IT Chandigarh

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. The scholars will deliberate on the theme “Punjabi identity in the global context”.Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, will be the chief guest of the last session. Delegates from America, Germany, Norway, Canada, Holland, England, Pakistan and France would participate in the conference.

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Students of Panjab University celebrate Holi at Student Centre; and (right) students from various colleges celebrate Holi with children of Prayas in Sector 38, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo
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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.

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Income tax officials check documents during a raid on a shop in Phase V, Mohali, on Wednesday.)%>

Sources in the department said the survey was conducted on the business premises of Subhash and Mangat Property Dealer in Sector 22, CTI Scan Centre of Dr Chawla and his wife Tejinder Kaur and some sweet shops in Phase V, Mohali.

Chopra said the cases were picked for survey after investigation.

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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 the MC proposed major changes in the terms and conditions for paid parking contractors.

Now, contractors would be liable for theft of vehicles from parking lots. A provision of hefty fines for violations of terms and conditions of the contracts had also been introduced.

Acting on repeated requests from the public, the committee decided to issue yearly parking passes for two-wheelers (Rs 1,200) and four-wheelers (Rs 2,800).
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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.

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Police officials stop a mob during a demonstration at the Recruitment Training Centre, Sector 26, in Chandigarh on Sunday.)%>

UT SSP S.S. Srivastva was present on the occasion along with other senior officials, including the station house officers of all police stations in the city. In all 450 police personnel took part in the event. The SSP issued guidelines to the demonstrators for better handling of emergency situations.

All arrangements required for crowd and mob control, including fire brigade, ambulance, mounted staff and water canons were part of the demonstration.
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