Chandigarh [India], April 7 (ANI): The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation held a special House on Thursday to discuss the status of the Union Territory--Chandigarh.

Chandigarh Mar 31 PTI The Punjab assembly will have a special one-day session on Friday to discuss the Centres decision to extend the central service rules to employees of the Union Territory of Chandigarh The decision to convene the special one-day session was taken in a state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann The assemblys list of business for the day said Chief Minister Mann will move a resolution regarding matters pertaining to Union Territory Chandigarh The Centres recent decision that central service rules will apply to the employees of the Union Territory of Chandigarh has evoked sharp reactions from AAP Congress and SAD in Punjab Mann had on Monday said it goes against the Punjab Reorganisation Act Mann had also said Punjab will fight for its rightful claim over Chandigarh Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha has convened a one-day special sitting of the first session of the 16th State Assembly on Friday ie April 1 at 10 am said a Punjab government tweet Union Home Minister Amit Shahs announcement on Sunday had evoked sharp reactions from AAP Congress and SAD leaders with many of them saying that this was another big blow to the rights of Punjab after changes in the Bhakra Beas Management Board BBMB rules Shah had said the move will benefit Chandigarh UT employees in a big way as their retirement age will increase from 58 to 60 years and women employees will get childcare leave of two years instead of the current one year Ever since the Aam Aadmi Party formed the government in Punjab the BJP-led government at the Centre is feeling scared due to the several pro-people decisions being taken by the Mann dispensation and has intensified its attacks on the rights of Punjab State Finance Minister and AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema had earlier claimed Congress MLA from Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira meanwhile on Thursday sought immediate intervention of Bhagwant Mann to thwart the various attempts of the Union government to usurp the federal rights of the state Mann should immediately seek time from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprise him of the consequences in case the Centre fails to refrain from meddling into Punjab affairs Khaira said He said each and every state of the country drew its powers from the Constitution of India and so did Punjab The framers of our Constitution clearly defined and laid down the powers vested in both the Centre as well as the state That is why framers of our Constitution said India is unitary in spirit and federal in form said Khaira in a statement here He alleged that the unilateral decision of the Union government to apply central government service rules in Chandigarh was completely in violation of the Reorganisation Act of Punjab 1966 It was not only discriminatory but also diluted Punjabs lawful right over Chandigarh as its capital he claimed Earlier the change in rules for the appointment of top officers to the BBMB had raked up a storm with many political parties in Punjab and Haryana criticising the Centre PTI SUN VSD RAX RAX

Chandigarh Dec 20 PTI One more person died from coronavirus in Punjab on Monday as the state reported 27 fresh cases taking its infection tally to 603986 according to a medical bulletin So far 16630 people have died from the infection in the state Among fresh cases Jalandhar reported 10 cases followed by six in Pathankot and three in Fatehgarh Sahib The number of active cases was 298 Forty-four people recovered from the infection taking the number of those who have been cured to 587058 as per the bulletin Union Territory Chandigarh reported 14 COVID-19 cases taking the total count to 65717 The death toll reached 1078 with one more death in the city The number of active cases in the city was 100 while the number of cured persons was 64539 PTI CHS RDK RDK

Chandigarh Dec 17 PTI Punjab on Friday reported 39 more cases of coronavirus taking the states infection tally to 603892 according to a medical bulletin With no Covid-related death reported in the state the fatality count stood at 16626 It also included a death case which was not reported earlier Among fresh cases Jalandhar reported seven followed by six each in Pathankot and Mohali The number of active cases was 325 Forty-seven more people recovered from the infection taking the number of those who have been cured to 586941 as per the bulletin Union Territory Chandigarh reported five COVID-19 cases taking the citys infection count to 65678 No death was reported in the city in the past 24 hours The death toll stood at 1076 The number of active cases in the city was 74 while the number of cured persons was 64528 PTICHS RDK RDK

Chandigarh Nov 26 PTI Two more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Friday as 41 fresh cases surfaced pushing the states infection count to 603173 according to a medical bulletin So far the state has reported 16593 deaths Two fatalities were reported from Faridkot and Jalandhar Mohali reported 10 cases followed by five in Pathankot and four in Patiala The number of active cases rose to 335 from 314 on Thursday Eighteen people recovered from the infection taking the number of those who have been cured to 586245 as per the bulletin Union Territory Chandigarh reported eight cases taking the total count to 65438 No death was reported in the city in the past 24-four hours The toll stood at 820 The number of active cases in the city was 48 while the number of cured persons was 64570 PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK