All Contractual Karmachari Sangh Holds Candle March Protest

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Chandigarh 28th November:- Today thousands of Contractual & outsourcing employees, under the banner of All Contractual Karamchari sangh held a massive Candle March Protest for grievances and demands of Contractual and Outsourcing  employees and workers from Rally Ground to Punjab Raj Bhawan. The protest started from Rally Ground and was scheduled to Governor House but was stopped at University due to security reasons.

All Contractual Karamchari Sangh, Chairman Vipin Shersingh and President Ashok Kumar said that thousands of Contractual and Outsourcing employees and Workers from various departments of Education,Higher Education,Technical Education,Hospitals,Transport,Hotel, Management, Municipal Corporation, Health, Sports Deemed University, Punjab University, PGI etc participated in this drive.

All Contractual Karamchari Sangh claimed that the Chandigarh administration has engaged thousands of contractual employees and have no security of these employees in the absence of any Central policy since 20 years.These employees are suffering due to non adoption of Punjab regularization policy of 2011 by Chandigarh administration.

On the other hand the Outsourcing Workers were demanding Equal Work Equal Pay under Contract Labour and Regulation Act 1970. The Outsourcing workers were also demanding non replacement and non removal of workers in lieu of change of tender or contractor by issuance of notification by Chandigarh administration.

The NHM employees in Govt Hospitals and Civil Dispensaries demanded Equality of Pay at par with another Central scheme of Sarv Sikhsha Abhiyan.

The Karamchari Sangh had met Kirron Kher-M.P and V.P. Badnore, Administrator UT,Chandigarh, on the issues but Chandigarh administration has not taken any initiative so far.

The delegation of karamchari sangh was let to meet Governor by giving him a memorandum for demands for the strength of thousands of contractual and outsourcing employees and workers in various departments of Chandigarh.

The Karamchari Sangh Will intense their fight by holding a Maharally with families in the month of December if the demands are not met.

Open Trial for AG Junior Challenger Trophy 2018 (Under-14 Boys) Cricket Tournament at Sector 16 Stadium

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Chandigarh 28th November:- To provide big time exposure to the budding cricketers and to give them a platform to showcase their full potential, prestigious tournament for under-14 boys is coming up shortly by the name of AG Junior Challenger Trophy 2018 (UNDER-14 BOYS). The tournament will be organized by AG Sports World.

According to the official of the AG Sports World, the aim of the tournament is to provide big time exposure to the budding cricketers and to give them a platform to showcase their full potential. The open trials for this tournament will be held on 30^th November 2018, at sector 16 Cricket Stadium Chandigarh. The reporting time for the players is 9:00 am sharp.

इंडस टावर्स हरित, कनेक्टेड एवं स्मार्ट पंजाब और हरियाणा के निर्माण के लिए प्रतिबद्ध

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Chandigarh 28th November:- टेलीकाम टावर कंपनी इंडस टावर्स ने आज पंजाब एवं हरियाणा में सशक्त संचार नेटवर्क उपलब्ध कराने की प्रतिबद्धता की पुष्टि की है, यह संचार नेटवर्क क्षेत्र के विकास को बढ़ावा देगा। कंपनी क्षेत्र में 70 मिलियन से अधिक सब्सक्राइबर्स को संचार (कम्युनिकेशन) नेटवर्क से जोड़कर और स्थानीय प्रतिभा को निर्बाध नेटवर्क कनेक्टिविटी उपलब्ध कराने के लिए कौशल एवं रोजगार प्रदान कर क्षेत्र के विकास के लिए प्रयासरत है। 

वर्तमान में पंजाब और हरियाणा टेलीकाम सर्कल में इंडस टावर्स के 8900 से अधिक टावर्स और 19,002 समझौते हैं, जो न केवल क्षेत्र में सशक्त दूरसंचार नेटवर्क उपलब्ध कराते हैं बल्कि क्षेत्र के समग्र विकास में भी योगदान देते हैं। कंपनी ने विभिन्न दूरसंचार सेवा प्रदाताओं की उग्र रोलआउट योजनाओं के मद्देनज़र 2019 तक 600 और टेलीकाम टावर इन्सटाल करने की योजना बनाई है; इससे कंपनी के संचार नेटवर्क का विकास होगा।

इंडस टावर्स मोबाइल इंटरनेट की पहुंच बढ़ाकर सरकार की ई-प्रशासन एवं डिजिटल इण्डिया पहल में भी योगदान देगा। इसी के मद्देनज़र कंपनी कई महत्वपूर्ण स्थानों जैसे सरकारी इमारतों, अस्पतालों, अदालतों एवं सचिवालयों में इन-बिल्डिंग सोल्यूशन इन्सटाल कर रही है, साथ ही पंजाब और हरियाणा में टेलीकाम कनेक्टिविटी की बढ़ती ज़रूरत को पूरा करने के लिए छावनी क्षेत्रों में सैल आन व्हील्स लगाए गए हैं।

