PSPCL imposes penalty
Jalandhar: Enforcement team of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited has imposed a penalty of Rs 360000 to a big commercial consumer named Guru Nanak Sweet Shop situated at Guru Nanak Pura, Chaugitti, in Jalandhar for theft of electricity and a FIR will be registered against the said consumer soon. A spokesman said, Jalandhar enforcement team of PSPCL raided the premises of the said consumer on Sept.18 and during the checking of connection, it was found that the sanctioned load of the shop was 1 Kw and as per checking it was detected that load is 15 Kw, and meter of the consumer was found tempered. The meter found 74 % slow on meter testing bench.
CSCL to run public bike sharing live demo
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) along with Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) and a team of India Smart City Fellows from the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs will run the first Public Bike Sharing live demonstration in Sector 17 on September 23. Residents can experience the proposed project by Chandigarh Smart City Limited at their own convenience in Sector 17. These GPS enabled ‘smart bikes’ can be rented out hourly anywhere in sector 17 for a nominal charge to residents who produce their ID proof and returned to any of the designated points by 7 pm.
1610 boxes of liquor seized, two arrested
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has seized 1610 boxes of illicit liquor being smuggled in two trucks from Gurugram. Police has arrested two persons in this connection. A spokesman said out of the total, 1352 boxes of Indian Made Foreign Liquor and 258 boxes of beer was seized from near Panchgaon Chowk Gurugram by a team of crime branch. The arrested accused were identified as Pahlad Ram and Chelaram, both resident of district Barmer in Rajashtan. While 922 boxes of illicit liquor recovered from a truck in the possession of Pahlad Ram, another accused was arrested with 688 boxes of illicit liquor.
program on gastrointestinal emergencies
Chandigarh: The PGIMER Department of Gastroenterology at the PGIMER will organise a two-day update program on gastrointestinal emergencies on September 21 and 22. The update will be attended by more than 250 delegates from all over the country who would include around 200 resident doctors. The faculty for the event includes the experts from all over the country including from AIIMS, Delhi, SGPGI (Lucknow), GB Pant (Delhi), Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (Hyderabad) amongst others. Prof Rakesh Kochhar, Head of the Department of gastroenterology, informed gastrointestinal diseases are ever increasing because of the changes in the lifestyle and also due to the societal problems like the high prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse in the region.
PU Professor invited as Indian delegate
Chandigarh: For promoting exchange and cooperation between India and China in the field of science and technology, the Union Ministry of Science and Technology of the People ’s Republic of China has invited Dr. Rohit Kumar Sharma, Assistant Professor, Panjab University to undertake the China innovation tour for Indian young scientists. Dr Sharma will be visiting the cities of Kunming and Shanghai from September 22 to 29 for scientific presentations and deliberations as part of Indian delegation of young scientists from different institutions across the country.
BC brings ‘Reading Challenge' to Chandigarh
Chandigarh: British Council - in association with the Reading Agency,UK -has brought the Reading Challenge to India. Celebrating '50 years of humans landing on the moon' as this year's theme of Space Chase, this global challenge is based on the principal of encouragement and motivation and inspires children to read for pleasure, thus improving their English, developing their reading skills, and building their confidence. The six-week challenge, open to children from the age of 5 to 11 years, will commence from Sept 28.
‘Furniture & Home Décor Expo 2019’ kicks off
Chandigarh: Tricity’s biggest furniture extravaganza, ‘Furniture & Home Décor Expo 2019’ has kicked off at Parade Ground, Sector 17 here.The four-day inimitable expo is being organised by I Ads & Events, an organization which is known for putting up such huge & unique expos. The expo will be on from September 20 till 23. On its opening day visitors thronged the expo in large numbers, and experienced a large collection of some of the best quality and the finest furniture, interiors and home décor items. More than 70 exhibitors from across the country and abroad have put up their stalls at the expo.