Education Department is going to give one more chance to students who have passed Class 10 passed from government schools of Chandigarh for admission to Class 11 by increasing the number of seats. This time, the Education Department had drawn 12,815 seats for the four streams: arts, science, commerce and vocational. As many as 350 […]
Punjab Government has initiated a drive to eradicate tobacco use to save children and for tobacco-free workplaces. Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that Punjab is the first state in the country to celebrate a state specific “Punjab State No Tobacco Day” on November 1. The theme of the campaign is “Tobacco Free Workplaces”. The […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday formally launched the recently announced Dr BR Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme. He also virtually laid the foundation stone of projects at Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal (Ram Tirath), Amritsar, to mark the occasion of the Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti. On the occasion, the CM gave away Post Matric […]
Haryana government has once again set the rate of Covid 19 test in view of expert’s opinion and public interest. Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department Rajiv Arora said that RT-PCR test will now be done for ₹900 and Rapid Antigen Test will be done for ₹500. The new rates are effective immediately. Earlier, the […]
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 […]