Haryana CM to inaugurate ‘Police Duty Meet’
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal will inaugurate ‘38th All India Police Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet’ at Police complex, Bhondsi, Gurugram on February 5. A spokesperson said, Director General of Police Manoj Yadava would also be present on the occasion. A total of 16 teams from different states, central paramilitary forces and National Police Academy, Hyderabad are participating in this competition where 623 participants will perform. There will be a total of 31 different types of competition in the meet. Haryana is hosting this meet for the second time. Earlier in 2009, it was organized in the Police Complex Madhuban.
MLA apprises Speaker of Nri issues
Chandigarh: Brampton West MLA (MPP) Amarjot Sandhu on Tuesday called on Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh and apprised him various issues of NRIs. Notably, Sandhu is the first Canadian International Student to be elected into the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Welcoming the MLA, the Speaker said, India and Canada have longstanding bilateral relations built upon shared traditions of democracy and pluralism. Pitching for more strong ties, Rana KP Singh said that India and Canada should explore more opportunities of mutual interests for further cementing the relations.
Students to be made aware of environment
Chandigarh: Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said, school students in the state will be made aware of the environment protection and taught about water conservation so that they are able to meet future challenges. During the release of the book ‘Innovations Handbook – Haryana Edition', Kanwar Pal also honored the 55 teachers whose ideas are compiled in the book. He said teachers are nation builders and show society the way to a better life. He said that teachers, who succeed in helping students in tapping their hidden talent and potential, are ideal teachers.
NTU-PU exchange MoU
Chandigarh: A delegation from Nottingham Trent University(NTU) comprising of Stephen Williams, Director, NTU Global and others visited Panjab University to make further progress in launching Science &Technology Partnership Programme between NTU and PU. Exchange of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was carried out between NTU and PU. NTU and PU have been collaborating under an MoU signed in 2015, and renewed in 2019, especially for partnership with University Institute of Fashion & Technology, University Business School and Centre for Human Rights & Development at PU. NTU proposes to set aside a sum of GBP 100,000 per year for three years to nurture this partnership.
Advocate writes to Admin on Coronavirus
Chandigarh: A city based lawyer Ajay Jagga has written to the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Bandore requesting that in view of the threat of the novel Coronavirus, the traffic police should be instructed to consider suspending the use of breath analysers to detect drunken driving. The use of breath analyzers could spread the deadly virus; as it spreads through coughing, sneezing or touching an infected person. Food department should also ensure that potable water is being used by all eateries; including all the booths having food preparations. Similarly, an advisory for schools may also be issued for the protection of tiny tots such as washing hands with an alcohol based hand rub or soap and water, he added
Vigilance nabs mc employee for taking bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau nabbed an auction recorder cum supervisor of Market Committee Ludhiana red handed for accepting bribe of Rs 15000. A spokesman said, accused Hari Ram was nabbed on the complaint of Sajan Wadhwa of Civil Lines, Ludhiana. The complainant alleged that the accused was demanding Rs 17,000 for favouring him to report lesser weigh of vegetable laden vehicles but the deal was struck at Rs 15,000. After verifying his complaint a VB team from Ludhiana laid a trap and the accused Auction Recorder was caught red handed. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused.
Orientation session on CoronaVirus
Chandigarh: The Rural Health Training Centre, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER conducted an orientation session on novel Coronavirus 2019 at the Naraingarh Sub-District Hospital (SDH). The session was attended by 25 health care professionals consisting of Medical Officers and Para medical staffs of the Naraingarh SDH. Dr Aravind Gandhi Periyasamy, Senior Resident (Community Medicine), gave the introductory note about the emerging issue of Coronavirus around the world and the steps taken in India to face the issue.
Interior & Exterior Expo on Feb 7
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh INT-EXT Expo 2020, international exhibition of the exterior, interior and design will be held from February 7 to 10. It will introduce participants to new directions, technologies, and materials for decorating the exterior of residential and commercial buildings, country houses and other buildings, the interior of various rooms, interior furnishings, furniture. The exhibition is very popular due to the increasing demand in India for home furnishings and design services said G S Dhillon, organiser of the Expo.
One more accused arrested in banking fraud
Chandigarh: The cyber crime investigation cell of Chandigarh police has arrested an accused namely Vinay Kumar, 30, a resident of Delhi in a case of banking fraud. Another accused namely Arshad, a resident of Merrut, Uttar Pradesh was arrested last year in the cheating case registered in September 2019 under Section 419,420,120B of IPC on the complaint of a resident namely Sunil Rajta, who stated that he had received call from a mobile number and caller posed herself as SBI employee and talked about upgradation of his SBI credit card. The complainant then shared card details as well as OTP and Rs 4 lakh were fraudulently withdrawn from his credit card. During the course of investigation it was revealed that by using credit card details of complainant, the accused purchased E-vouchers of Big Bazar, Croma Store & Tanishq Jeweler.
nccn Congress held at PGIMER
Chandigarh: A National nursing conference on Critical Care Nursing was held at PGIMER organised by Society for Critical care nursing. Around 800 nursing, research delegates participated in the conference. PGIMER Director Prof Jagat Ram and Dr AK Gupta mentioned that nurses are the back bone of our institute and playing pivotal participation in patient care. The conference had sessions on Critical aspects of nursing practices, neuro nursing, stroke management and more.