Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today asked his successor Charanjit Singh Channi to strongly defend the “reservation within the reservation” for the Valmikis and Mazhabi Sikhs of Punjab, for the direct recruitment in various government jobs. The former Chief Minister said, he had in 2006, personally ensured the passage of a legislation in the […]
To increase enrolment, reduce dropout rate and attract students towards the Government Schools, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Cahnni on Tuesday decided to provide free uniforms to nearly 2.66 lakh left out boys of General Category studying in Government Schools from class I to VIII. Punjab Government will spend approx Rs. […]
Savita Kovind, First Lady of India inaugurated the ‘Chandigarh Bird Park’ today in the presence of Pushpa Devi Purohit, Lady Governor, Punjab.The Department of Forest & Wildlife, UT Chandigarh has developed Bird Park at Nagar Van behind Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh for creating awareness among general public towards bird conservation especially the young minds on nature […]
Punjab Education, Higher Education and Languages Minister Pargat Singh, on Monday, said that state Government will constitute a State Language Commission to strictly implement the provisions of Punjabi Language Act. Speaking on the topic of ‘Challenges to Punjabi Language and Journalism’ organized by Punjab and Chandigarh Journalists Union in association with Punjabi Lekhak Sabha and […]
Team Belgium arrived on Tuesday afternoon for FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021. Grouped in Pool A, along with teams such as Chile, Malaysia, and South Africa, Belgium are looking at strong competition right from the start. “We have had an intense period with lots of training together combined with a very […]
Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), the first academic institution to come up in the new capital city of Chandigarh in 1953, celebrated the completion of 100 years since its inception in 1921 on November 9. The commemoration of this milestone was held on 16th November 2021 with the President of India, Ram Nath […]
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announces that Centre has decided to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Wednesday, November 17. He said that the decision reflects the immense reverence of Modi government towards Guru Nanak.“In a major decision, that will benefit large numbers of Sikh pilgrims, PM @Narendramodi govt has decided to re-open […]
No Indian cricketer figured in the ICC’s T20 World Cup ‘Team of the Tournament’ which comprises players from six different countries, including Sri Lanka and South Africa, with Pakistan’s Babar Azam being named ‘captain’ of the squad. The jury members did not think any of the Indian players deserving to be picked while South Africa’s […]
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind will visit Punjab and Haryana from November 16 to 17. On November 16, the President will grace the centenary year celebrations of the Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh. On November 17, the President will visit Sui village in Bhiwani district of Haryana which is being developed as ‘Adarsh […]
The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to hold an emergency meeting on the pollution crisis and by Tuesday decide on steps like stopping non-essential construction, transport, power plants and implementing work from home to tackle the situation, saying “the cat is out of the bag” now as the “hue and cry” over stubble burning […]