Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank‘ will announce the eligibility criteria for admission into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the date of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Advanced 2021) Advanced 2021 on January 7. “My dear students, I will announce the eligibility criteria for admission in IITs and the date of JEE Advanced 2021 on […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJio) has sought the urgent intervention of the Punjab and Haryana high courts to stop vandalism of its telecom towers in the two states. In a statement, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s firm said its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking […]
People are eagerly waiting for Covid-19 vaccine. Taking advantage of this impatience, fraudsters have now started cheating people by sending links related to Covid-19 vaccination on mobile. In many parts of the country including Bhopal and Noida, many cases of fraud have been reported related to Covid-19 vaccine. In such a situation, the Chandigarh Cyber […]
The highly anticipated result of CAT 2020 exam is out well ahead of expectations. While the result was expected around 9th of January, CAT conducting body surprised the students and that too a day before XAT, one of the other main MBA entrance exam. This would have definitely put a lot of students at unease. Around […]
To honour the actors of Ramlila, a ceremony was organised by Shri Ram Utsav Committee at Tagore Theater, Sector 18, on Sunday. The ceremony honoured the actors who played the role of Ravana. The event began with a welcome speech from Acharya P Khurrana. Ravana from various organisations of Chandigarh and Panchkula were seen on […]
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), which is facing financial crisis in the Covid era, has provided a golden opportunity to the students who have passed their Class 10 and 12 examinations from 1970 to 2003 to increase their marks. Controller (Examinations) JR Mehrotra said that students will be able to improve their merit by […]
After 24 years, a Punjab-based man has been conferred with the title of Officer of the Most Excellent Order (OBE) by the British Government. Lord Diljit Rana has been acting as the Honorary Counsel for India in Northern Ireland since 2003. An OBE (Most Excellent Order) is the second highest ranking Order of the British […]
Himachal Pradesh chief minister (CM) Jai Ram Thakur will launch Vidhayak e-mitra seva on his birthday on January 6, 2021. A spokesperson said that this facility will be provided through Vidhayak e-mitra seva mobile app ‘Shikhar ki aur Himachal’ that is being already run in the state. This facility will be provided to the MLAs […]
Punjab Government is committed to the welfare of freedom fighters of Punjab and their legal heirs. Disclosing this on Saturday, Punjab Cabinet Minister Om Parkash Soni said that the state government has decided to increase the freedom fighter pension from ₹7,500 per month to ₹9,400 per month from April 1, 2021, onwards. Soni said the […]
Former Miss World Manushi Chhillar has been roped in by United Nations Women (The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) for a global initiative #OrangeTheWorld to raise awareness on gender-based violence. Through the ‘#OrangeTheWorld’ initiative, Manushi Chhillar along with the United Nations Women organisation will be working on ending online […]