The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal as the state’s new chief secretary.Kaushal replaces Vijai Vardhan, who retired on September 30, a government order said. He will be the 35th chief secretary of Haryana since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966.The 1986-batch IAS officer will also hold […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Tuesday launched a scathing attack on his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, calling him an “imposter” and accusing his Aam Aadmi Party of making only false promises and giving fake guarantees. The senior Congress leader also blamed the Badals of the Shiromani Akali Dal for the 2015 sacrilege incidents and […]
Mohun Bagan general secretary Srinjoy Bose on Tuesday quit from his position “citing personal reasons”. The development coincided with the expiry of the present committee of the Mohun Bagan.Bose could have run the show till a new executive is formed after the elections but he opted to step down.”For personal reasons, I express my heartfelt […]
The reopening of classes 1-7 in Mumbai has been deferred by two weeks in the backdrop of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron. Over 10.5 lakh primary and secondary students can return to schools from December 15. The class 8-12 students will continue their schools in the hybrid mode. The state had on Monday issued a […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore have decided to retain Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega-auction in January. Kohli, the highest run-scorer in the IPL, won’t be leading the team anymore therefore, RCB will have to find a skipper in the auction in January. Kohli has been retained […]
A day after reporting the lowest single-day COVID-19 cases at 536 after April 27 last year, Maharashtra on Tuesday saw 678 fresh infections and 35 fatalities, 14 more compared to the previous day. With the latest additions, Maharashtra’s tally of infections rose to 66,35,658 and the COVID-19 death toll to 1,40,997 on Tuesday, a health […]
Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh today asked the officers to further reduce the time period for providing jobs on compassionate grounds to the eligible next of kin of deceased employees.The Minister, who handed over the job letters to 26 staff members including 1 Mistress, 7 Clerk, 4 SLA, 12 Peon and 2 Chowkidar in Education […]
Deputy Chief MInister O.P. Soni who also holds the charge of Health and Family Welfare Ministry, flagged off eleven Awareness Vans for the Cataract Free Campaign at Punjab Bhawan Chandigarh. This campaign is in line with the government’s latest public welfare measures aimed at eradication of disease of Cataract from Punjab.Divulging more details regarding this […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday exhorted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept his proposal for complete waiver of farmers and farm labourers’ debt adding he said Punjab government is ready to take over its share of debt burden along with Government of India. In a highly emotive letter to the Prime […]
Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab Dr. Raj kumar Verka has directed the senior officers of the department to tackle the new variant of Corona and launch an effective awareness campaign in this regard.During a high level meeting with senior officials of Medical Education and Research Department and principals of various medical colleges at Punjab […]