The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) will hold a draw of 289 residential plots at Eco City-2, New Chandigarh, on February 22, 2021. Sharing the details, an official spokesperson said that the list of the applicants, who will be eligible to take part in the draw, has already been uploaded on the website gmada.gov.in […]
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SEC directs re-polling in 2 booths of Mohali, counting of votes on Feb 18
Following the irregularities in booth number 32 and 33 of ward number 10, State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday directed the Mohali Sub Divisional Magistrate-cum-Returning Officer to conduct re-polling of Municipal Corporation (MC) in the two booths. The re-polling will take place on February 17 from 8am to 4pm. The counting of votes has now […]
Ebola epidemic declared in Guinea, WHO launches ground survey
Guinea has declared an Ebola outbreak for the first time since 2016, when a two-year outbreak in West Africa finally ended after killing more than 11,000 people. The new outbreak, in the town of Gouécké, has already killed three – two women and a man. They were among seven people who attended a nurse’s funeral […]
9 fast-track courts to be set up under POCSO Act in Punjab
Punjab government on Monday decided to establish nine more fast-track courts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Sexual Assault Response Teams in all the 27 police districts of the state to deal with cases of sexual attacks on women. This decision was undertaken to strengthen the investigation and prosecution machinery for […]
MPhil to be discontinued at PU from next year
From next year, MPhil at Punjab University will be discontinued. Instead, it will be replaced by a four-year degree course. After that, students will be able to take admissions in PhD directly on completing their Masters. MPhil will no longer be required for PhD. The course has been going on for quite some time which […]
‘MS Dhoni’ co-star Sandeep Nahar found dead in Mumbai
Actor Sandeep Nahar, who was seen in the Sushant Singh Rajput starrer ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, followed by the Akshay Kumar – led ‘Kesari’ and then in the Sonakshi Sinha movie ‘Khandaani Shafakhana’ died allegedly by suicide, last evening (Monday, February 15). The actor Sandeep Nahar before his suicide had posted a long post […]
Ajai Malhotra becomes first Indian chairperson of Advisory Committee at Human Rights Council
Ajai Malhotra has become the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, said the Permanent Mission of India at United Nations, Geneva, on Monday. “Congratulations Ambassador Ajai Malhotra on your election as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council; the first […]
Prisoners on parole during Covid-19 pandemic to return to jails in a phased manner
Prisoners on parole during the Covid-19 period will now have to return to the prison soon. The Empowered Committee constituted by the Supreme Court to deal with Covid in prisons has decided not to further increase the parole of prisoners. The process of bringing the prisoners back to the jail will start from February 17 […]
SC issues notice to Facebook, WhatsApp seeking response on plea challenging change in privacy policy
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Facebook and WhatsApp and sought their response on a plea challenging WhatsApp’s latest privacy policy which was introduced in January this year in India. Asking the companies to respond in four weeks, a Bench headed by CJI SA Bobde noted that people’s privacy must be protected in […]
23 critically endangered gharials introduced in Beas
The Department of Punjab Forest and Wildlife Preservation, in collaboration with the World-Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India), recently released another lot of 23 critically endangered long-snouted gharials into the Beas flowing in Hoshiarpur district. The gharials were transported in boxes from Chhatbir Zoo in Chandigarh, where they had been kept for a year after being […]










