Ex-Himachal CM Virbhadra hospitalised
Shimla: Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) here for treatment of chest infection. The doctors said, "Most of the tests are normal. He is in hospital for observation.". He is likely to be discharged on Saturday. The 84-year-old Congress leader, who attended the assembly on Thursday, was suffering from viral fever and hospitalised at the IGMCH late on Thursday. The six-time Chief Minister had complained of throat infection, his family said.
Pb CM mourns demise of Bains Brothers’ father
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday condoled the death of Mohan Singh, father of lok Insaaf Party MlAs Balwinder Singh Bains and Simarjit Singh Bains. Mohan Singh, who passed away Thursday afternoon at ludhiana, is survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter. In his condolence message, the Chief Minister said it was a huge loss for the family and extended his heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family. He prayed for courage for the family to bear the irreparable loss.
Haryana notifies holiday on Sept 4 in poll areas
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has notified that September 4 (Tuesday) will be observed as public holiday in the offices, educational and other institutes of the state government, boards and corporations situated in the jurisdiction of the areas of poll of panchayat bye elections on the vacant seats of panches, sarpanches of gram panchayats and members of Panchayat Samitis, to enable employees to cast their vote. A spokesman said according to the notification issued by the General Administration Department, the holiday on September 4 would also be observed as holiday under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in the areas where the election is going to be held.
Rakhi Bumper: Pb lottery Dept announces prizes
Chandigarh: Punjab lottery Department has announced two first prizes of "Punjab State Rakhi Bumper-2018". Two persons were received Rs 1.50 crore each as prize money. A spokesman said that the draw of "Punjab State Rakhi Bumper 2018" was held at ludhiana in the building of Zila Parishad on August 29. In this draw, two first prizes of Rs 1.50 crore for each winner were announced on the ticket numbers A-207485 and B- 660446 which were sold to general public. He said that to make the lottery schemes more transparent, the lottery Department always declares its first prizes guaranteed out of the ticket numbers sold to the public. He said that the lottery tickets of ‘Diwali Bumper-2018’ will be available shortly in September.
General Manager convicted
Chandigarh: The Court of District and Sessions Judge, Jhajjar has convicted Pushkar Singh, the then, General Manager, District Co-operative labour and Construction Federation, Jhajjar for imprisonment of seven years with fine of Rs 20,000. A spokesman of the Haryana Vigilance Bureau said that a case was registered against him at Bureau’s Police Station, Rohtak on the basis of vigilance enquiry regarding allegations of embezzlement of Rs 20 lakh.
Information officer retires from govt service
Shimla: Himachal Information Officer Ramdev Kapoor, who served the Information and Public Relations department retired on Friday after rendering his services for 33 years. He had joined the department in 1985 as an artist in the song and drama unit of the department. He served in Kangra, Kullu, Solan, Kinnaur, lahaul Spiti and Una districts and also gave his services in press liaison office, Chandigarh. Director, Information and Public Relations Anupam Kashyap and other senior officers of the department wished him good health and a happy life ahead.
SBI celebrates Swachhta Pakhawada
Chandigarh: State Bank of India, local head office here, its 8 Administrative Offices, 42 Regional Business Offices and 1978 branches spread over the four states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and UT Chandigarh celebrated Swachhta Pakhwada with full enthusiasm and zeal from August 16 to 31 to spread awareness about cleanliness.
Vigilance nabs sub-inspector for accepting bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau has nabbed a sub inspector posted at Police station Phillaur, Jalandhar red handed for accepting bribe of Rs 5,000. A spokesperson said Sub Inspector Bakhshish Singh was nabbed red handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 5,000 from complainant Vijay Kumar resident of village Nagar, Jalandhar.The complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the above said accused has been demanding Rs 5,000 to help him in a complaint case and give witness in his favour in the court.
HDFC Bank helps develop PUDA 360 web
Chandigarh: To facilitate the general public by providing various services online, make the process of e-auction more convenient and give a common platform to the promoters, builders and individuals for advertising their projects and properties, Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority (PUDA) has developed an e-properties module named PUDA 360 in partnership with HDFC Bank.
Drugs Regulatory Officers convene meetings
Chandigarh: Drugs Regulatory Officers convened meetings with the chemist associations across the state to apprise them regarding current drug legislation, maintenance of mandatory records under Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945 ,informed KS Pannu, Commissioner, Food and Drugs Administration Punjab. “This step has been taken to remove the disconnect between the chemist and the regulatory officers and further to sensitize the chemists about the existing laws,” said Pannu adding that such meetings have been held in almost all the tehsils of the state Thousands of chemists have pledged to abstain from selling prohibited drugs.
Over 200 startups attend Startup Summit & Awards
Chandigarh: Punjab’s maiden Start-Up Summit and Awards-2018 scripted a success story here on Friday as 200 Startups both successful and aspiring attended the session. The summit was organized by Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industries, PCCI in partnership with Punjab Government, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India and Software Technology Parks of India, STPI, here at Hotel lalit. Manipal Dhariwal, chairman Start-Ups / Entrepreneurship & IT & ITeS Committee, PCCI, said “Startups are changing the ecosystem of venturing into a business. The challenge is to have belief in the business idea, sustain in the competition, being advised at the right stage, and to be mentored for the right business strategy with the availability of resources.”
CGRF to hold grievances meetings
Chandigarh: The members of the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (CGRF) of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam will make extensive visits in September for hearing grievances of the consumers and to entertain new complaints.
Grover takes over as MD, HP State load Despatch Authority
Shimla: Suneel Grover, Chief Engineer (System Operation), HP State Electricity Board limited has been appointed as Managing Director, State load Despatch Authority registered as Himachal Pradesh load Despatch Society (HPlDS) of Himachal Government as an Apex Body to manage the Himachal Pradesh State load Despatch Centre (HPSlDC) as per Electricity Act 2003.