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All Were Rumors, Postik Restaurant In Chandigarh Is Not Owned By Patanjali

The news of Baba Ramdev restaurant in the Chandigarh had spread like a fire in the jungle and everyone was making their speculations that Baba Ramdev who is the owner of FMCG company, Patanjali Ayurved Limited has also entered the restaurant business. But Patanjali Ayurveda limited has not confirmed this and they said that they don’t own this. Chandigarh bytes also wrote about this news but now we want to clear you all that this was not at all related to Baba Ramdev, the Yoga Guru.

Postik is not a Patanjali restaurant:

Postik restaurant in Hotel Indiano, Zirakpur, Chandigarh is not related to Patanjali but there were many rumors about this that Baba Ramdev owned this. But now it is clear after confirming it from Patanjali Ayurveda limited. The owner of Postik restaurant is Colonel (Retd) Alok Sharma and he also confirmed that it is his restaurant and not owned by Baba Ramdev. He also added that they are only using Patanjali’s products. People got confused because of their décor because they are using Baba Ramdev photos.

About Postik Restaurant:

Postik restaurant is the pure vegetarian restaurant and it can elate baba Ramdev’s follower that it is decorated in the way that can add a tinge of patriotism to the delicacies and everyone who love to have vegetarian food can enjoy their meal here. This food outlet is serving unique dishes like Honey-Chilli-Potato, Karela Kababs, Lauki Ka Kabab, Tandoori Karela, Ajwain Panee KaTikka and Lauki Ka Halwa, Karela Kabab and Lauki Halwa. These all dishes will surely attract those people who love vegetarian food.
Chandigarh Chain Snatchers Will Get 10 Years Jail After MHA Nod
Snatching cases have increased in the city beautiful. Snatchers don’t have fear and they are attempting the crime. UT Administration is going to amend the law of theft to make it stricter. So they proposed a new law to control such cases and protect the residents from snatchers. Its new draft on law includes that Chandigarh chain snatchers will get rigorous imprisonment up to 10 years. In 2015 and 2016 around 160 incidents of snatching were reported and only 73 cases have been registered. UT Administration only waiting for the MHA nod and after that, they will implement it.

What would be included in the amendment:
- UT also want to amend the law for theft and also want it to be stricter because these cases are increasing.
- According to the new law person who committed snatching will be jailed for not less than five years. The imprisonment may extend up to 10 years.
- They also include fine with the imprisonment of Rs 10,000 fine as a punishment to teach a lesson to such people.
- According to the police, no lenient law can stop these snatchers and that’s the reason administration with police going to amend the previous laws against snatching.
UT will replicate Punjab Law:

In 2010, the Punjab cabinet had amended section 379 of the Indian Penal Code that is related to theft and then they insert subsections in it and subsections are 379-A and 379-B. After Punjab, the nearby state Haryana had made the amendment to make law on snatching stricter. Now UT took the step toward it and the Administration has already sent the proposal to the union ministry of home affairs for approval. According to the amended provisions, this crime will be included in the crimes which are cognisable, punishable or non-bailable and can be tried in the district and sessions court.
Transgender Event In Chandigarh: Demands That 15 April Should Be The “Transgender Day”
The social welfare department of Panjab University and Voluntary Health Service, Chennai, on Saturday, organized a Transgender event in Chandigarh jointly by Sakhsham. In this event, Kajal Mangalmukhi, president of Sakshama– an NGO for transgenders in Chandigarh said that why after the SC 2014 verdict they are not getting all facilities and why union finance minister who allocated budgets for different sections of the society and not included us. This event was organized to demand that April 15, a day of the SC verdict should be observed as ‘Transgender Day’.

2014 Transgender verdict:
- In this supreme court ordered that now after female and males, transgender will be recognized as the third gender.
- Supreme court directed the Centre and States to take steps to treat them as socially and educationally backward classes.
- Also said to extend reservation for admission in educational institutions and for public appointments.
- But after this still, transgenders are facing problems and want some rights that they are not provided.
What are their needs:
- According to them, they are facing problem everywhere socially, medically legally even after SC verdict 2014.
- In the event, they said that when a transgender wants to undergo a sex readjustment surgery or silicone, they don’t have such facilities or there are few hospitals for them.
- According to Supreme Court transgenders will be provided with every facility like every weaker section of society then Why can’t the government allocate our houses under the “Indira Aawas Yojana” said a transgender during the event.
- There should be separate toilets for transgenders at public spaces because they are facing lots of problem because of this.
- They also said that they face harassments at security checks because no male and female cops want to frisk us or check us.
- According to them, only education is a weapon that can help them in Jobs and also able to get them their rights, so provide scholarships to us because we don’t have an income source.
During the event, Kajal Mangalmukhi who was a first transgender student in the PU said that education is the best weapon that can help us to fight for our right. She said that any girl when she got socially abused everyone come forward for her rights and when we got molested, we only mocked upon. For every girl, there is “Beti Padhao Beti Bacho” then why there is no “Transgender Bacho Transgender Padhao Abhiyan if we are the third gender of the country.
Selling Cut Fruit Is Banned In Mohali To Avoid Health Problems
Temperature is rising and people eat different thinks that soothe them in this hot weather. Nowadays in Chandigarh, you will be able to see many vendors who sell cut fruits like watermelon, papaya, and mix fruits. Many people and children love to buy such stuff, that will help them to tolerate this overheating. But they have no idea about the grave health hazard from eating these cut fruits. Places where you can easily find these vendors are sector 17 market, near inter –state bus terminus and busy markets of UT.

