CELEBRATED: The local chapter of International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON ), celebrated the appearance day of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, said to be an incarnation of Lord Krishna, at Hare Krishna Dham, Sector 36, here today. Thousands of devotees thronged the temple on the occasion. The function started at 4.30 a.m. with “mangla aarti” followed by nagar kirtan procession and discourse at Fragrance Garden, Sector 36 by Bhakti Vinod Dasa Prabhu. Offerings of new dresses to the Lord and Maha Abhishek of Lord Sri Sri Radha Madhav and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu were the main attraction of the
programme.
AWARD FOR CONSUMER FORUM: The local Consumer Forum has been awarded the Swami Vivekananda National award for Consumer Protection for the year 2000 by Shanta Kumar, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Distribution. The general secretary of the forum, Col Sarwan Singh, received the award along with the certificate of merit at New Delhi according Mr R.K. Kaplash, the vice-chairman of the Forum.
WATER PROBLEM: Residents of the New Khuda Lahora colony have been facing water problem for five successive days according to the Municipal Councillor, Ms Shyama Negi. She said that the problem had arisen due to the recently built boundary wall of Botanical Garden over the water pipeline. She said authorities should take immediate action to solve the problem.
SEMINAR: As many as 36 papers related to various aspects of corporate governance were presented during a ‘national seminar on corporate governance in India’ organised by the University Business School, Panjab University, here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Anil Arora, Director, Business Solutions, Ranbaxy Ltd., said the corporate governance should be held accountable to capital holders and resources should be optimally used to increase shareholder’s value. Prof. K.N Mahrotra of IIFT, Delhi, lamented that every law in corporate governance is becoming a ritual and criticised the way Directors on the Board are appointed with no power left to the shareholders. Dr Suveera Gill of the UBS talked about the use of information technology and Internet to provide more information, vigilance and participation of the shareholders. Others who spoke on the occasion included Dr S.C. Davar of Kurukshetra University, Prof Lalit K. Bansal and Prof Bidhi
Chand.
MEDIA PRESENTATION: The sales and marketing manger for New Zealand’s Universal College of Learning (UCOL), Mr Paramdip Singh, held a media presentation to inform about the various opportunities in the field of education in New Zealand in general and UCOL in particular on Wednesday here. He was here to promote the ‘‘benefits of tertiary study’’ in New Zealand and would be visiting to other parts of the country also. He said he would be investigating the possibilities of forming alliances and partnership between UCOL and Indian educational institutes.
TELEPHONE ADALAT: The IIIrd Punjab Telecom Circle Telephone Adalat was held here on Wednesday. Of the total three cases received, two were regarding the provision of new telephone connection whereas one was regarding arrears of rent and excess billing in Adda Kathar exchange (Jalandhar), according to an official press release. Of the two new telephone connection cases, telephone of one applicant was installed. The BSNL holds adalats at circle level where people can represent against the decisions taken in adalats held at various telecom districts.
PANCHKULA
IT RETURNS: The Income Tax Department will remain open on March 30 and 31 in order to facilitate the public in filing IT returns. This information was given by Ms Hardeep Kaur, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Haryana, Panchkula.
INSPECTION: The Chief Administrator, HUDA, Mr N.C. Wadhwa, along with senior officials of HUDA visited Railla village in Sector 12 here on Wednesday in order to inspect the development works being carried out here. It is learnt that residents of this sector had often complained that because of this village being located in the midst of Sector 12 , the residents of the sector have often complained of unhygienic conditions because villagers not making any efforts to keep their surroundings clean.
HEALTH CAMP: The Primary Training Centre, Indo Tibet Border Police, organised a health camp and a veterinary camp in Billa village on Wednesday. Dr K.H. Jiteshar Singh informed that 50 animals were treated in the veterinary camp and 315 villagers in the camp.
CHALLANED: As many as 30 commuters were challaned by the Traffic Wing of the police on the road dividing Sectors 10 and 11 on Wednesday. They were challaned for various offences like triple riding, driving without helmets and without the valid documents. Traffic police also challaned five vehicles parked wrongly in front of the showrooms in Sector 11. Four of these cars were impounded by the police.
POSTER COMPETITION: The Punjabi University National Integration Chair organised a state-level poster-making competition on the theme ‘Promotion of national integration’ at the State College of Education here on Thursday. Ms Hardeep Kaur of Punjabi University won the first prize, Ms Harpreet Kaur of Arya Mahila College, Barnala, won the second prize and Ms Vandana of BD Arya Girls College, Jalandhar, was adjudged third.
SAS NAGAR
CASSETTE RELEASED: Romy Gill’s Punjabi audio cassette, “Nakhra Chari Jawani Da” was released at a function here on Wednesday by Mr Omkar Singh, MD, Kismet Entertainment and Mr Anup Prasher and Mr Kulwant Gill, MDs of ACN, a Punjabi Channel. The cassette has been produced by Kismet Entertainment and released under the banner of T-Series. It has eight Punjabi songs.
