 and 16 on ‘Modern Trends in Transformer Technology’ at its Technical Training Institute, Patiala. Nearly 75 delegates from 30 organizations including Power Grid Corporation of India, Puducherry Electricity Department, Meghalaya Power Corporation, Nuclear Power Corporation of India and HSEB, participated, besides 50 delegates from PSPCl. latest technology innovations in the field of power transformers taking place at the National and International arenas are to be discussed during the conference.
Additional charge to Vidyarthi
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has given the additional charge of Registrar, Cooperative Societies to IAS officer Shekhar Vidyarthi, presently posted as Director and Special Secretary, Environment, Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board, Managing Director, Hafed and Member Secretary, Haryana Backward Classes Commission, during the leave period of Vikas Yadav, with immediate effect.
Indo-Bagla International Theatre Fest at DAVC
Yamunanagar: DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar, in collaboration with On Theatre Group (OTG), is organizing a three-day Indo-Bangla International Theatre Festival from March 15-17 for the first time in the city. HPSC member Dr Vandana Sharma, chief guest on the occasion, highlighted the sea level changes taken place in the society in recent years. On the first day, the play ‘Dad’s Girlfriend’, written and directed by Atul Satya Kaushik, was staged in the college auditorium. The play depicted a very touching, sensitive and pensive expression of a father-daughter relationship.
Dr Jatinder takes over as GGSCW-26 principal
Chandigarh: Dr Jatinder Kaur joined as the Principal of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26 Chandigarh on Thursday. An Associate Professor in the faculty of Commerce, Dr Jatinder joined her services in 1991 and became Head of Department in 2013. She completed her Post-Doctoral under ICSSR fellowship in January 2017. Sikh Educational Society president Gurdev Singh and secretary Col (retd) Jasmer Singh Bala wished her success in her new endeavour and prayed that this college would reach pinnacle under her guidance.
Elante to host a star-studded weekend
Chandigarh: If you have a thing about captivating stories, moving poetry and inspiring real-life accounts, here comes ‘The Soul Stage’ to light up your creative spirits. On March 24 and 25, The Courtyard at Elante Mall will turn into a literary arena where some of the country’s most loved poets, storytellers and performing artistes will weave magic with their voices and words to transport you to an altogether different world.
National seminar on fall of Sikh empire
Chandigarh: A two-day national seminar on ‘Punjab in the Mid- Nineteenth Century: Fall of Sikh Empire and Transition in Polity and Socio-Culture Mileu (1839-1849)’ commenced at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector-26, Chandigarh on Thursday. In the inaugural function, Prof Sukhmani Bal Riar, the former chairperson of the Department of History, Panjab University, narrated the sequence of events which led to the eventual collapse of the Sikh empire.