Punjab CM condoles passing away of Amarjit Goyal
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh mourned the passing away of noted industrialist and former chairman Punjab Committee of PHD Chamber Amarjit Goyal, who breathed his last on Sunday evening. In his condolence message, the Chief Minister recalled the outstanding contribution of Goyal in promoting industry in the state.
Corporation Bank takes possession
Mohali: Corporation Bank, Mohali, Phase -10 Branch has taken physical possession of immovable property owned by Cambridge Educational Trust situated at Village Isherhail, Tehsi and district Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. A statement from the bank said the action has been taken under Sarfaesi Act.
CBIEU's new body elected
Chandigarh: Pankaj Jain has been elected the new president of the Central Bank of India Employee Union along with BS Gill as General Secretary and Ramnivas as Treasurer during the North Zone Conference held at Chandigarh. It was also decided that union will join nation wide strike of employees being observed on Dec 26.
IIT Ropar celebrates its 7th Annual Convocation
Rupnagar: The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) celebrated its 7th Annual Convocation at their permanent campus. Prof. John H. Lienhard V, PhD, PE, Professor of Water, Director, Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, USA graced the occasion as the chief guest and delivered the convocation address. Prof SK Das, Director IIT Ropar presided over the ceremony. A total of 173 degrees were awarded this year. 103 B.Tech., 19 M.Tech., 27 M.Sc. and 24 PhD degrees were handed out to students.
‘Har-Khadi’ stores to be opened in Hry
Chandigarh: Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board would establish sub-store namely ‘Har-Khadi’ in big cities and towns of the state so that the products of khadi and village industries would be easily available to people. A decision to this effect has been taken in quarterly meeting of the Board held under the chairmanship of chairperson Gargi Kakkar, at Panchkula near here. This decision would benefit the units of village industries and boost their production besides providing employment opportunities to local youth.
Two non-official members nominated
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has nominated two non-official members of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committees of Bhiwani and Palwal with immediate effect. Sunil Verma has been nominated as non-official member of District Public Relations and Grievances Committee, Bhiwani and Tejpal Yadav as non-official member of District Public Relations and Grievances Committee Palwal, respectively.
HIV/AIDS awareness event held
Chandigarh: In accordance with the theme of World AIDS Day 2018, Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society had organized an HIV/AIDS awareness event on December 1 and 2 at Elante Mall. The objective of the event was to sensitize people from all walks of life on HIV/AIDS and to motivate them to come forward and get their HIV test done to know their HIV status. In this two days programme, more than 1000 people were sensitized about HIV/AIDS and out of these 153 people were screened for HIV. A team of young volunteers involved the visitors in awareness quiz on HIV/AIDS and gave prizes.