Chandigarh: Man arrested under NDPS Act

Chandigarh: A Hallo Majra resident has been arrested by the local police with banned capsules, tablets and syrups. The police said Wazid Ali, alias Raja (40), was nabbed from Deep Complex, Hallo Majra, with 160 bottles of syrup, 1,080 capsules and 8,115 tablets. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered. TNS

4 youths thrash man, booked

Chandigarh: Four youths have been booked for allegedly threatening and beating up a Mauli Jagran resident. Complainant Anil Kumar Tiwari alleged that Sanju, alias Bihari (21), Vishal (18), Gaurav, alias Gabbar (21), and Rahul Yadav (21) thrashed him near a juice shop at Mauli Jagran. TNS

Khair wood found in car

Chandigarh: An unknown person has been booked after he fled leaving behind a car carrying 10 pieces of khair wood. According to the police, Jatinder Singh, forester, reported that an unknown person riding a Wagon R car, ran after leaving his vehicle, carrying 10 pieces of banned wood of khair weighing 184 kg, behind near the Toga road. A case has been registered. TNS

Covid control room number

Mohali: The contact number of the Covid control room of the district Health Department has been changed. The department said the mobile number had been changed to 62391-16649 due to some technical reasons. For any information regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, residents can contact on this number round the clock. TNS

RWA protests against developer

Chandigarh: The Omaxe Cassia Residents Welfare Association (OCRWA), Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, on Wednesday protested against the management of Omaxe Pvt Ltd. At a press conference held at Sector 27, several house owners alleged that they had paid full amount for flats in 2011 onwards but the posession was delayed. Prof GS Gill, president of the residents body, alleged the construction quality, be it civil, wooden or modular kitchen etc, was very poor. General secretary Ranjit Singh Uppal alleged that no Club House, as shown in the plan, had been constructed for which they paid Rs1-2 lakh extra. There is no uninterrupted power supply while the residents paid Rs50,000-80,000 extra for power backup years back, they claimed. TNS

Pet clinic inaugurated

Chandigarh: A multi-specialty pet clinic, Lake Syde Veterinary Clinic, has been inaugurated in Sector 7 here. It is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment. The clinic provides services such as routine lab testing, dental cleaning and nail clipping. TNS

Panjab varsity CET on Sept 19

Chandigarh: Panjab University will conduct the PU CET (undergraduate) examination on September 19. The examination will be held at 24 different centres, including 18 in Chandigarh. As many as 5,762 candidates have registered for the exam in Chandigarh, 588 in Hoshiarpur, 503 in Ludhiana and 473 in Muktsar. TNS

Chain fast at PU enters Day 11

Chandigarh: The ongoing chain fast by the teachers protesting under the banner of Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisations at Punjab University entered 11th day on Wednesday. College teachers from Jalandhar and Chandigarh protested at the campus on Wednesday. The teachers are protesting against the non-implementation of 7th UGC pay scales. TNS

CU honours Harish Mehta

Mohlai: Chandigarh University (CU) conferred Lifetime Achievement Award on Harish Mehta, CEO, Reliance BP Mobility Ltd, for his achievements and contribution in the field of innovative marketing and finding digital solutions to the problems of the clients in the oil and gas sector. The university also honoured Deepak Yadav, a former computer science engineering student of 2020 batch who is currently working at Amazon. Shivam Puniani and Manik Garg were also felicitated. The award ceremony was held virtually. The event was a part of Engineers Day celebrations. TNS

Freedom rally stopover in UT

Chandigarh: The Mahindra Freedom Drive rally made a pit stop in the city on Wednesday. The rally, including a convoy of 80 vehicles distributed across North, West, South and East regions of the country, will travel across 20 cities over the next 25 days. After stopping at Chandigarh, the motorists drove to Panchkula, Mohali and Ambala. TNS

U-19 cricket trials on Sept 20

Chandigarh: Chandigarh Cricket Association, affiliated to Haryana Cricket Association, will conduct trials to select the U-19 squad on September 20 at SD Senior Secondary School, Sector 24. The selected players will first participate in inter-academy matches and thereafter play in the Haryana inter-academy cricket tournaments. The trials will start at 3pm. The registration for U-19 trails will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm on September 17, informed CCA-Haryana. TNS

Junior Golf meet on October 3

Mohali: The second editions of the Forest Hill Junior Golf championship will be held on October 3. The championship will be organised for all children in the age group of 5-18 years in A, B, C, D, E and F categories. The interested players can register themselves at the tournament venue. TNS

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