SSC panel takes suo-motu notice of Tolewal incident

Chandigarh: Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission on Wednesday took a suo-motu notice of forcefully stopping water supply to the SC residents of Tolewal village in Sangrur district. Commission chairperson Tejinder Kaur said that the Commission has come to know through media that water supply to SC residents of Tolewal village was forcefully stopped by some residents of the village, and now the a detailed report has been sought from Sangrur Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in 24 hours.

PU holds ICONICA pre-conference workshop

Chandigarh: Punjab University’s University Institute of Applied Management Sciences (UIAMS) on Wednesday organized a pre-conference workshop as part of ICONICA, the three-day global summit on Next-Gen Paradigms in Health Care, which is being held at Panjab University from February 12-14. The workshop was inaugurated by PU Vice Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar

CII organises workshop on Goods and service tax

Chandigarh: Central GST (Chandigarh and Panchkula) Chief Commissioner Anil Kumar Jain, during a workshop on ‘Goods and Services Tax (GST) – Compliance and Challenges’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Chandigarh on Wednesday said that since GST’s launch in 2017, the Government has conducted massive outreach programmes to help the industry transit smoothly into the GST regime, which has led to broadening of tax base and tax revenue.

Special Census Cell constituted

SAS Nagar: Mohali’s Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Aashika Jain on Wednesday said that the activities regarding the Census-2021 should begin in the right earnest now and a sustained awareness campaign should be waged from April 1, 2020 onwards using various forms of mass media, that is print and electronic, social media to the maximum extent.

HVPN, HPGCL holds public hearing on ARR

Chandigarh: Public hearing with regard to Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) of financial year 2020-21 of Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) and Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) was held in the court room of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) Panchkula. The officers of HVPN and HPGCL presented the complete account of previous year before HERC chairman Deepender Singh Dhesi, members Pravindra Singh Chauhan and Naresh Sardana. They also demanded ARR for coming financial year.