Appointment letters given to martyrs’ kins Chandigarh: Punjab Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar on Tuesday handed over the appointment letters to the kins of three martyrs, Tanveer Kaur from Bathinda — wife of Major Ravi Inder Singh Sandhu, who was killed during UN Peace Keeping Mission in south Sudan on November 6, 2019; Amritbir Singh of Amritsar — son of martyred Inspector-cum-Company Commander Raghveer Singh, CRPF-74 Battalion killed during an encounter with Naxalites in Sukma (Chhattisgarh) on April 24, 2017; and Akwinder Kaur of Amritsar — wife of Martyr Naik Maninder Singh, 3rd Punjab Regiment, who was killed on November 19, 2019, due to avalanche in Leh Ladakh. While Tanveer and Amritbir are recruited as Tehsildar in Revenue Department, Akwinder has been appointed Naib Tehsildar.
PU suspends teaching till July 31
Chandigarh: In the light of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’ guidelines for phased re-opening (Unlock-2), Panjab University on Tuesday announced to suspend its teaching till July 31, 2020, along with its affiliated or constituent colleges. Informing, PU Registrar Prof Karamjeet Singh said that the teachers will continue to work from home and the chairperson may call any faculty member, as and when required. Further, one-third of the non-teaching staff of the University would attend office. He added that no employee will be allowed to leave the headquarter without permission, as services of any employee from teaching as well as non-teaching staff may be required during this period.
AIHM organises online cooking competition
Chandigarh: Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Sector-42, Chandigarh, on Tuesday organized an online cooking competition under the aegis of ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ on the cuisines of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to promote the regional and integral cuisines of India. Students were encouraged to try their hands at the mystical yet finger licking dishes of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and then send recipe of the same, along with three pictures of their preparation to the college for the examination and judgment.
IAS appointed Staff Officer to Punjab CS
Chandigarh: A 2014-batch IAS officer, Sakshi Sawhney, has been appointed as the Additional Secretary, Coordination, and in addition Staff Officer to Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Tuesday. As of now, she was serving on the post of Additional Deputy Commissioner (General), SAS Nagar (Mohali).
dispose properties vehicles cases: KHanna
Chandigarh: BJP national vice president and former MP Avinash Rai Khanna on Tuesday written to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Badnore taking up the issue of disposal of case properties and vehicles lying in police stations across the state of Punjab and Chandigarh. Khanna has written a similar letter to all the Chief Ministers and Governors of States and Union Territories bringing into notice the orders of Supreme Court, dated April 19, 2010, directing all the state governments, Union Territory Administrators and Director General of Police to ensure macro implementation of the provisions of section 451 and 457 of CPRC, which is disposal of properties like vehicles etc lying in the police stations of respective states.
UT Police busts gang
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Police arrested a gang of four, involved in cheating innocent public in the name of organizing chhabil or langar. The police has all along been receiving information that some persons collect money in the name of organizing chhabil or langar but never organize that, and spend the collected money on their expenses. Acting on the same information on Monday from Sector 42, a police party reached and found four persons collecting money and issuing forged cash receipts having no serial or book numbers. After getting no satisfactory reply, they were apprehended.
S Chand launches Learnflix app
Chandigarh: S. Chand and Co., has announced the launch of its personalised home learning app Learnflix in Punjab. The Learnflix app offers comprehensive learning in Math and Science for classes 6 to 10 and is based on the latest CBSE syllabus and useful for ICSE and other State Boards. Some of the features of Learnflix include easy access and unlimited practice tests with varied difficulty levels.