Woman stabs husband, arrested
Shimla: A 22-year-old woman was arrested here on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing her husband to death following an altercation. The incident took place on Tuesday in Chamechi Fagala village which comes under the jurisdiction of Dhalli police station, police said. Meena and Pawan Bahadur hailed from Salyari village in Nepal's Salyan district of Rapti zone and had been residing as tenants in Shimla for quite some time. Their landlord Nek Ram told police that after hearing Pawan Bahadur''s cries for help, he rushed to his room and saw him lying in a pool of blood. Later, the doctors declared him dead, police said. Based on the landlord''s statement, a case was registered under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC, they said, adding that Meena was arrested.
Pb Govt & PGIMER to promote ai
Chandigarh: Focusing on the institutional strength of the region to meet the challenges of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ sector, the Punjab Government and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research have agreed to jointly promote Artificial Intelligence in the Health Sector. Punjab Principal Secretary Science, Technology and Environment Rakesh Verma said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) was an efficacious mechanism to address health related issues referring AI as the latest and most powerful 4th Industrial revolution after the earlier three revolutions of coal & steam, electricity & electronics and computers, which brought phenomenal transformation in the global development. He said this endeavor of promoting AI would prove to be a milestone in ensuring holistic growth of the health sector in the state.
PSPCL organises Special cleanliness drive
Chandigarh: Ferozepur circle of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) organised a special cleanliness drive in Ferozepur under the principle of “Swacchta Hi Sewa” on Wednesday morning, said Ramesh Sarangal SE distribution Ferozepur circle. He said that all the officers and officials actively participated in the cleanliness drive. During this drive all the officers and officials of PSPCL cleaned their office and surroundings of offices and roads towards PSPCL offices.
14th GYPF ends with a global march
Chandigarh: The 14th global youth peace festival came to an end here with a global march to end plastic pollution from Open Hand to Sector 17 Plaza. The march saw the participation of foreign and Indian delegates attending the GYPF besides 5000 students from different schools and colleges of Chandigarh and was led by the American Gandhi, Bernie Mayor. The highlight of the event was a 100 meters wall painting on the theme of “Living in Harmony with Nature” prepared by children of Carmel Convent school. Along with the huge wall painting, more than 100 posters were also prepared by the children and an exhibition of the wall painting and the posters was held at Sukhna Lake in the morning.
IIT Ropar pledges for Swacchta awareness
Ropar: IIT Ropar spread the message of “Swacch Bharat, Swastha Bharat” on Gandhi Jayanti by organizing third edition of IIT ROPAR RUN, mini-marathons of 5 Kms and 11 to promote health, wellness, and fitness. articipants started the run from the iconic Main Campus and took the route from inside the city and through the bank of river Satluj walking along the beautiful riverside back to the main campus. A total footfall of 1000 plus, including runners as well as the supporters and volunteers participated in the event.
cleanliness drive carried out
Chandigarh: On the occasion of 150th anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi Ji, a special cleanliness drive was carried out at EWS Colony, Dhanas, Chandigarh under ‘Swatchta Abhiyaan’. The programme was organized by the Chandigarh Police in partnership with SPYM. The cleanliness drive was carried out by above 400 participants of URJA, a project being implemented by Chandigarh Police and SPYM to prevent substance abuse among children in Chandigarh. Sanjay Baniwal, IPS, Director General of Police, Chandigarh was the chief guest on the occasion.
Adulteration surfaces in Festival Season
Chandigarh: The Food Safety team of the Commissionerate has seized 60 litres of duplicate desi ghee from Gandhi market Bathinda, informed KS Pannu Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Punjab. Pannu informed that the food safety teams in the state are observing utmost vigil in the ongoing festival season. Some of the duplicate ghee was branded as Ganga Deep Premium Quality and the other as Milk Food Ghee. The duplicate Milk Food Ghee was in sachets, without any card board packing, said he.
‘Shramdaan Drive’ to make Mohali plastic free
Mohali: The staff of Municipal Corporation, Mohali and Shalby Hospital along with members of Loins Club, school children and local residents came together to carry out a joint ‘Shramdaan Drive’ to make Mohali a plastic free city on the occasion of Gandhi Jyanti on Wednesday. All participants had gathered at a park in 3BI early morning and started the drive to clean the area. Later, a walkathon to beat plastic pollution was also organized.
Khadi Board organises Pushpanjali Samaroh
Chandigarh: “The Punjab Khadi and Gram Udyog Board is committed to provide job avenues to the youth of state. During current year, the board has fixed a target of setting up 2000 units throughout Punjab which would give employment opportunities to the youth,” said chairperson of the Board, Mamta Dutta at Punjab Bhawan on the occasion of Pushpanjali Samaroh held in commemoration of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Board is running projects worth Rs 25 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Utpatti Yojna of Central Khadi Gram Udyog Commission, Dutta said.
Street Food Vendors’ Hygiene training held
Chandigarh: The PGIMER Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health and Municipal Corporation in collaboration with Dept. of Food Science, Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Sector 36 here jointly organized 17th capacity building and training workshop on October 1. The venue for the workshop was auditorium, MCM DAV College. The workshop was attended by 49 registered street vendors of Chandigarh, 20 food business operators/food handlers and 154 students of MCM-DAV College.
VR Punjab’s ‘Women Wednesdays’
Mohali: Shopping destination, VR Punjab has announced ‘Women Wednesdays’ to be organised once every fortnight. This has been conceptualised as an ongoing initiative based on activities which interest women, thus offering women patrons an opportunity to attend interesting workshops at the destination. As part of the activity held on October 2, Celebrity Chef Kandla Nijhowne of Master Chef Season One conducted an epicurean cookery workshop, taking women patrons on an culinary sojourn of Italy.
Badnore pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi
Chandigarh: To mark the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatama Gandhi, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore called upon the people to renew their pledge and work for creating a strong and vibrant nation with social equality, peace, harmony and free from the evils of untouchability and intoxicants, of Bapu’s dreams. Addressing the people at a function in Gandhi Samarak Bhawan here, Badnore said, nation owes a great debt to Mahatma Gandhi who led the nation's freedom movement, following a peaceful and non-violent path. The world has recognized his philosophy and the United Nations has declared his birth anniversary as the "International Day of Non-Violence" being observed throughout the length and breadth of globe, Badnore said.