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Engineer’s Day celebrated: The 41st Engineer’s Day was celebrated at Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Banur, in the memory of an eminent Indian engineer and statesman Bharat Ratan Sir Mokashagundam Visvesvarya. H.S. Brar, member power (distribution), PSEB, Patiala, was the chief guest. Various activities like paper presentation, poster making, debate and many more were organised.Inter-college contest: Microsoft, a leading innovator of software technologies, conducted an “All-India Inter-College Go A-Alive Challenge” with an effort to popularise digital communication. A total of 254 college teams from all over the nation participated in this contest. In the contest, Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali, students secured the first position in Punjab and eighth all over India for developing a website www.gjimt.in <http://www.gjimt.in>. The team comprising S.K. Pawar, assistant professor - IT (team coordinator), Jagmohan Singh (team leader), Sandeep Kumar, Sukhdeep Singh Kohli, Gaganpreet Singh and Navjot Singh Tulsi (team members) participated in the contest.
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Licence fee: The government has decided to charge licence fee from the Haryana government employees for residential accommodation at the rate of 1.5 per cent of the basic pay plus DP and CCA for the revised scale after January 1, 1996, or the standard rent of the type of accommodation in occupation, whichever is less. A letter to this effect has been issued by the finance department.Addl charge: The Haryana government has given additional charge of deputy commissioner, Jind, to O.P. Sheoran, deputy commissioner, Hisar, during the leave period of Pankaj Yadav with immediate effect. English language labs: The Haryana government has decided to set up English language labs in its 25 government colleges, which will be developed as Centres of Excellence. Giving this information, the state education minister, Mange Ram Gupta, on Monday said these labs would enable the students in terms of self-learning. He said grant money of Rs 2 lakh each would be given to these colleges for the construction of room with seating capacity of about 25 students. Gupta said a new subject "Certificate Course in Communication Skill" would be introduced as add-on-course.
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Hindi Day: Forest minister J.P. Nadda, while addressing a gathering on Sunday at the National Institute of Technology on Hindi Day, said the state government was making an effort to adopt Hindi as an official language. It had taken a decision to present official documents in Hindi at the Cabinet meetings. Students honoured: The Sarva Kalyan Kari Sabha organised a programme at Chowki Jamwal to honour students. Chairman of ex-servicemen welfare corporation M.C. Parmar was the chief guest and Rajinder Rana, state president of the sabha, presided over the function. Prizes were distributed among the brilliant students. Student dies: Aman (15), a 10+2 student studying in government senior secondary school, Sera, who had fallen from a bus on Saturday near Nadaun , succumbed to injuries at the PGI, Chadigarh, on Monday. SHIMLA
Training programme: The local institute of hotel management organised a training programme for school students to help develop an aptitude for the hospitality industry among them. Secretary, tourism, Manisha Nanda, awarded certificates to the participants. They were acquainted with various aspects of the hospitality industry and also made to realise the importance of food and beverage service in its success.
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Death mourned: Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh has mourned the demise of Srinagar district unit secretary Arshid Hussain Farash and Mohammad Latief
Wani, a driver. Prof Bhim Singh expressed deep condolence to the parents of A. H.
Farash, who died while trying to save some women from the wrath of the security forces. Describing Farash’s death as murder by the security forces, Prof Singh demanded compensation to the family and action against the culprits. Meanwhile, Prof Bhim Singh paid Rs 5,000 to the widow of Mohd Latief
Wani, adding said that he would bear the expenses of education of his three children and pay Rs 500 per month till the completion of their education. Chib JKNPP nominee: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
(JKNPP) on Monday nominated Shamsher Singh Chib as its party candidate from Sunder Bani-Nowshera in the forthcoming Assembly elections, general secretary of the party Anita Thakur said. Besides being a President’s awardee for teaching, Chib is a social activist and vice- president of the party's Rajouri district unit. Fake currency seized: The police apprehended two people and recovered fake currency from their possession in Rajouri district on Monday. “Based on specific information, the police intercepted two people identified as Mohammad Sadiq and Abdul Hamid at a nakka and arrested them”. During frisking, the police recovered fake currency of Rs 20,000 from their possession. A case had been registered and investigations were on. 7 held for cheating: Seven persons, including three Army deserters, were arrested for allegedly trying to sell pesticide as brown sugar to a woman here on Sunday. The police raided a house and took into custody the seven men, including Mohammad
Ashraf, Gulzar Ahmed and Abdul Rehman, who had deserted the Army some time back. On being tested, the powder, which they were trying to sell, turned out to be a pesticide. The men were arrested as there were reports that they might have cheated some other persons, the police said.
SRINAGAR
Rs 162 cr for drainage: Under the modernisation of drainage system over Rs 162 crore are being spent on the construction, improvement and upgrade of various drains in Jammu and Srinagar. Three major drainage projects at a cost of Rs 99 crore have been taken up for execution in Srinagar. These include Pahroo Chowk Chanapora drainage system, Rawalpora, Tengpora drainage and Bemina, Parimpora, Fruit Mandi drainage projects. The total length of these drains is 73 km. Similarly, three drainage projects at a cost of Rs 63 crore are under execution in Jammu. These include 20 km Akhnoor upstream drain, 13 km Talab Tilloo drain and 60 km Landoichoi primary drain. Road projects: Nine major road projects involving an expenditure of Rs 191.24 crore are under execution in Jammu division to upgrade and create road communication facilities. The total length to be treated under these projects accounts for 168 km passing through various towns, district headquarters and Jammu city. Sanction has also been accorded to the construction of three bridges over nallah Kooh, Koghole and Devik in Udhampur and Jammu districts at a cost of Rs 7 crore. Rs 49 cr for college buildings: Building complexes for 14 degree colleges at a cost of Rs 49 crore are being constructed under the Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Programme (PMRP) in the state. The construction work on eight colleges in Jammu at Hiranagar, RS Pura, Akhnoor, Thana Mandi Rajouri, Kathua, Samba, Basohli and Mendhar and six colleges in Kashmir at Dooru Anantnag, Sopore, Bandipora, Budgam, Beerwah Rand Pattan is on full swing and so far four buildings for four degree colleges have been completed. Challan for supervisor: The State Vigilance Organisation has produced Challan in the court of special judge, Anti-Corruption, Kashmir, against Mohd Maqbool Dar, then supervisor, CA&PD, Circle, Kulgam for possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income valuing Rs 25.23 lakh. In the course of investigation material evidence about his legitimate sources of income and movable and value of immovable property was collected. The assets was found to have been raised by the official by misuse of his official position and by indulging in the corrupt practices. UDHAMPUR
4 health officials suspended: Four government officials, including a doctor were suspended on Monday for allegedly remaining absent from their duties at Katra hospital in Reasi district. Dr Sona Dogra, driver Bihari Lal, Shravan Singh and Charan Singh, were suspended and a show-cause notice was served to them by deputy chief medical officer Dr R.P. Singh, following protests by some villagers. The villagers were protesting against the staff after the death of Ranjeet Singh (21) Soda village yesterday. They alleged that the medical, paramedical staff along with the ambulance driver were absent from the hospital which resulted in Ranjeet’s death. Senior officials immediately rushed to the spot and ordered the suspension of the four officials.
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