BSNl workshop for consumer awareness held
Chandigarh: A consumer education workshop was organised by BSNl Chandigarh Telecom District in Telephone Exchange Building Sector 34 under the chairmanship of J S Sahota, General Manager Telecom District Chandigarh. On this occasion Sahota addressed the customers and gave details about customer grievance redressal mechanism in BSNl. The consumers were also briefed about the Telecom Consumer Complaints Redressal Regulation, 2012 and Telecom Consumers Protection Regulation, 2012. The workshop was attended by about 15 customers who submitted their suggestions. R.K. Kaplash, Chairman Consumer Association, Chandigarh were also present in the session and addressed the participants. They highlighted the importance of consumer rights and various grievance redressal mechanisms. The efforts of BSNl regarding quick remedial action on complaints—disposal were appreciated by all attending the workshop. DGMs and AGMs of BSNl Chandigarh and other officers also attended the workshop.
Bhagat Singh’s Jail Diary presented to PU Vc
Chandigarh: Abhay Singh Sandhu, the nephew of Sardar Bhagat Singh, presented the jail diary of the revolutionary, to PU Vice Chancellor Arun Kumar Grover on Tuesday. The jail diary has been published by Kulbir Singh Memorial Foundation. The book is available in Punjabi and Hindi translations. Sandhu also informed PU VC that the diary is going to be translated in Kannada language. The published diary has all the original letters written by Bhagat Singh and several notes prepared by him in jail. It also has original pictures in it.
300 registered under tax relief scheme
SAS Nagar: Punjab Government has initiated tax relief scheme to boost trade and industry in the State. Under further simplification of the scheme about 300 traders have been registered. Assistant Tax and Excise Commissioner, Baldeep Kaur said that with the initiation of the scheme, small time shopkeepers and traders can deposit tax one time without ledger. She added that the State Government has further simplified the 1 crore annual turnover scheme implemented one year ago for traders.
Sukhbir Singh Badal announces SAD BC wing
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president and Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday announced the office bearers of the Backward Class wing of the party after consultation with Hira Singh Gabria, president of the wing of the party. It includes Kirpal Singh Badungar, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Upindejit Kaur, Rattan Singh Ajnala, Sant Jagjit lopo and Jathedar Avtar Singh Hit as patron of BC wing besides 11senior vice presidents, 26 vice presidents, four junior vice presidents, one secretary general etc.
Agri dept purchases peas harvesting machine
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has taken an initiative for peas farming by buying a new hi-tech machine called Green Peas Harvesting Machine for Rs3.50 crore. It is the first machine of this type in South East Asia which would not only curtail the labour cost but also enhance the value as the peas plucked through this machine would be 100 per cent utilised for processing. The ‘PlOEGER Machine’ has the capacity of cutting and harvesting peas up to 15 acres of farming in a day and per acre yield of peas is around 17-18 quintals.
Punjab govt postpones e-auction for cattle fairs
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has decided to postpone e-auction for cattle fairs in the State which was earlier be conducted on March 18. Spokesperson of the Rural Development and Panchayat department, Punjab said that the next schedule of e-auction will be released later.
SBI donates dialysis machine to ghrSSS
Chandigarh: State Bank of India, commercial branch donated a dialysis machine to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Sewa Society Chandigarh. J. Packirisamy, Chief General Manager (Mid Corporate Group), State Bank of India, Corporate Centre, Mumbai handed over the machine to the society at a function organised at the hospital being run by the Society at IMA Centre, Sector 35, Chandigarh.
HRy farmer body organises protest
Chandigarh: The members of All India Kisan Sabha Haryana (AIKS) from Haryana held a rally demanding implementation of recommendations of Swaminathan Commission, for adequate relief for compensating vast damage to Rabi crops including vegetables and horticulture, procurement of all crops at minimum support price, immediate withdrawal of land Acquisition Bill 2015 and payment of pending dues to sugar cane growers. The rally was addressed by Master Sher Singh, State president of AIKS and various other senior leaders of the organisation.
industrial body chairman hails Adviser's move
Chandigarh: Hailing the adviser to the administrator Vijay Kumar Dev’s move for prepararing proposals by 30th April regarding demands of the industrialists raised by city BJP President, Sanjay Tandon, Vinod Mittal, chairman of the Chamber of Chandigarh Industries said that industrialists have high hope from the present adviser. Mittal added that allowing the conversion of industrial plots from leasehold to free hold will be a win- win situation for both the administration and the industrialists.
Skoda auto introduces ‘zeal edition’
Chandigarh: Skoda Auto on Tuesday launched the ‘Zeal Edition’ across its entire model range. The Zeal edition will sport series changes within the Superb, Octavia and Yeti products; and will have comprehensive accessory packages across three Rapid variants.
Tata Motors announces Mega Service Camp
Chandigarh: Tata Motors announced the roll-out of a nationwide mega service camp for passenger vehicles. This free service camp will be held from 20th to 26th March across 570 dealerships and Tata Authorised Service Centres in India and will cater to all Tata Motors' passenger car and utility vehicle owners. Customers can avail of free service check-ups and offers on accessories, spare parts at attractive rates.
PU to host one-day national seminar
Chandigarh: ICSSR, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, on Tuesday hosted a one day National Seminar on ‘The 16th lok Sabha General Elections and Beyond: Mapping the Shifts in Indian Voters’ Perception’. The seminar was organised by Innovative Research and Development Society (IRDS), a non-profit organisation. President, IRDS, Dr. Sumittar Singh Walia gave the inaugural address, while the keynote address was delivered by Department of Political Science Prof. Ashutosh.
Innovative Paradigms for Drug Discovery discussed
Chandigarh: Pharmacy experts on Tuesday discussed ‘From Drug Discovery to Drug Delivery: Contemporary Trends’ during the second day of ongoing one week faculty training school at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University here.
Cyanide day 2: zumba workshop held
Chandigarh: ‘Zumba’- a fitness dance form workshop was conducted here on the second day of ‘Cyanide Day 2’. A ‘Nukad-Naatak’ was also performed by the students besides other events including ‘MAT-lAB’, ‘CAD-Worx’, quizzes such as ‘Chem- Quiz’, ‘Stock market’, ‘G.K’ here.
National NCD Course-2015: feedback session
Chandigarh: On the second day of the national course jointly organised by School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh and AIIMS, New Delhi commenced with a reflective/ feedback session of the previous day here. Dr Anand Krishnan, Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS talked on the concept and development of evidence based medicine and public health with examples from MPOWER interventions in tobacco control, dietary salt reduction, role of taxation and subsidy in dietary changes with cross country comparisons. Dr Anand highlighted the imbalance of supply and demand for health workforce in several developing economies including India.