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PU Notes
Chandigarh: A two-day World Punjabi Conference will be organised at the university on March 30-31. The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will inaugurate the conference while Governor of Tamil Naidu Surjit Singh Barnala will preside over the function. Member of Parliament Dr Kuldeep Nayyar will deliver the keynote address during the inaugural function. [...]

Chandigarh/Mohali: Officials of the income tax department carried out raids on the properties of a doctor, a property dealer and a businessman in the city and Mohali today. Chief commissioner P.K. Chopra and commissioners of ranges 1 and 2 carried out raids on the business premises of several groups.

Sources in the department said the survey [...]

Paid Parking
Chandigarh: Parking at paid parking lots in the city is set to go people-friendly and hassle-free. In a bid to streamline paid parking, the municipal corporation today proposed major reforms.
These included yearly passes for two-wheelers and four-wheelers and installation of CCTV cameras at parking lots.
At a meeting here today, the paid parking committee of [...]

Chandigarh: The annual convocation of Government College for Boys, Sector 11, was organised in the college auditorium, here today. Krishna Mohan, home-cum-education secretary was the chief guest on the occasion. Raji P. Shrivastava, director, Higher Education, Chandigarh, also graced the occasion.
The function began with the traditional lighting of the lamp. The principal read out the [...]

Chandigarh: To cope with contingencies during the forthcoming sessions of the Punjab and Haryana legislative assemblies, the Chandigarh police today carried out a demonstration on riot and crowd control. The Home Guards volunteers and trainees of Recruitment Training Centre, Sector 26, participated in the demonstration.

UT SSP S.S. Srivastva was present on the occasion along with [...]

Mohali: A budget of Rs 3275.06 lakh for the year 2008-09 was unanimously cleared at a special meeting of the municipal council held here today.
The civic body has proposed an income of Rs 3100.70 lakh, while last year’s balance that has been carried forward is Rs 174.36 lakh. The proposed expenditure for the coming financial [...]

CHANDIGARH: While Punjab faces a perpetual cash crunch, it has allowed leakage of revenue to the tune of Rs 197.96 crore in the year ending March 2007. This has been revealed by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report tabled in the Punjab state assembly on Wednesday.
This apart, revenue arrears in 2006-2007 [...]

CHANDIGARH: In order to counter the growing numbers of marriage frauds, especially those pertaining to NRIs who desert their spouses, Punjab government on Wednesday passed the Compulsory Registration of Marriages Bill, 2008.
The Bill, presented by justice minister Upinderjit Kaur, is also intended for compliance with directions of Supreme Court which were delivered in the Seema [...]

Chandigarh: In an effort to bring together autonomous medical specialties under a common roof, the Ivy Multi-Specialty Hospital in Mohali unveiled a unique ‘health mall’ today.
Chief Executive Officer of the Ivy Hospital and Cancer Research Institute, Gurtej Singh, said the concept will help the institute upgrade the existing hospitals into full-fledged composites where experts from [...]

CHANDIGARH: Summers are not yet here, but Punjab is facing an unprecedented power crisis. Despite an average daily bill of Rs 15 crore for power purchase from outside, consumers are facing long, uncomfortable power cuts, which are turning daily schedules topsy-turvy, besides causing huge financial losses.
Farmers, meanwhile, sit idle during the day and wait for [...]