Ministry of Education has decided to waive off the minimum 75% marks in Class 12 for the academic year 2021-22 to be eligible for NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other Central Funded Technical Institutes, whose admissions are based on Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Mains 2021). The admissions to various Under Graduate (UG) programmes of the National […]
The UT administration was thinking of opening a first-of-its-kind sky dining restaurant in Chandigarh at a height of 165ft. However, the companies did not show much interest in the first tender issued for it, so the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO) has issued the second tender and sought applications. The administration wants […]
If you have not visited south India, then here is your chance. As travel restrictions ease, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) (a subsidiary of the Indian Railways) has launched a series of Bharat Darshan Tourist Train aimed at taking people to various pilgrim towns. An 11-day yatra of South India pilgrim sites will […]
On the lines of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar will launch the Horticulture Insurance Scheme in the state. Its blueprint has been prepared by the Department of Horticulture and a provision of ₹10 crore will be made as the starting capital for the scheme. Horticultural crops […]
The train travel time between Ludhiana and Jalandhar will come down to 31 minutes as the approval to increase the speed on Sahnewal-Ludhiana to 130 km per hour has been received from the Commission of Railway Safety-CRS. The trials are on as of now and soon the passenger trains will run at a speed of […]
V Shanta, 93, doyenne of cancer care in the country, senior oncologist and chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute died early on Tuesday morning. Sources at the Cancer Institute said Dr V Shanta was rushed to hospital after she complained of chest pain on Monday at about 9 pm. She had a massive block which […]
The second phase of the Corona vaccination drive in Chandigarh began on Tuesday. In this, 500 frontline health workers were vaccinated at the five centres just like the first phase. As many as 100 health workers have been registered for vaccination in each centre. In the second phase, Dr Anuradha of Government Medical College and […]
Farmers observed ‘Mahila Kisan Diwas’ (Women Farmers’ Day) on Monday as the agitation entered the 55th day. Despite multiple rounds of talks between the farmers and government, which remained inconclusive, the farmers are adamant on continuing their agitation. In the meantime, the Supreme Court has put a stay on these laws and formed a committee […]
In view of the record admissions in the schools of Punjab, additional classrooms will be built in government schools. The first phase has identified 372 government schools in 21 districts of Punjab and construction of 391 classrooms has commenced. For this project, ₹1 lakh has been released by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development […]
Chandigarh DC Mandeep Singh Brar has banned flying the drone in the city. According to the order, not only drones but low flying objects have also been banned. According to UT administration officials, such things can prove dangerous given the safety of the people, due to which DC Mandeep Singh Brar has imposed a restriction […]