Fatehgarh Sahib, September 2 : It is alarming and disgusting that the water samples taken from different    Rural Water Supply  schemes in District Fatehgarh Sahib, continue to fail the Laboratory test of the health department. Ironically the laboratory test result of the health department varies with the result of the laboratories of the Public Health department, maintained at the head quarter at Patiala. This obtrusive ambiguity is causing perilous dangers for the public health, that use water from rural water supply schemes in contaminated form.
Unbridled corruption in the department from …

2 Sep : Panjab University, Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities, is hosting the North Zone Vice-Chancellors’ Conference from September 4-5, 2010.
Structured around the theme: ‘Expanding horizons of Higher Education: Challenges’, the Conference will see the Vice Chancellors of over 50 universities in the region deliberate over issues ranging from equity in higher education, quality upgradation, the repositioning of research to an inclusive education system during the course of five technical sessions spread over two days.
The Conference will be inaugurated by His Excellency, Sh. Jagannath Pahadia, Governor …

BY MOHD MAJID MALIK : BHADARWAH, SEPT 02—— Today the seven  days   Kailash Yatra proceeds from Vasuki Nag Temple Ghatta Bhadarwah and passing through Lakshmi Narayan Temple towards Kailash Kund, in which pilgrimages from throughout the State as well as Country participated and this time for the first time more than five thousand people are going to Kailash Kund and today with Charri Yatra of Kailash they will stay at Hayan where from Kalash Kund 17 km away is. On the occasion the Distt-Police Doda organized a Tea Langer at …

2 Sep : The Union Service Public Commission will hold the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination, 2010 on  December 19, 2010 for recruitment to the Special Class Apprentices in the Mechanical Department of Indian Railways.  The examination will be held at various centers across the country.
For details regarding Eligibility Conditions, the Syllabus and Scheme of the examination, Centres of Examination, Guidelines for filling up application form etc. aspirants must consult the Detailed Notice of the examination published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated  August 28, 2010.
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY:
(a)                             Age Limit: …

2 Sep : The Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria has written to the Chief Ministers of the States which have not performed well regarding the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,. These States include Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttrakhand and Maharashtra.
As per the information received in the Ministry, the progress of implementation of the Act in the States, as on 31.07.10, has not been satisfactory at all. In Goa, disposal of …

2 Sep : Switzerland will host an informal summit of 40 countries, including India, on global warming on Friday to discuss modalities for a new Climate Fund that is expected to unblock the stalled negotiations on the issue.
Since the Copenhagen Climate Change meeting in December last year, the ongoing negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) have made little progress on a range of issues, including the emission-reduction targets as well as financing for mitigation and adaptation.
The two-day meeting in Geneva which will be attended by 40 …