पंजाब एवं हरियाणा क्षेत्र में इंडस टावर्स की प्रतिबद्धता के बारे में बात करते हुए गगन कपूर, सर्कल सीईओ-पंजाब और हरियाणा, इंडस टावर्स ने कहा की इंडस टावर्स ने पंजाब एवं हरिेयाण में निर्बाध टेलीकम्युनिकेशन नेटवर्क कवरेज के विस्तार तथा दूरदराज के इलाकों में आधुनिक इन्फ्रस्ट्रक्चर की स्थापना के द्वारा क्षेत्र के विकास में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई है। हमारे प्रभावी एवं भली प्रकार से कनेक्टेड टावर्स का नेटवर्क निर्बाध कनेक्टिविटी उपलब्ध कराकर क्षेत्र की अर्थव्यवस्था के विकास में योगदान दे रहा है। क्षेत्र में हमारे कर्मचारियों का सशक्त आधार है, हम स्थानीय प्रतिभाशाली युवाओं को रोजगार योग्य एवं उत्पादक बनाने के लिए प्रयासरत हैं।’’

भारत को प्राथमिकता देने के दृष्टिकोण के साथ इंडस टावर्स का मानना है कि कंपनी का विकास इसके लोगों के विकास में निहित है। पंजाब और हरियाणा में कंपनी के 200 से अधिक (प्रत्यक्ष एवं अप्रत्यक्ष) कर्मचारी हैं। कंपनी अपने इन कर्मचारियों के कल्याण, प्रशिक्षण एवं समग्र विकास पर ध्यान केन्द्रित करती है।

गगन कपूर ने कहा की इंडस टावर्स पर्यावरण एवं समुदाय के प्रति ज़िम्मेदार और संवेदनशील है। उर्जा दक्षता एवं शून्य उत्सर्जन इंडस के केन्द्रीय मूल्य हैं और इसके दीर्घकालिक दृष्टिकोण का हिस्सा हैं।

अक्टूबर 2018 को कंपनी की कुल 5488 साईट्स में मौजूद 61 फीसदी टावर्स हरित हैं और आने वाले 2-3 सालों में इंडस ने अपनी सभी गतिविधियों में डीज़ल रहित संचालन की योजना बनाई है। इन हरित साईट्स में उर्जा के आधुनिक समाधानों का इस्तेमाल किया जाता है जैसे तेज़ी से चार्ज होने वाली बैटरियां, डीज़ल जनरेटर के विकल्प आदि। इन विकल्पों के माध्यम से कंपनी अपने संचालन क्षेत्र और देश भर में कार्बन उत्सर्जन में कमी लाने के लिए प्रयासरत है। अपने प्रयासों के तहत इंडस टावर्स ने पिछले साल में उत्तरी सर्कल में 4.4 मिलियन लीटर डीज़ल की बचत की है।

इसके अलावा, अपनी ‘शट एसी’ पहल के ज़रिए इंडस टावर्स ने पंजाब एवं हरियाणा में एसी शट डाउन कर 4908 साईट्स में रूपान्तरण किया है, जिसके परिणामस्वरूप कार्बन उत्सर्जन और प्रदूषण में कमी आई है।

स्थानीय अर्थव्यवस्था के विकास एवं स्थायित्व को बढ़ावा देने के लिए इंडस टावर्स अपनी सुरक्षा पहलों जैसे ‘सुरक्षा रथ’ के माध्यम से समुदाय में निरन्तर सुधार ला रही है। ‘सुरक्षा रथ’ एक सड़क सुरक्षा अभियान है जिसका संचालन विभिन्न स्कूलों, कालेजों और नगरों में किया जा रहा हे। इसके अलावा कंपनी ने अपने टेकनिशियनों की सुरक्षा में सुधार लाने के लिए 22 नवम्बर 2018 को भटिण्डा और चण्डीगढ़ में एक ‘बाईक फ्री सिटी’ पहल की शुरूआत की। इस पहल के लिए दोपहिया वाहनों को चार-पहिया वाहनों से बदला जा रहा है और मानवीय हस्तक्षेप को कम करने के लिए साईट आटोमेशन को बढ़ावा दिया जा रहा है।

इंडस टावर्स ने अपने कर्मचारियों को सुरक्षा प्रशिक्षण देने तथा नशे की लत से बाहर निकालकर पुनर्वास सेवाएं उपलब्ध कराने के लिए कई कार्यक्रमों का संचालन किया है। इंडस पर्यावरण को प्राथमिकता देती है, इसी के मद्देनज़र पिछले पर्यावरण सप्ताह के दौरान 1000 से अधिक पेड़ भी लगाए गए हैं।

High Security Registration Plates Scheme Recommences in Punjab

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Chandigarh 28th November:- With the reinstatement of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) in Punjab after 3.5 years, the State has taken a step in the right direction in compliance with the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s ruling with regards to the implementation of the scheme across the country.

