1 held for bid to smuggle Liquor

Mohali: The police arrest a truck driver for smuggling 225 cartons of liquor into Punjab, on Ambala-Dera Bassi highway here on Thursday. The truck driver has been identified as Jaspal Singh, alias Kala, a resident of Janetpur village of Mohali district. Senior Superintendent of Police Navjot Singh Mahal said the rear of the truck was fabricated in such a way that it looked empty. Dera Bassi SHO Jatin Kumar said they seized 110 cartons of whiskey and 115 cartons of country-made liquor, which was labelled as only for sale in Haryana. A case under Section 14 of the Excise Act has been registered against the truck driver at the Dera Bassi police station. TNS

PGGC, sector 42

Chandigarh: The UT Director of higher education, inaugurated a 86-seater mini-conference hall and an elevator at the IT Block of the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, here on Thursday. Funds for the conference hall and elevator were provided by RUSA. TNS

SGGSC, sector 26

Chandigarh: Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, has been instituted as a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Karandeep Singh Cheema, joint secretary, SES, Manish Gupta, chairman CII, Chandigarh chapter, and proprietor, Synergy Industries, and Pancham Cajla, chair, Young Indians Chandigarh Chapter and Founder, Anuprayaas Foundation, formally certified the college as a member of the CII at an event. The CII membership will encourage mutual cooperation between the college and the CII, help in improving the industry-institute interface and facilitate setting up of new incubation centres. TNS