Trains cancelled due to farmers' agitation

Chandigarh: The New Delhi-Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi Express will remain cancelled till November 4 due to the agitation of farmers. Several other trains - Lucknow-Chandigarh-Lucknow Express and Chandigarh-Gorakhpur New Express - have also been cancelled. The Chandigarh-Patliputra Express also remains cancelled till November 4. TNS

Webinar at university

Chandigarh: To observe International Chef Day, School of Hotel Management, Airlines and Tourism (SOHMAT) of Desh Bhagat University organised a webinar on ‘Healthy food matters’. Dr Sandeep Malik, Director, Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and Vivek Sharma, Assistant Professor, Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur, were the key speakers. TNS

UT police launch ‘mirror’ book

Chandigarh: In an innovative way to educate people about the repercussions of violating traffic rules, the Chandigarh Traffic Police on Thursday launched a public awareness drive with a book that has a mirror on the first page, which is shown to the violator, followed by the second page that has a mirror with bandages pasted on it. The police said the book would make people realise that violating traffic rules could lead to accidents and land them in the hospital. The book was launched by SSP (Traffic and Security) Manoj Kumar. TNS

Reservation roster management system

Chandigarh: UT Adviser Manoj Parida on Thursday launched the reservation roster management system developed by the NIC for the Personnel and Social Welfare Departments of the UT Administration. Briefing about the features of the system, Secretary Personnel SK Jha said: “The system allows the HODs to monitor on their dashboards the real-time category wise vacancy position of SC/OBC and sends automated quarterly alerts to the branch in-charges to update the information.” TNS

Man held with poppy husk

Chandigarh: A 40-year-old man has been arrested with 3.18 kg of poppy husk. A team of the Sarangpur police station nabbed the suspect, Yasin Mohammad, alias Kala, of Milk Colony, Dhanas. The police had set up a naka on the Dhanas village-PGI road to check vehicles. Cops saw a pedestrian trying to flee on seeing them. The suspect was nabbed and poppy husk was recovered from a bag he was carrying. TNS

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