Punjab Kala Parishad to honour Kanwal
Chandigarh: Punjab Kala Parishad would honour eminent Punjabi litterateur Jaswant Singh Kanwal with ‘Punjab Gaurav Puraskar’ on the eve of his birth centenary. The state Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, Parishad chairman Dr Surjit Patar and its secretary general Dr lakhwinder Johal would personally honour Kanwal on June 26 at his native village Dhudike in Moga district.
IKG-PTU announces direct admission schedule
Jalandhar/Kapurthala: IK Gujral Punjab Technical University on Monday announced direct admissions schedule for its main campuses and other seven constituent campuses. The schedule is applicable for few vacant seats and to get seat in engineering courses, June 26 is the last date for aspirant students to register online and the seat allocation will start from June 27. Seat allocation is applicable for main campus Kapurthala as well as other constituent campuses situated in Amritsar, Batala, Hoshiarpur, Dinanagar, Sultanpur lodhi, Khunni Majra and Mohali. For non-engineering courses, direct admissions at University campus will start from July 2.
Dhankar directs to develop app for mandis
Chandigarh: Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister OP Dhankar on Monday directed the officers to develop artificial intelligence app of smart mandis under Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana expeditiously and ensure it becomes operational before the ensuing potato season. Dhankar, interacting with a resident of Charkhi Dadri Piyush Gupta who is doing PhD on artificial intelligence from America through a video conferencing, said that this app should ensure entry in mandis of registered farmers under the scheme through unique barcode. He said that the App would help the Department to identify persons posing as farmers and fraudulently selling vegetables and fruits in mandis under the scheme to avail its benefits.
BJP slams Pb govt for power tariff hike
Chandigarh: BJP on Monday slammed Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in Punjab for its decision to raise rural electricity tariff by two percent. Criticizing the decision, BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh said that the Congress government has already affected a raise of 20 percent in electricity tariff in its very first year and now this two percent increase was bound to hit rural consumers, including farmers, who are already facing financial crunch. “Congress government had recently hiked electricity tariff by 2.17 percent and also raised fix rate by Rs 10 per kilowatt thereby putting an extra burden of over Rs 700 crore on the people,” he said.
bills to be issued both in Hindi, English in Hry
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday directed that all bills raised by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Public Health Engineering Department, Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran and all Boards, Corporations and Municipalities should be issued both in English and Hindi languages from August 1, 2018. Spokesperson said that it had been observed that despite Hindi being the official language of the state, bills for electricity, water, sewerage and house tax were being issued to the consumers in English. Therefore, it has been decided that bills are not to be issued in Hindi alone and these would be issued both in English and Hindi languages.
16 rewarded for giving info on illegal sex test
Chandigarh: As many as 16 people of Sonipat district were given cash award of Rs one lakh each, for giving information about those involved in conducting illegal sex determination tests and helping them get arrested under Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT), Act. In total, cash award of Rs 16 lakh has been given to these 16 persons in 2017-18. Health Department spokesperson said that in Sonipat district, over 42 raids were conducted under the Act.
VB nabs irrigation patwari in bribery case
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau on Monday nabbed a Patwari of irrigation department red handed while accepting Rs 15,000 bribe. Spokesperson said that Gurcharn Singh, irrigation Patwari posted at Khane Ki Dhaab in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, was nabbed red handed by Vigilance team for accepting bribe of Rs 15,000 from complainant Harpinder Singh of the same village. The complainant has accused that Patwari was demanding Rs 15,000 for ensuring canal water for irrigation of his fields.
Haryana transfer two IPS officers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has issued transfer and posting orders of two IPS officers, with immediate effect. On induction into IPS, Arun Kumar has been posted Superintendent of Police (SP), State Crime Branch and Dheeraj Kumar has been posted SP, Crime Investigation Department.