The HSRP project began its operations in the State of Punjab earlier in the year 2011. It came to a standstill post a litigation between the Vendor Company i.e. Agros Impex (I) Pvt. Ltd. and Punjab State Transport Department in the year 2015. The matter has now been successfully resolved as the Court has directed the State to reinstate the original agreement with the vendor company. The vendor company has also been instructed to address certain lacunas in the process.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court is monitoring the progress of the project across all states. In its last order on HSRP, the Apex court has reprimanded several States with respect to the lackadaisical approach towards the implementation of the scheme. 

The affixation of HSRP’s is aimed at curbing Vehicle borne crimes. These ‘IND’ Plates provide uniform and standardised manner of display of Registration marks and comes with chromium-based Hologram to protect against counterfeiting. The plates are affixed with non-removable, non-reusable Snap Locks. The front and rear number plates have Unique Alphanumeric Laser Identification Number, which upon affixation on the vehicle gets registered with the Central Database of VAHAN.

The operations of embossing and affixing of HSRP in the State of Punjab have already commenced at Regional / District Transport Authorities of Ferozpur, Faridkot, Nawasheher and Hoshiarpur. The remaining locations will be operationalised within a span of 2 months. All new vehicles registered in the State are mandated to affix HSRP as the Registration Certificate (RC) of the vehicle will be issued only post affixation of the plates. All remaining already registered vehicles in the State of Punjab are also to be affixed with the HSRP’s, for which the State Transport Department and the Vendor company will roll out a schedule once all the districts in the State are covered with the facility of HSRP.

The vendor company has assured that some of the challenges that were faced initially in the project, have been addressed as they have been learning from their operations in other states such as Gujarat and Assam, and they are confident of rolling out the HSRP scheme that will not cause any inconvenience for the vehicle owners of the State. Instead, they will use technologies such as SMS alerts, appointment system interface, eWallet payments for Dealers  to make the experience seemless for both customers and vehicle dealers across the State. Even issues in the quality of the black foil that used to occasionally get faded in the earlier years have been resolved and customers will not face any such issues. Customers who have faced this issue of fading of the foil, will be given Free of Cost replacement of the foil on the plate by the Company, once the operations are live in the entire state.

Motu and Patlu Visit Chandigarh: Ask Kids to Vote for Their Favorite Stars at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2018

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Chandigarh 28th November:- Most awaited awards of the year – Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2018, is back, bigger than ever! It is all set to come to life on 13th December 2018 in Mumbai.

As Kids’ Choice Awards is India’s only award show wherein the kids get to choose their favourite in each category, kids favorite duo Motu and Patlu visits The New Public School in Sector 18  Chandigarh to encourage kids to vote actively and select the best in entertainment.

The kids enjoyed and had an experience of a lifetime playing games and getting pictures clicked with Motu and Patlu. Merry making activities with the kids, smiles all around and Motu and Patlu's entertaining presence, was indeed a treat to witness.  

The kids have to vote for one of their favorite in each category, each category has four nominees. This year the voting, is across 13 categories, like favorite actor, favourite actress, favourite movie, favourite song, favourite mobile game etc. exclusively on www.voot.com and the Voot app. The voting lines are now open, you can vote your favourite stars only on the Voot app or visit the website www.voot.com. 

Kids Choice Awards 2018 will have the best of Bollywood - Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and Kartik Aryan set the stage on fire with the kids’ favorite Nicktoons! Get ready to witness high decibel entertainment at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2018.

Army Trucks Flagged off for Kashmir Valley With Collections of New Woolens & Friendship Cards for Children’s: Thank U Cards Also Send for Army Soldiers

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Chandigarh 28th November:- Today, as a joint initiative of Yuvsatta, Independent Schools Association of Chandigarh and Peace Club of KB DAV Sr. Sec. Public School, Sector 7B, Chandigarh, Supported by Northern Command of Indian Army, an Army truck was flagged-off by Debendra Dalai, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests & Director, Environment, Chandigarh Administration from KBDAV-7 premises. Prominent amongst those who were present on the occasion included Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Harjinder Kaur,Chairperson, Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights-CCPCR, Prof. Devi Sirohi, Former Chairperson, CCPCR, Saroj Mittal, Dy. Director, Education Department, Bikram Singh Rana, State Liaison Officer, State Cell NSS,  Madhu Bahl, Regional Director, DAV Colleges Managing Committee, Social Innovator Smt. Indira Dasgupta, Chairperson, People Institute of Development and Training (PIDT), New Delhi, Sandeep Joshi the famous cartoonist and Pramod Sharma, Founder coordinator of Yuvsatta.

