Manohari Gold Tea, a famous tea produced by Manohari Tea Estate, was auctioned at ₹75,000 per kg at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre creating a record for the third successive year. In the year 2018, this rare variety of Assam tea was sold for ₹39,001 per kg for the first time in history and again in […]
After a huge gap due to the lockdown, Pracheen Kala Kendra, Sector 35, is now going to host programmes instead of online ones. Covid guidelines and protocols will be taken care of and fewer people with social distancing will be allowed. The first episode begins with Bhajan Sandhya on Sunday where Yogamaya Bhattacharjee will present […]
Chandigarh emerged as the best governed union territory (UT) in the category of UTs with 1.05 PAI points, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC Ranking) in Bengaluru on Friday. In its annual report, the not-for-profit organisation, headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Kasturirangan, said […]
In a major relief to bus operators in Punjab, chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered 100% tax waiver on Motor Vehicle Tax till December 31 for all stage carriage, mini and school buses, while deferring payment of arrears of taxes, without interest and penalty to March 31, 2021. The tax waiver move […]
After a huge gap due to Covid lockdown, boating will start from Sunday (November 1) on Sukhna Lake. According to the new unlock guidelines, the Chandigarh administration has approved conditional boating at Sukhna Lake. However, it has not been decided whether to open the play area. On March 18, the Chandigarh administration stopped boating at […]
Students from the economically weaker section studying in Class 8 can apply for a scholarships provided by the Central Government till November 6. Students studying in Class 8 in government and government-aided schools of the city can submit the application form till 6 November at the office of State Council of Educational Research and Training […]
Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh, has decided to open the outpatient department (OPD) from November 2. GMCH has adopted PGI’s model and doctors will see patients only after registration through telephone. Patients must call the medical college numbers first. After that, the doctor will decide which patient to call in OPD […]
New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia in what campaigners call ‘a victory for compassion and kindness’. It will allow terminally ill people, with less than six months to live, the opportunity to choose assisted dying if approved by two doctors. “New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject […]
New Air India flight from Chandigarh International Airport will fly from Chandigarh to Delhi from 14 November. A 70-seater ATR aircraft with flight number 9817/9818 will fly four days a week: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Chandigarh to Delhi and return from there. The departure time of this flight from Delhi will be at […]