BJP to launch membership drive
Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party will launch its nationwide membership drive from July 6. The Chandigarh BJP unit has set a target of 1 lakh members under this drive in the city. To make the drive successful, the BJP Chandigarh unit has already appointed the incharges and co incharges at the state, district, mandal, morchas and cells. A training meeting of all such incharges and co-incharges was held here at the BJP Chandigarh party office, Kamlam, in Sector 33 under the chairmanship of city party president Sanjay Tandon. He Tandon exhorted the workers to achieve the target of 1 lakh members in Chandigarh so that BJP may break its own record of membership created in the last membership drive three years back.
Central Bank of India donates Rs 2.65 cr
Chandigarh: Pallav Mohapatra, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Central Bank of India visited Bhubaneswar and handed over donation amount of Rs 2,65,18,000 ( Rs two crore sixty five lakhs and eighteen thousand only) to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The amount was donated to provide financial support to the state of Odisha for rehabilitation after the recent cyclonic storm.
Mann Ki Baat, Jan Ki Baat, Jal Ki Baat
Chandigarh: After a thumping victory in Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio address Mann Ki Baat made a comeback on Sunday. BJP Chandigarh members had gathered at party office Kamalam for listening to the PM's address. Also present at the occasion were BJP Chandigarh's state president Sanjay Tandon and Mayor Rajesh Kalia. Amidst the ongoing water crisis, PM urged the countrymen to save water and share ideas for water conservation with #JanShakti4JalShakti.
Consultation held at PGIMER
Chandigarh: A consultation on “Why legal age to buy tobacco and legal nicotine products should be increased beyond 18 years?” was organized jointly by Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health PGIMER, Chandigarh, State Tobacco Control Cell(STCC) Punjab and Strategic Institute for Public Health Education and Research (SIPHER). Experts expressed concern about danger to the health of youth because of the impending epidemic of tobacco use, Hukkah bars and E-Cigarettes Balbir Singh Sidhu, Punjab Health Minister agreed to recommend increase in age to buy and use tobacco and legal nicotine products.
KTM hosts Orange Day in Faridabad
Faridabad: KTM organized yet another successful version of “Orange day” for its customers and motorcycle enthusiasts of Faridabad. The “Orange day” is conceptualized to make the customer experience the genes of the KTM bikes. The “Orange Day” was hosted at SRS Mall, Faridabad. A classroom session was organized by an expert on how to extract the most out of their KTMs, this was followed up by a demonstration on the track and an opportunity for the riders to savor their biking experience. There were separate races organized for the 200 Duke customers as well as for RC 200 customers.