Capt condoles journalist’s father death
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has condoled the death of Mansa Ram, father of senior journalist Ashwani Kumar, Bureau Chief of Punjab Kesari. Mansa Ram (65) breathed his last at his native place near Lucknow on Tuesday evening after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. In his condolence message, the Chief Minister extended his heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family, relatives and friends of the deceased and prayed to the Almighty to give them the courage to bear this grief.
ACS Home asks prisoners to take up Yoga
Chandigarh: Haryana Additional Chief Secretary, Home SS Prasad asked the prisoners to make yoga an integral part of their lives. Addressing the prisoners after the launch of a Yoga training session organized in district Jail, Kurukshetra, he said, yoga is the only mechanism that can lead to mental and physical development of every person in the society. Keeping in view the number of prisoners involved in NDPS cases, he urged them not to be a part of any kind of addiction and drug peddling after getting out of jail. He also administered oath to this effect to the prisoners. He also asked the jail authorities to conduct evening yoga sessions in the jails.
Add Registrar Cooperative Societies suspended
Chandigarh: Punjab Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa suspended Department’s Additional Registrar (I) Harinder Singh Sidhu on grounds of financial bunglings. Harinder Singh committed financial bunglings by getting works done to the tune of Rs 45 lakhs without tendering and sans proper sanction during 2016-17 and 2017-18 while serving as the Punjab State Agricultural Development Bank’s managing director, said a spokesperson. In view of this, the Additional Chief Secretary (Cooperation) has issued Harinder Singh’s suspension orders with immediate effect on the directions of the Cooperation Minister.
Finance dept asks for submission of pension cases
Chandigarh: In order to protect the interests of employees and officials going to retire from various departments of Punjab Government, the Finance Department has issued instructions for timely submission of their pension cases. The Department has issued a letter to the heads of departments in this regard. A spokesperson said the list of employees and officials, who are going to retire from the various departments within the next twenty four to thirty months, is not being sent quarterly nor any such pension case is being sent to the Auditor General, Punjab for approval. The AG is sending back incomplete cases. Due to such circumstances, the retired or going to retire employees and officials are facing difficulties in getting their benefits.
MG Motor India inaugurates its showrooms
Chandigarh: British carmaker MG (Morris Garages) Motor India inaugurated its showrooms in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Karnal, ahead of the its first launch later this month – the Hector. Bookings for the MG Hector have begun at an amount of Rs 50,000. With a network of 120 centers at present, the carmaker aims to further expand it to a total of 250 centers across India by September this year. Customers can schedule test drives for the MG Hector from a nearby showroom from June 15 onwards.
Vigilance nabs ASI for taking bribe Rs 5,000
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau, nabbed an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) posted at Bhikhiwind Police Station, Tarn Taran district red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 5,000. A spokesperson said ASI Surinder Kumar was nabbed red handed on the complaint of Balwinder Singh of village Marri Udoke, Tarn Taran district. The complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the accused ASI was demanding Rs 15,000 to help him in a police case and submit challan against the second party. After verifying his information, the vigilance team laid a trap and the accused ASI was arrested on the spot while taking bribe of Rs. 5,000. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused VB police station Amritsar and further investigation was under progress.
Minister urges to formulate new schemes
Shimla: Himachal Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Virender Kanwar has urged the Centre for formulating new schemes for construction of community toilets besides developing sewerage system in rural areas on the lines of existing system in urban areas. While participating in the national level workshop on total sanitation organized by the Ministry of Water Resources at New Delhi, he apprised that the state had achieved the target of ODF in 2012 itself and added that toilets were available for men and women in schools, panchayats, Mahila and Yuvak Mandals.
CS holds review meeting on road safety
Shimla: Himachal Chief Secretary BK Agarwal said that the State Government is taking every possible step to ensure good road facility across the state. He said that out of 90 black spots identified by police department, 71 have been rectified by PWD and remaining will be rectified in due course. The HRTC has also identified 169 accidental prone spots and the list has been sent to PWD for further action. Similarly, GVK EMRI (Emergency Management and Research Institute) has identified 505 black spots out of which 200 black spots have been rectified by PWD.
Admission portal of govt institutes launched
Chandigarh: An online admissions portal of Govt Industrial Training Institutes (http://www.itichdadmission.edu.in/) was launched by Director Technical Education, UT Chandigarh Sachin Rana and Jitender Yadav, IAS, Secretary (Sports & Establishment) at Govt. Industrial Training Institute for Women, Sector 11 here. This portal is an effort of Directorate of Technical Education, UT Chandigarh to facilitate the admission seekers to apply in the trades of ITIs for the upcoming session. The provisions of helpdesk and Grievances Cell have been also provided at GITI, Sector 28 and GITIW, Sector 11 to resolve the queries of students.
CHB to begin cancellation of small flats
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Housing Board will start cancellation of small flats of those who fail to deposit their pending dues during the ongoing camps. The camps are being held till June 16including Saturdays and Sundays in all the respective colonies where the small flats are located. Hence the allottees of Small Flats have only four more days to deposit their dues to avoid cancellation, a spokesman said. Accordingly cancellation notices have already been issued to many allottees and rest of the notices will be issued shortly. The cancellation will start from Monday i.e. June 17, he added.