The UT Administration today announced dry daysfrom December 22 to 24 and on December 27 ahead of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Elections in Chandigarh. The elections are scheduled to be held on December 24 and the counting of votes will be held on December 27.A detailed notification in this regard has been issued in this regard.
Union Health Ministry on Friday said that there is no evidence that the vaccines will not work against the Omicron strain of coronavirus. India’s tally of Omicron cases crossed the 100 mark on Friday, with fresh cases detected in Maharashtra and Delhi. Maharashtra recorded eight more cases of the new variant, while Delhi added 12 […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday it has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Covovax, the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in partnership with the US-based Novavax. “Covovax was assessed under the WHO EUL procedure based on the review of data on quality, safety and efficacy, […]
The seasoned SSP Chawrasia continued in the lead in round two of the Rs. 1.5 crore TATA Steel Tour Championship 2021 after returning a three-under 69 that took his total to 12-under 132. Twenty-one-year-old Karan Pratap Singh of Faridabad, playing only his second season as a professional, shot a blistering 65 to climb two spots […]
In a bid to improve the quality of higher education and increase the enthusiasm of the staff for teaching, the Punjab Cabinet on Friday approved to regularize the services of 1925 Assistant Professors appointed against vacant posts in various subjects and non-teaching staff in the government aided colleges of the state. A decision to this […]
Hockey Haryana completed the lineup for the Quarter Finals of the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Pimpri Chinchwad 2021 by beating Hockey Madhya Pradesh 5-1 in the last Pool stage match of the competition. Sanjay (24′, 39′) bagged a brace, while Joginder (20′), Bobby Singh (35′) and Deepak (38′) contributed a goal in […]
A 1986-batch IPS officer, Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Friday assumed the additional charge of Director General of Police (Head of Police Force) Punjab. According to the orders issued by the State Government, Siddharth Chattopadhyaya, IPS would also continue to hold the charge of DGP, PSPCL, Patiala, besides the additional charge as Chief Director, State Vigilance Bureau. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today said that BSP leadership has backstabbed the Schedule caste brethren by selling the party to Shiromani Akali Dal. ddressing the gathering during state level function to mark development of the district here at Partapura grain market, the Chief Minister said that BSP no longer represents ideology of Babu […]
In order to ensure quality education across the State, the School Education department today advertised 12772 posts of different cadres as part of the ongoing process to recruit 20166 teachers. Disclosing this in a press communiqué, the School Education Minister Pargat Singh said that the posts advertised today include 4185 of Master cadre pertaining to […]
Around 22 Patiala MCs and senior Patiala Congress leaders today joined the Punjab Lok Congress at a function held here today. The function was presided over by Biba Jai Inder Kaur, daughter of former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.Those who joined the party today, included Patiala councillors – Ginni Nagpal, Atul Joshi, Saroj Sharma, Sheru […]