Rahul Gandhi condoles death of Gobind Khatra
Chandigarh: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday expressed grief over the sad and untimely death of young and promising Congress leader Gobind Khatra. Gandhi spoke to the family members over phone while expressing his profound grief over the demise. He said, Gobind was a promising leader and his death had caused immense loss not only to the family, but the party as well. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder while expressing his condolences to the bereaved family, said, he stood by them in this hour of grief. Gobind Khatra, 30 years, passed away after brief illness at PGIMER on Tuesday. He was the grandson of veteran senior Akali leader and transporter Pritam Singh Khatra. Prior to the previous Vidhan Sabha elections in the state, Gobind remained convenor of Captain Amarinder Singh’s volunteer programme ‘Jaggo Punjab’ in 2016-17.
Shoolini among top 5 pvt varsities in n India
Shimla: Shoolini University in Solan has emerged one of the five top private universities of north India as per rankings given by the prestigious National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) set up by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD). The five parameters that are used to determine NIRF rankings are Teaching and learning Resources (TlR), Research and Professional Practice (RPC), Graduation Outcome (GO), Outreach Inclusivity (OI) and Perception. “I am happy to share that Shoolini University is now among the top five private universities of the northern region including states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir”, said Prof P K Khosla, the Vice Chancellor of Shoolini University.
Vodafone rolls out VolTE in Punjab circle
Chandigarh: Vodafone India on Wednesday announced the roll-out of its Voice over lTE (VolTE) services in cities like Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Kharar, ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Rajpura, Bathinda, Firozpur, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Batala, Khanna, Phagwara, Abohar, Sangrur, Faridkot, Kot Kapura and Malout in Punjab circle. With this launch, Vodafone is the first GSM service provider in Punjab circle enabling customers to make calls using VolTE and enjoy HD quality clear voice with super call connect. Vodafone SuperNetTM 4G customers can access Vodafone VolTE for no additional charges and all calls will be billed as per existing plan or pack benefits, thus experiencing the best from Vodafone’s Data Strong Network. Arvind Nevatia, Business Head – Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, Vodafone India, said it is a big step towards further enhancing customer experience.
BSNl launches IPl pack
Chandigarh: Maintaining its tradition, telecom major BSNl has presented IPl pack unlimited data STV – 248 for prepaid mobile customers which give unlimited data [3 GB data per day] with validity of 51 days during period of IPl cricket match. This will be useful for our subscriber to stream live IPl matches at a very economical rate. This limited period offer is available in the market from April 2 to 30 on PAN India basis. Details in this regard may be seen at our website www.bsnl.co.in, said a spokesman.
PRO association condoles demise of Surjit Singh
Chandigarh: Punjab Public Relations Officers Association has expressed profound shock over the demise of Surjit Singh Punjabi who passed away here after illness. He was 76. He has left behind his wife, 4 daughters and 3 sons. One of his sons Amandeep Singh Punjabi is serving as the District Public Relations Officer, Sangrur.
Rajiv Jain assumes charge
Chandigarh: Rajiv Jain assumed the charge of Media Advisor to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday. He was appointed to the post last week in place of Amit Arya who has been posted in New Delhi.