Chairman of ppcc legal Department appointed
Chandigarh: Partap Singh Bajwa, MP and president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee has appointed Advocate Inder Pal Singh Dhanna as chairman, legal Department, PPCC. Bajwa added that advocate Inder Pal Singh Dhanna is a staunch Congressman and he will strengthen the organization in the state.
Vishwas Mehta appointed election observer for ut
Chandigarh: Dr Vishwas Mehta has been appointed as election observer for the Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency by Election Commission of India .The observer is camping in room no. 101 at UT State Guest House, Sector 6 here. The Election Observer can be contacted in the UT State guest house from 11 am to 12 noon and on mobile no. 09041029266.
ChandigarhSocial Science Congress on march 26
Chandigarh: The fourth Chandigarh Social Science Congress will begin at Panjab University (PU) on March 26. The event is a collaborative effort of various Social Science Departments, as well as University Institute of Applied Management Sciences, Department of laws and Department of Education with the Department cum Centre for Women’s Studies and Development as the nodal Centre. The theme of this year’s Congress is Millennium Development Goals: Retrospect and Prospects (with special reference to India). The eight Millennium Development Goals Adopted by the United Nations in the year 2000 signalled a collective promise of the international community to eradicate global problems of poverty, hunger, excessive mortality and the like.
Road between sec 22-35 to be closed/diverted
Chandigarh: The vehicular traffic on Dakshin Marg from Jn no. 33 to 34 (road between Sector 22 and 35) Chandigarh will be closed/diverted due to re-carpeting work from March 25 to 29 from 9 am to 6 pm.
Standard Forays into domestic fans segment
Chandigarh: Standard Electricals, a well-known brand of $1.3 billion Havells India limited, on Monday announced its foray into domestic fans segment. The company launched 12 new models of premium range of fans including ceiling, pedestal, table, wall and exhaust fans in Punjab market. Each of these fans is attractively styled, designed to perfection and created for the premium segment. The fans are priced between Rs1,650 and Rs2,500. The fan business currently contributes Rs700 crore to the overall turnover. Standard fans are also positioned in the premium segment. The organised fan market in the country is around Rs5,000 crore, of which the regular and premium fans account for around Rs3,200 crore and economy segment accounts for about Rs1,800 crore.
National seminar on SAARC inaugurated
Chandigarh: A two-day national seminar on SAARC: Challenges and Prospects organised by USOl (Political Science), Panjab University was inaugurated on Monday at ICSSR Hall. Prof AK Bhandari, DUI, Panjab University, was the chief guest of inaugural session. In his inaugural address, he pointed out that member countries of SAARC should not allow their political conflict to be obstacles in regional cooperation.