Haryana CM honours 16 police officers
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal honored 16 police officers and officials of State Police with ‘Shaurya Samman’ in recognition of their exemplary courage and devotion towards duty during a programme organized here. Sub Inspector, Narender Kumar and Exemptee Head Constable Bhagirath awarded posthumously with awards of bravery. These awards were received by wife of Narender Kumar and lalit, son of Bhagirath. Similarly, Anil Kumar Rao, Inspector General of Police, CID was awarded for his special contribution in investigation, SSP Kurukshetra, Surinder Pal awarded for his outstanding contribution in awareness, Mamta Sodha DSP (law and order) awarded for her outstanding efforts in women empowerment, constable Sunil Kumar was awarded for his outstanding efforts to save human lives.
Six Haryana IGP officers promoted
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has promoted six Inspector General of Police officers as Additional Director General of Police with immediate effect. These officers promoted include Navdeep Singh Virk, Shrikant Jadhav, Kala Ramachandran, Anil Kumar Rao, Kuldeep Singh Sihag and Paramjit Singh Ahlawat.
Appointment letters given to teachers
Chandigarh/SAS Nagar: Punjab Education Minister OP Soni handed over appointment-cum-offer letters to 257 English and 342 Hindi subject teachers. He also handed over appointment letters to 6 clerks, 3 library restorers, 1 SlA and 16 class four employees on compassionate grounds. Appointment letters were given to 2082 teachers in Amritsar out of total 3582 teachers, whereas the matter related to English and Hindi subject teachers went to court.
17 candidates get jobs on compassionate ground
Chandigarh: Punjab Health and Family Welfare Department handed over the appointment letters to 17 candidates on compassionate ground. A spokesperson of Health and Family Welfare Department said that the appointment letters for the post of Clerk and Class-4 have been handed over to the 17 eligible dependents of deceased employees.
Four PPS officers transferred
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has transferred four PPS officers with immediate effect. A spokesperson said that Ranbir Singh has been posted as SP/Investigation Sri Muktsar Sahib, Rupinder Kumar posted as SP/ Special Branch ludhiana (Rural), Harinderpal Singh posted as SP/Traffic Bathinda, Vipin Chaudhary posted as SP/Investigation Batala and Suba Singh posted as SP/Operations Gurdaspur.
Talk on ethics and values held
Panchkula: A well-attended Talk was held at the Vivek Career Academy, Sector 8 here on Wednesday on the topic "Ethics and Values'. The speaker was Swami Krishnananda Giri, a senior monk of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917. Swami Giri is an Electrical Engineer from IIT Bombay and has been a monk for more than 45 years.
Hartek Power bags MC power project
Chandigarh: Hartek Power has bagged a project from the Public Health Department of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for executing a 66/11 KV substation at the Sector 39 Waterworks which will help in improving the overall water supply to the tricity. To be commissioned at a cost of Rs 11.24 crore, this project will involve designing, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the new switchyard, which will enable the MC to meet the city’s peak water demand of 100 million gallons per day (MGD) by pumping an additional 29 MGD to be drawn from Kajauli Waterworks V and VI. Chandigarh’s water supply currently stands at 80 MGD.
Digital India Conclave to be organised
Chandigarh: To take the Digital India agenda forward, the Chandigarh Administration will organize ‘Digital India Conclave’, in collaboration with Elets Technomedia Pvt ltd on August 30 at Hotel Taj. The daylong conference will be attended by policy makers, industry honchos and senior administrators from all across the country.
Indo Int’l Premier Kabaddi league announced
Chandigarh: The New Kabaddi Federation of India (NKFI) has announced ‘Indo International Premier Kabaddi league’. The league has been conceptualized with the objective of promoting the Indian origin sport among the Indian & International viewers. Many former greats & Arjuna awardees of the game have joined hands and come together with the NKFI to conceptualize & launch the Indo International Premier Kabaddi league.
HDFC Bank to adopt 30 flood-hit villages in Kerala
Chandigarh: HDFC Bank on Wednesday announced that it will adopt 30 villages in Kerala. As part of its long-term relief and rehabilitation efforts, this initiative is aimed at helping people in the worst-hit parts of the state recover, and encompasses setting up medical camps and rebuild health centres affected in the flood.