Chandigarh [India], December 7 (ANI/PRNewswire): With a mission to motivate the students to choose sciences as career after schooling, Chandigarh University today launched a Mobile Science Bus which has been equipped with the state-of-the-art research and practical-lab facilities that can help students to perform advanced practices which are part of their course curriculum. The Science bus project is of Government of India's Mobile Science Exhibitions (MSE) mission, and is a joint effort of Chandigarh University Gharuan and Department of Science and Technology (DST). The inauguration ceremony was presided over by UT Adviser to Administrator, Dharam Pal (IAS) along with Harsuhinder Pal Singh Brar (PCS), Director of School Education Chandigarh; Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor of Chandigarh University; Purva Garg, Education Secretary Chandigarh; and Rajeev Kumar, Principal, Govt. Model Senior Secondary School Sector-22 Chandigarh.

Umendra Dutt called upon Chandigarh to play a leading role in India in the International Year of Millets 2023 and assured that the Kheti Virasat Mission has been trying to propagate millets since 2008 and to play the role of a partner in this mission with the Chandigarh administration.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 28 (ANI): Considering recent cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Dharam Pal, adviser of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, reviewed the situation on Thursday.

Chandigarh [India], March 17 (ANI): Chandigarh administration on Thursday announced the withdrawal of the restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings for any purpose with effect from March 18, 2022.

Chandigarh Feb 23 PTI Protesting employees of the city electricity department on Wednesday evening called off their strike while power supply has also been restored in the most parts of the city The decision to call off the three-day strike that was to end on Thursday night was taken after a meeting between the representatives of the UT Powermen Union and senior officials of the Chandigarh administration The city residents have faced the worst-ever electricity crisis in the history of Chandigarh as the disruption in power supply adversely affected residential industrial and commercial areas Even the government hospitals in the union territory had to reschedule elective surgeries Employees of the electricity department under the banner of the UT Powermen Union had gone on a strike on late Monday night against UT Chandigarh administrations move to privatise the department After the meeting with the officials of the administration UT Powermen Union president Dhian Singh said they have called off the strike Addressing the media on Wednesday evening Dharam Pal adviser to the UT Administrator said power to most of the areas has been restored since the staff has joined their duties Some areas might still be affected but we will restore power in those areas as well by today evening said the adviser The Chandigarh administration on Tuesday evening had invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act banning strikes by the electricity department for six months He said the armys help was also taken to restore the electricity in the city Six feeders were restored Tuesday night he said adding that by Wednesday noon power supply in 80 per cent of the area was restored Pal also read out the proceedings of the meeting with the union members and said that the union requested that the sympathetic view should be taken regarding those employees who join their duty on Wednesday itself The Deputy Commissioner Chandigarh assured that a reasonable sympathetic view will be taken regarding such employees who joined their duty today he said Appropriate legal action will be taken against those employees who will still be absent from duty he further said The adviser said on the request of the union the deputy commissioner assured that the department will not issue LoI letter of intent to a selected private agency till the next date of hearing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court The matter pertaining to the privatization of the electricity department is pending before the high court Notably in 2020 the Chandigarh administration had decided to privatize the department and later the UT Powermen Union approached the high court against this move The Chandigarh administration on Wednesday assured the Punjab and Haryana high court that it would restore 100 percent electricity by 10 pm The high court on Tuesday had taken suo-motu notice of the electricity crisis and had asked the UT chief engineer to appear before the court on Wednesday Residents of Chandigarh at some places faced power outages on Wednesday morning Harried residents of the union territory Chandigarh which is the common capital of Punjab and Haryana had blamed the city administration for remaining a mute spectator leaving them in lurch as the power outages crippled the city Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari on Wednesday had sought intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the matter saying there is chaos and anarchy and all essential services have come to a standstill PTI CHS VSD MR MR