Why action against vendors:
- According to the medical officers these cut fruits are very hazardous to the health of people because exposed cut fruits on roadside can cause gastric infection.
- These fruits contain artificial colors and sweeteners that are not good for health and they cause many health problems.
- During a visit to the Sector 22 market, it was observed that a majority of the vendors were selling overripe fruits, that are not at all good for health.
- Vendors in the Sector 29 market were selling cut fruits that are oversize and generally used chemicals in their growth.
Ban on selling cut fruits in Mohali

The Mohali administration concerned about the health of the residents, so they has put a ban on selling over-ripened, cut fruits and vegetables in the city. Mohali Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Kaur Sapra issued the ban orders under the Family Health and Welfare notification. If any vendor is selling uncovered sweets, cake, bread and selling other edible items any summer drinks improperly then strict action would be taken because it is banned till December. Sellers of ice cream, candies, soda have to get their water, being used for making these items, tested. Samples in this regard have to be tested and passed by the bacteriologist, Punjab.
Chandigarh Based Businessman Trapped In Online Fraud And Lost 10.07 Lakhs

Online frauds are increasing and fraudsters are trapping innocent people on the internet to make money. In Chandigarh, 45-year-old businessman, Rajesh Singh trapped by an organized gang and he lost about Rs 10.07 lakh in this.

How he trapped:

The cheating took place in the month of December 2016 and a FIR was lodged on Friday. The Victim came in contact with accused on facebook and he shared his contact number on facebook in October 2016. Fraudster introduced himself as Dr. Smith and said he is a scientist, working with Britannia Pharmaceutical Ltd in London. They asked him to procure herbal medicine from Maharashtra – based company and said that these medicines are used in curing cancer and HIV.

How he suspected fraudsters:

The victim said that Dr. Smith gave him the contact and address of a person named Rajesh Sharma and told that this person runs the herbal medicine company at Amravati in Maharastra and asked them to purchase the herbal medicines from him and send them to the London.

The Rajesh Sharma who was one of the fraudsters asked him to send 5 lakes to the account to purchase medicines and victim did the same, but the victim did not get the samples. Later, Sharma again demanded Rs 5.07 lakh from Singh, and the victim again deposited the money in the account of Sharma.Then victim felt something fishy and then he called to UK Embassy to confirm and they said there is no information about Britannia Pharmaceutical Company. He also visited Amaravati and did not get any herbal medicine company on the given address.

Police registered case:

The cheating took place in the month of December 2016 and a FIR was lodged on Friday. Police said that this racket is operated from India only and case of fraud is registered in the Sector 17 police station. According to Inspector Harinder Singh Sekhon said Some of the gang members were arrested at Bikaner and they will be brought to Chandigarh shortly.

Nowadays many people are getting trapped in such frauds because they want to earn more. Everyone should have to check everything before depositing a huge amount of money in others account.
Youngsters Who Involved In Drug Peddling In Chandigarh Are Arrested
The Mohali police have arrested four accused who were allegedly involved in the drug peddling. Drugs are the major problem and our youth is badly affected by these drugs. Drugs can appear initially to have positive effects – lifting your mood, relaxing you or even giving you more energy. However, they can also have negative impacts on your mental and physical health. Youth are attracted toward this easily because they think that with this they can earn easy money. Accused who were involved in drug peddling and arrested having age between 20 to 24. Cases related to drug peddling in Chandigarh is increasing and the administration should take some strict actions against it.

Who were involved in drug peddling:
- Police have identified four accused named as Harkamal Kaur, Moneka from Nayagaon, Parveen Kumar, a resident of Chandigarh, and Taranjit Singh, a resident of Salamatpur village at Mullanpur.
- Harkamal Kaur age is 21 and she is working in a five-star hotel in the city. Police found around with 10 gm of heroin when she was on her way to Mohali on her Activa scooter to supply the drug to her customer.
- The police recovered 150 gm of heroin from Moneka and Parveen Kumar. Moneka was unemployed to earn money she chose drug peddling and she is 23 years old.
- Taranjit Singh is a contractor and arrested near Hoshiarpur village on the Chandigarh-Kurali road. He was going to supply the drug to his clients at Kurali and carrying 100 gm of heroin.
Case registered against accused:

Police have registered the case of drug peddling against everyone in the nearby police stations where they caught red handed. The case against Harkamal Kaur is registered in the phase 1 police station and the case against Moneka and Parveen Kumar at the Nayagaon police station. Taranjit Singh who belongs to Mullanupur and his case has been booked there.
New Consulate General Of Canada Office Is Opened In Elante Mall Chandigarh
New consulate General of Canada office is opened in Chandigarh and it is situated in the Elante mall’s office complex. Canadian defense minister Harjit Singh Sajjan inaugurated it today in the morning. Earlier office was situated in the sector 17.

