Education
MBBS graduate Kashmiri girl Reghana Bashir becomes first to crack UPSC
Jammu: Kashmiri girl Rehana Bashir, who hails from a remote area in Poonch district, has become the first woman from the district to crack the coveted civil service exams.
An MBBS graduate from Salwah village of Mendhar area in Poonch, she finished at 187th rank in the overall merit list of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Her brother, Amir Bashir, is already in the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
Six other candidates, all belonging to the Jammu division of the state, have also made it to the select list of 2018 civil service exams.
This Kashmiri girl Rehana Bashir becomes first woman from valley to clear UPSC:
No candidate from the Valley or the Ladakh region of the state has made it to the list this year.
Kanishak Kataria, a B.Tech from IIT Bombay, topped 2018 civil service exams while Srushti Jayant Deshmukh is the topper among women candidates securing the 5th rank.
The UPSC said a total of 759 candidates, 577 male and 182 female, have been recommended for appointment.
As many as 10,468 candidates had qualified for the main examination which was held in September-October, 2018 and 1,994 candidates had qualified for the interview, out of whom 759 were selected.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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