Over 73 per cent votes turnout was recorded on Saturday in the bypoll to the Ellenabad Assembly constituency in Haryana, informed election officials.The counting of ballots will take place on November 2.” The polling percentage was 43 percent till afternoon, ” said an official.With 19 candidates in the fray, the Ellenabad constituency in Sirsa district […]
Surjit Singh, the current head of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research’s department of pediatrics, has been given the charge of officiating director of the institution effect November 1.Singh has been given the charge for a period of six months or till the regular director is appointed, said a PGIMER release here.Jagat […]
Punjab Planning Department with support of UNDPs Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre (SDGCC) announced the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Action Awards winners, here last evening. The event was attended by Ms. Nadia Rasheed, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP-India, Ms. Sanyukta Samaddar, Advisor NITI Aayog, Shri. Raj Kamal Chaudhuri, Principal Secretary planning and more than 200 participants. […]
To provide relief to the farmers and laborers of the cotton belt, the Punjab Government has announced to release the grant of over Rs. 416 crore for to compensate the damage of crops due to pink ballworm attack. The announcement has been made by the Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary and Agriculture Minister […]
Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Haryana 1-0 to win the 11th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2021 here in Jhansi today, while Hockey Punjab went past Hockey Maharashtra 2-1 to finish third in the competition. Hockey Madhya Pradesh’s Kanchan Nidhi Kerketta (9′) found the back of the net early in the Final against Hockey Haryana and thereafter the Hockey […]
Reiterating his Government’s firm commitment to provide quality and uninterrupted power supply at affordable cost to the consumers, the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday approved the PSPCL’s proposal to terminate GVK Goindwal Sahib (2×270 MW) Power Purchase Agreement. Subsequently, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has issued termination notice to the company. […]
In view of ensuing assembly elections in Punjab in early 2022, a meeting with senior representatives of Govt.and private technical universities and other higher education institutions was held by Dr Karuna Raju , IAS, the Chief Electoral officer (CEO), Punjab . CEO Pb. informed that as per the projected census figures there are 9,20,014 persons […]
After a blistering day of action, with two highly competitive semi finals played out, Sports Authority of India and Railway Sports Promotion Board will match up in the final to decide the inaugural Hockey India Senior Women Inter-Department National Champions 2021. The two teams had played out a memorable encounter in the group stage and will look to […]
Punjab New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Raj Kumar Verka while emphasizing need for reduction of tariff of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) of Solar Power Projects in view of the fact that the impact of costly power is being borne by the people of Punjab, directed the official of the department to find legally sound […]
Chitkara International School (CIS), Panchkula, became the only school among the schools of six states listed in the Chandigarh Chapter of CII, to successfully achieve the highest-level ‘Platinum’ ranking for outstandingly following an exemplary protocol that meets the Green School Standards under the IGBC Green Schools Rating System (New School). The Indian Green Building Council […]