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Air India offers special allowances to passengers visiting USA and Canada on Diwali

Air India has announced a special offer for its customers who intend to travel to USA and Canada in Free baggage allowances. In a statement released by the airline, it said, “Previously passengers travelling in economy class were entitled to two pieces of free baggage (each 23 kgs). But now, people who purchase tickets on […]

NTSE
Regional

Punjab school education department reopens portal for NTSE registration

Punjab School Education Department has decided to reopen the portal for registration for the state-level National Talent Search Examination (NTSE, Stage-1) from November 11 to November 15 in view of the difficulties being faced by the students. The exam will be held on December 13, 2020. Registration for this exam can be done on: www.epunjabschool.gov.in. […]

Raj Bala Malik inugurating MCs Petrol Station
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Governor inaugurates MC’s Petrol station at IA, Ph-2

V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today dedicated MC’s 2nd State of art petrol pump at industrial area Phase-2 virtually in presence of  Manoj Kumar Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT Chandigarh and Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home, UT Chandigarh at Punjab Raj Bhawan and Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, […]

Netflix
National

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video to be regulated by I&B ministry now

The government has issued an order bringing online films and audio-visual programmes, and online news and current affairs content under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Digital content providers and Over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar will now be regulated by the Union ministry headed by Prakash Javidekar. At present […]

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Tricity

Chandigarh gets its first woman SSP, Traffic

Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an order for posting of Manisha Chaudhary as Senior Superintendent of Police (Security & Traffic), Chandigarh. She has been posted for three years. She is a 2011 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre who was serving as SP, Panipat. The Haryana Government had sent a panel of three […]

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Panjab University’s controller of examinations appointed as V-C of Rayat Bahra University

Panjab University’s (PU’s) controller of examinations Prof Parvinder Singh has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Rayat Bahra University, Mohali. He has been appointed for a term of five years from the day of joining but on December 30 and 31, 2022, he will work in PU for two days. For this, he will be […]

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Badnore to inaugurate MC’s petrol pump in IA today

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore will inaugurate municipal corporation’s (MC’s) petrol pump located in Industrial Area, Phase 2, on Wednesday. This is the second petrol pump of MC, which will be operational in a month. In a crucial move to increase its revenue, MC hopes to earn the target of ₹3 crore annually through these […]

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Regional

Punjab allows green fire crackers for 2 hours on Diwali, Gurpurab, X-Mas

Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced a two-hour window for use of green fire crackers on Diwali, Gurpurab and Christmas across the state, except in Mandi Gobindgarh, where a total ban has been imposed from the midnight of November 9-10 till November 20-December 1 midnight on account of its poor AQI […]