Capt condoles demise of george Fernandes
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday condoled the death of former Union Defence Minister George Fernandes, who passed away in Delhi at the age of 88, following a prolonged illness. Capt Amarinder said that Fernandes will be remembered as one of the most prominent leaders of 1970s’ socialist movement.
Corporation Bank Karnal shifted
Karnal: Corporation Bank, Karnal branch, has been shifted to new premises opposite to Bus stand on Monday. Corporation Bank Karnal has been functioning at Karnal from 1998 onwards and has been shifted to new premises for more customer facilities. The premises has been inaugurated by Delhi circle General Manager DVS Varma along with Chandigarh Zonal Office deputy general manager HS Nagendra. Bank’s customers have attended the function. Varma explained about various digital products of the Bank to the customers.
Glamzone unisex beauty salon in Panchkula
Panchkula: India’s finest beauty and hair salon, Glamzone Unisex Beauty salon, opened its eight salon in the tricity at Panchakula Sector 10 after Chandigarh’s Sector 21, Sector 32, Sector 27, Sector 35, Zirakpur, Mohali Phase-V and Phase XI. Famous beauty therapist and hair artist Anil Kumar, Sarfraz, Mayur and Sameer tells about latest hair trends. The Schwarzkopf professional's products, and services will be available at Glamzone Unisex beauty salon.
CU launches MBA in Strategic HR with SHRM
Chandigarh: Chandigarh University, Gharuan, in association with Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), on Monday launched two-year MBA degree in the field of strategic HR. It is first of its kind MBA Program in North India to be jointly launched by SHRM which is world’s largest HR Professional society with three lakh members in more than 165 countries and a premier university of the region. CU Vice-Chancellor Dr RS Bawa, SHRM CEO Achal Khanna exchanged the formal MoU on Monday.
Punjab VB nabs ASI for taking bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) posted at EOW Police Lines, Ludhiana, red handed while accepting Rs 20,000 bribe. Spokesperson said that ASI Mohinder Singh was nabbed red-handed on the complaint of one Rachpal Singh Pali of Lohara village in Ludhiana.
Bestech square mall salutes real heroes
Mohali: The ongoing Republic Day celebration at Bestech square mall — Salute the Real Heroes — concluded with a flag hoisting ceremony by Mohali MC Joint Commissioner Kanu Thind on Tuesday. A performance of bagpipers’ band was also held who generated a patriotic fervour among visitors with heir melodious tunes. The high point of the festivity was an exhibition of war memorabilia which paid tribute and a special salute to Brigadier KS Chandpuri, the hero of Battle of Longewala with Pakistan.
Prof Chand gives lecture
Chandigarh: Prof Ramesh Chand, member of NITI Aayog and Centre’s Fifteenth Finance Commission, on Tuesday said that the agriculture sector has been neglected after economic reforms which has resulted in a continuous decline in farm incomes. Prof Chand, delivering Brij Narain Memorial lecture organized by Panjab University’s Economics Department, said that the transformation is not taking place in this sector because of institutional bottlenecks in the import of inputs and technology for the farm sector, which have been removed in other sectors in the recent past’.
PU to celebrate Jaishankar Prasad’s birth anniv
Chandigarh: Panjab University’s Department of Hindi will organize ‘Jaishankar Prasad Jayanti’ on January 30 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the celebrated author and dramatist, Jaishankar Prasad. Department chairperson Dr Gurmeet Singh said: “We have initiated an effort to involve the colleges in the city by encouraging their participation in the literary events conducted by the Department. In continuation with this, students of GCG, Sector 11, will be participating.”
BBMB inaugurates rooftop solar pv plants
Chandigarh: Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has planned to implement grid connected rooftop solar PV projects on the roofs of its buildings or offices, ground mounted and floating solar PV Plant as a part of its contribution to renewable energy initiatives of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. As a part of the same, the Union Power Ministry’s secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Tuesday inaugurated Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Plant of 80kWp capacity at 220kV Substation BBMB Delhi and of 20kWp capacity at 220kV substation BBMB Narela. Both plants are estimated to generate 1.60 lakh units of energy per annum.