Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker to inaugurate Literati today
Chandigarh: Gian Chand Gupta, Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, will inaugurate the 10th edition of Literati, the Chandigarh Literary Festival, on Friday at the Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula with Hasya Kavi Sammelan, festival director and chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society, Dr Sumita Misra, said. The kavi sammelan is being held with the support of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Haryana. Misra informed that famous poet Surender Sharma, along with other five renowned poets known for their humour, wit, and satire would be participating, including Shambhu Shikhar, Dr. Sita Sagar, Anil Agravanshi, Chirag Jain and Ved Parkash Ved. The programme will begin at 6 pm and entry is free Later, for 17-18 December, Literati 2020, will be held at the Sukhna Lake Club, she informed.
Open heart surgery facility will soon be operational in Ambala Cantt: Health Minister
Chandigarh: For the first time, the facility for open-heart surgery will be operational soon in the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment. Apart from this, the facility of PAT-scan (Positron Emission Tomography) and SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) will also be started for cancer patients in the Hospital, Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister Anil Vij said. Presiding over a review meeting with the officers of Health and Family Welfare Department here, he directed them to start the tendering process soon.
Haryana Police bags National Award for best implementation of ICJS-Forensics Pillar
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has bagged first position in the category of the best implementation of the Inter-operational Criminal Justice System (ICJS) project under the ‘Forensic Pillar’. A Haryana Police spokesperson informed that Director FSL, Dr C S Rao received the award from the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra during a conference held on ‘Good Practices in CCTNS/ICJS’ conducted by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs at New Delhi. The performance of around 117 FSLs and CFSLs in the country was evaluated by NCRB on defined parameters in which Haryana emerged as the best performer. The ICJS is an initiative of the e-committee of the Supreme Court to enable seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of the criminal justice system, like courts, police, jails and forensic science laboratories, from one platform.
Punjab VB nabs Excise & Taxation Officer, Excise Inspector taking bribe Rs 5 Lakh
Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Thursday nabbed an Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) Sandeep Singh and Excise and Taxation Inspector Vishal Sharma red-handed for accepting a bribe of Rs 500,000. A spokesperson of the VB said the accused, posted in the GST wing of Excise and Taxation department Ludhiana have been arrested on the complaint of Ravinder Kumar resident of Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana. The complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the excise officials were demanding a bribe of Rs. 15 lakh in lieu of writing off the fine imposed on his firm during a survey conducted by the department but deal was struck at Rs 12 lakh. The spokesperson said after verifying this complaint, a VB team laid a trap and both the accused excise officials were caught red handed while taking bribe money of Rs. 5,00,000 as a first installment in the presence of two official witnesses.