18 officials held in bribery cases during April
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau, during its ongoing campaign against corruption, has been able to nab 18 officials red handed accepting bribes in 11 different trap cases during April, which includes 6 police personnel, 4 employees of revenue department and 8 belonging to other departments. A spokesman said the Bureau had submitted challans pertaining to 8 vigilance cases in various special courts in the last month. Apart from this, 12 vigilance enquires have been registered to thoroughly probe the corruption cases against public servants. In addition to this three criminal cases have also been registered after through probe. Junior Assistant Bhim Singh, clerk Parwinderjeet Singh and Banti Kumar Numbardar of village Sunet, ludhiana were convicted and sentenced with 3 years imprisonment each by the Additional Sessions Judge ludhiana.
shrine to come up at Ravidass birthplace
Chandigarh: Union Minister Vijay Sampla on Wednesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and sought his assistance in the construction of a majestic temple and beautification of Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir in Seer Goverdhanpur, Varanasi. Sampla was accompanied by Sant Surinder Dass Kathar Wale of Dera Sachkhand Ballan, Dera Trustee Shri Virdi and Rajya Sabha MP Shamsher Singh Dullon. Sampla said that CM Yogi Adityanath immediately accepted his demands and deputed his minister Nilkanth Tiwari directing him to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the same. Sampla said that the UP CM has assured him of constructing the temple and modifying the birthplace of Guru Ravidass into a world-class shrine.
BSNl introduces ‘Data Tsunami’ offer
Chandigarh: Maintaining its tradition, Telecom major BSNl, has introduced “Data Tsunami” offer which includes free 1.5 GB data per day at Rs 98/only, for its prepaid mobile customers with a validity of 26 days on the eve of “World Telecom Day”. This new data STV-98 will be available with immediate effect on PAN india basis. SK Gupta, CGMT Punjab Circle told that BSNl provides efficient services at cheaper rates as per requirement of customers. This is a pure data STV which provides data at very economic rate at Rs 2.51 per GB. Details in this regard may be seen at our web site www.punjab.bsnl.co.in, he said.
Over 43.90 lakh quintals sugar produced
Chandigarh: The cooperative sugar mills in Haryana have crushed 440.65 lakh quintal of sugarcane and produced over 43.90 lakh quintals of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing season. A spokesman said that cooperative sugar mill Shahabad has so far crushed a maximum of 80.63 lakh quintals of sugarcane and has produced over 8.51 lakh quintals of sugar, followed by cooperative sugar mill Rohtak which has crushed 63.22 lakh quintals of sugarcane, producing over 6.14 lakh quintals of sugar.
Haryana to honour individuals
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided to honour individuals or institutions under State Awards for outstanding services in the field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse for 2018-19. Under this, applications have been invited from persons or institutions engaged in providing outstanding services in this field for state awards scheme. Under the scheme, first, second and third prizes of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 each would be given away in different categories of awards. The desirous candidates or institutions rendering outstanding service in field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse could submit their application by May 30 in their respective District Social Welfare Office.
126.86 lMT of wheat procured
Chandigarh: Out of the total of 126.86 lMT of wheat procurement from the grain markets across Punjab up to May 22, the government agencies have procured 126.29 lMT while the private traders have procured 56982 MT. A spokesman said more than 125.00 lMT of the wheat purchased by government agencies has been lifted from the mandis and Rs.19,113.97 crore have been released to the farmers through the commission agents of the state.
Allen institute conducts workshop
Chandigarh: Allen Career Institute hosted ‘Shubhaarambh’ – a workshop for its faculty members here at The lalit hotel. The session, which was held for the first time, saw the participation of 155 faculty members under the aegis of its vice presidents, C R Choudhary and P K Birla, and the Chandigarh Centre Head, Pushkar Rai. Aimed as a planning and guiding session for the academic year ahead, the event saw vociferous participation on behalf of all teachers from the IIT, Pre Medical and the junior PNCF division. The attendees were oriented with the road ahead and the means to achieve the set targets for the coming year.