Mohali
VISIT: Members of the Consumers Protection and Grievances Redressal Forum here would be visiting Karachi, Pakistan, to attend a “Consumers Conference”. According to Mr N.S. Gill, president
of the forum, the delegation from Mohali would
be led by Col Angad Singh (retd). VILLAGE PANEL: Villagers of Mullanpur Garibdass have elected the following to the Village Welfare Society, Mullapur Garibdass: Chairman — Mr Ashwani Kumar Latawa; President — Mr Mohinder Singh Chahal, general secretary — Mr Devinder Prakash Sharma; joint secretary — Mr Mohinder Singh Khokhar; joint secretary — Mr Shyam Sunder Sharma; press secretary — Mr Faqir Chand Sharma; and treasurer — Mr Jagdish
Chand.
IT COUNTER: Members of the Mohali Development and Residents Welfare Association have demanded that a counter for filing income tax returns be opened in Mohali. According to Mr H.S. Sangha, president of the association, residents of Mohali have to go to Chandigarh to file their returns. He demanded that a counter be opened in Mohali in view of the fact that the
township was becoming the silicon valley of the state and more and more professionals were shifting
here.
SHOPKEEPER FINED: A fine of Rs 45,000 was imposed on a shopkeeper of Phase II on a charge of evading octroi. On suspicion a municipal councillor reportedly asked a truck driver, who was getting the goods unloaded from the vehicle to take it to the weighing machine near the police station. Through the shopkeeper had a number of receipts which showed that octroi on various items was paid but on
careful scrutiny it was found that octroi had not been paid on a few items for which he was asked to pay fine.
Rotract Club
SESSION: A two-day interaction session organised by the Rotaract Club Mohali ended at the Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology here on Thursday. Harpreet Singh represented the Rotaract Club. Mrs Ranjeet Bedi. Principal Gian Jyoti Public School, Mr Navdeep Singh, president of the club, S.A.S. Nagar and Mrs Aneet Assistant, Professor of GJ-IMT, also spoke on both the days cultural programmes were presented.
Panchkula
Post office at
SECTOR 12-A: A post office will be inaugurated in Sector 12- A here on Saturday. An official press release said that the post office will be housed in a rented building in SCO 70, Sector 12 A. This will be inaugurated by Mr L K Puri, Chief Poster Master General, Haryana
Circle.
Music, art Contests: Sanskaar Bharti, an organisation associated with the upliftment of Indian traditional art, culture and music, will organise a series of contests at Jainendra Public School here on October 14. Over 60 schools from the region will participate in the
contest.
Talk: A talk on gender discrimination was delivered by Ms Veena Monga, President of Family Planning Association of India, at Government College, during an NSS camp. She stressed on women’s right to health, human rights and violence against
women. The branch also organised a multi-speciality health camp at
Majri village on this
occasion.