Giving information of the initiative Pramod Sharma shared that to promote spirit of national unity, communal harmony and patriotism, now from past five years, they’re collecting new sweaters & jackets from tricity Schools of Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar (Mohali) for School students in Kashmir and also New Year Greeting Cards and ‘Thank You’ card for brave soldiers of Indian Army posted in Kashmir valley. And with support of the Indian Army the same is transported and later get distributed in the Kashmir valley.

The programme started with Harjinder Kaur addressing a gathering of students, teachers and heads of 24 prominent Schools of tricity of Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar whose students contributed this gifts promoting warmth of friendship, respect of others and above all spirit of patriotism and 1 India which everybody aspires.  Appreciating this unique initiative she said that this child to child presents of woolens and friendship cards are seeds of love sowing concern for fellow citizens and at the same time, such initiatives prepares a new generation with creative minds and caring hearts.

Debedra Dalai remarked that this gesture of young children expressing their gratitude to soldiers by sending them ‘THANK YOU CARDS’ is really remarkable effort. He also shared that the Indian Armed Forces, consisting of the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard are India’s shield and sword, which keep our interests safe, our enemies at bay and the people of our country secure and free. They are respected and adored for their valor and sense of duty by the entire country. Many of us already know about their triumphs and stellar contributions to civilian life. And such initiatives of bringing armed forces and student’s closer will certainly promote further patriotism and respected for motherland among young minds.

Madhu Bahl, Regional Coordinator of DAV College Managing Committee congratulating the organizer for doing a wonderful job by igniting the sparks of care, concern and compassion among young students, which can make them not only good citizens but also good human beings too.

Prominent partner schools whose heads and staff members were felicitated today for contributions of their students were; from Chandigarh AKSIPS, Sector 41, Chandigarh, Ashiana International School, Sector 46A, Alliance International School, Rajpura, Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, CL Aggarwal DAV High School, Sector 7B, Delhi Public School, Sector 40C, DAV Sr. Sec. School, Sector 8, Panchkula, DAV Public School, Mohali, DAV Model School, Surajpur, DAV School, Rajpura, DAV Police Public School, Panchkula, Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Dhanas, Govt. Girls Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector 18C, Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector 33D, IS Dev Samaj Sr. Sec. Public School, Sector 21C, KB DAV Sr. Sec. Public School, Sector 7B, Madrasa Eizahal-Uloom Mujahidi, Manimajra, Mount Camel School, Sector 47, New Public School, Sector 18B, St. John Sr. Sec. School, Sector 26,  Strawberry World School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, Sacred Heart Sr. Sec. School, Sector 26, Chandigarh & Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula.

The programme ended with vote of thanks by School Principal Pooja Prakash and National Anthem.

Korean Experts Holds Workshop for Students of Kids R Kids School

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Chandigarh 28th November:- A six day workshop on 3 D modelling was organised by 'Kama India' and was conducted by professionals from Korea National University of Art, for students of middle school at Kids R Kids school, Sec 42,Chandigarh.

This workshop was conducted as a part of an exchange programme between Indian schools and Korea and students learnt finer nuances of making 3 D architectural models using art. The 3 D modelling sessions were quite informative and included aspects like creative painting,  colour hunting, crafts and art meditation. 

As part of the training process the students were taken for a nature walk to the lake in sector 42 for colour hunting and there they learnt colour shading, which encompasses the art of making different shades of the same colour. The students were also taken through 2 D pattern making and a tactile program, in which the pupils came to know about importance of touch in the process of developing 3D architectural models. 

The students also learnt  the process of building models through  observation of buildings  and then drawing simplified versions using  pencils. The workshop concluded with a 3D modelling exhibition of various type of architectural building models created by students. The exhibition was appreciated by students and parents alike.

The Director Principal of the school,  Anupam Grewal said that it is extremely important to keep the students engaged and to give them the right exposure. We ensure that our students are provided the best opportunities to learn across a broad spectrum of information  in academics, sports and extracurricular activities. We also expose them to  ideas which are trending and creating a buzz across the world. Anupam Grewal added further that this workshop & exhibition were part of an art awareness program. Our school was chosen by the selection committee of the prestigious National Art University of Korea to conduct its annual cultural and artistic exchange forum between Korea and India.  The delegation enjoyed their interaction with our students appreciating the ambience of the school and the freedom in the learning environment.  We are already making plans for next year.