Gold stolen from house

Panchkula: Thieves struck at a Kalka resident’s house and made off with 17 gm of gold ornaments and Rs10,000 on Tuesday. Vipin Sharma, the owner of the house in Basant Vihar, was away to his office in Baddi when the incident took place. According to the FIR, the complainant found the main door lock broken when he returned. Items were lying scattered in the house. A gold chain weighing 7 gm, two gold rings weighing 5 gm each and Rs10,000 were stolen from the house. A case has been registered under Sections 380 and 454 of the IPC at the Kalka police station. TNS

GST Bhawan inaugurated

Panchkula: The Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC), M Ajit Kumar, along with all board members, virtually inaugurated GST Bhawan, a new building for housing the offices of the Central GST Department, at Sector 25, Panchkula. The three-storey building houses five offices — offices of Chief Commissioner, Panchkula zone; Commissioner, GST; Commissioner, Audit, Panchkula; Commissioner, Appeals; and the CGST Division, Panchkula. TNS

GMCH workers end strike

Chandigarh: The strike by outsourced sanitation workers of the GMCH-32 ended on Thursday. They were asking the authorities to grant the Diwali bonus to them. Hospital spokesperson Anil Kumar Moudgil said the strike ended “unconditionally” after reaching an understanding that their demand would be discussed by the higher authorities at the secretariat level. Officials said all safai karamcharis resumed work around 1.30 pm and within 3-4 hours, the whole hospital was cleaned and all biomedical waste was collected. The hospital administration claimed that even before the resumption of their duties, the contractor had hired a few safaikarmcharis to clean the hospital premises. TNS

‘Safaimitra Suraksha’

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation joined the Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge to be held among 243 cities throughout the country from November to May, 2021. The competition launched by the Centre through a webinar from New Delhi was joined by KK Yadav, MC Commissioner. The Challenge, launched on the occasion of World Toilet Day, is aimed at preventing ‘hazardous cleaning’ of sewers and septic tanks and promote their mechanised cleaning. TNS