Services will be provided by consulate office:
- They will help in visa services;
- Service to help Indian companies do business in Canada
- Canadian companies will also able to get services from here
- they will provide services to Canadian citizens and residents of India or Bhutan
Harjit Singh Sajjan

Harjit Singh Sajjan born on September 6, 1970, and is the Canadian liberal politician. he is the first Sikh to become a minister of Defence in Canada and he was first elected in 2015 federal election.

Sajjan was also the first Sikh Canadian to command a Canadian army regiment. In Elante mall Chandigarh he inaugurated consulate General of Canada office.
Chandigarh Housing Board Is Panning Next Finacial Hub For City In IT Park
Chandigarh housing board is working on the project to develop a financial hub in The Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh technology park. Now Chandigarh is going to get its next financial hub as the Chandigarh administration is planning to allot land to financial and banking companies there. This financial hub will be established on the 123.79 acre land at the IT park.

The Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh technology:

The Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park, also known as the Chandigarh IT Park and this IT complex, providing office space for IT development and creating hundreds of jobs in the process. Firms using the space include IBM and Net-Solutions. The Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park takes up 101 hectares of land adjacent to Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh’s east. Infosys Technology Ltd, Wipro Technology Ltd, companies with a good reputation are boosting the finance sector of IT park.

What is the next plan:
- CHB new plan for the financial hub in IT park includes many things and also they prepared the plan for its development of the area.
- 10 sites decided for the construction of housing project there, on two sites there will be the construction of houses of judges and government employees.
- These decided sites cover around four to seven acres land and housing projects include a gymnasium, swimming pool, community center and a marriage palace.
- The five-star hotel, commercial complex, and shopping malls will also be the part this project and one site is already decided for the construction of the hospital.
- Five acres are constructed for the construction of clubs.
According to the sources, this land was previously designated for the construction of the five-star hotels and according to the officials that city already has five-star hotels, so in IT park hotel is required.
People Betting On IPL Matches Arrested by Mohali Police

Six people have arrested for their involvement in betting in IPL cricket matches. Every year accused are arrested due to their alleged involvement in the betting during the cricket season. According to police sources, these six accused were in connection with other associates in Jaipur, Rajasthan where they were making all the betting.

Masterminds of betting:

Robin Sethi, Ankur Aggarwal, Jagmeet Singh, Parth Bakshi, Dheeraj Garg and Mani Sethi who were identified as accused and caught red handed because of involvement in betting of IPL matches. According to the sources accused belongs to Delhi and Dabhwali. Things that police recovered from these bookies like 14 mobile phones,1 voice recording machine, 1 laptop and Rs 14,500. According to the police sources, betting mainly occurs during the matches of Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) and also police said that their main operator has links to Jaipur. All accused were placing bets and over last week they had already placed bets over Rs 5 lakh.

How police arrested them:

Ankur Aggarwal is only a graduate from all the six accused and others are matriculates. This group of six is into match-fixing for over a year and they got in contact with the bookies from Delhi. According to the sources, Robin Sethi is the kingpin of the gang during IPL matches here. This time they have fixed a date to collect the amount of RS 1 lakh from their Jaipur associates.

Police got the news from their sources and then the local police planned a raid at Bollywood apartment. At the time of the raid, all the accused were watching the matches and were trying to connect with other clients, customers, via different phones. This gang never use same locations to fix the matches and they always change their location. Last time they were operating from zirakpur but on that day they manage to escape from there before the arrival of police.
In Punchkula Petrol Pumps Will Be Closed On Sundays From 14 May
On Pm Modi “Mann Ki Baat” show recently Pm talked about fuel conservation and also about environmental protection. This impacted Indian petroleum dealers in such a way that they have decided to shut their petrol pumps every Sunday in 8 states. India has 56,190 fuel retail outlets, of which public sector majors like Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum have a combined network of 52,604 outlets. But this step is going to taken only in 8 states. It is Beginning from May 14, fuel outlets in eight states will be shut every Sunday to follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to conserve oil.

States which are included in it:

During the recent episode of PM Modi Mann ki Baat show, PM issued a call to conserve fuel and also to save the environment. This impacted petroleum dealers in a positive manner and they decided to follow PM.
- Fuel outlets in eight states will remain shut on every Sunday and this is going to start in the May 14.
- The states where it is going to start are TN, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, Andhra, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Haryana.
- Every fuel outlets normally have about 15 people in their staff, but from now on every Sunday there would be only one member that will provide fuel in an emergency situation to the customer.
- On Sunday no other vehicles will not get fuel available except for emergency services like an ambulance. The association is also considering eight-hour working days from May.
- Around 20,000 outlets in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Haryana would be shut for 24 hours on Sundays.
If the owner will not operate their petrol pumps on Sunday then they have to face the huge amount of loss but they are ready to face it because they are concerned with environment protection.