municipal corporation
Tricity

1st Physical meeting of Municipal Corporation general house after 7 months held today

The physical meeting of Chandigarh municipal Corporation was held on Thursday after a gap of seven months. Keeping the social distancing rules in view, the sitting arrangement was planned by maintaining a gap between all the councillors and transparent glasses were installed as a precautionary measure in municipal corporation meet. No media persons and general […]

research scholars
Regional

PU to open hostel for research scholars on Nov 1, read the SOPs here

Panjab University (PU) is going to open hostels for research scholars from November 1. Research scholars will be required to undergo a Covid test before coming to the varsity. Based on their report, they will be given place in hostels. Covid test done seven days ago will be valid. Guidelines for research scholars, employees and […]

electric buses
Tricity

Tender for 80 electric buses to be issued next week

After the approval of 80 electric buses from the central government, the Chandigarh administration has started the process to run those buses on the road. According to information received from the Transport Department, tender for 80 electric buses will be issued next week. On September 25, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had sanctioned 670 e-buses for […]

keshubhai patel
National

Former Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel passes away

Former Gujarat chief minister (CM) and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Keshubhai Patel died on Thursday. He was 92. Dr Akshay Kiledar of Sterling Hospital said that Keshubhai Patel had suffered from a cardiac arrest and was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state. “We tried to revive him but couldn’t after […]

e-auction
Tricity

E-auction of fancy vehicle numbers in Chd from today

The Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), Sector 17, will be holding e-auction of special registration numbers and previous series from October 29 to November 6. To join the bid, registration has to be done before 5pm on November 6. The bidding process will begin from 10 am on November 7 and the last bid will […]

panjab university
Tricity

Panjab University planning to open on New Year 2021

Panjab University (PU) is planning to call students on campus from January 1. However, permission will be required for this and it will depend on the Covid scenario at that time. If the number of cases is low, then most probably campus will open for students. Pupils will be called and taught in classrooms according […]

wildlife rescue
Regional

Now, rescue wildlife animals at the click of a button

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Wednesday launched the ‘Wildlife Rescue App’, an application for monitoring rescue, reporting and release of wild animals through online system in Punjab Raj Bhawan. The app works on all Android supporting smart phones. He said that the app will inform about the rescue of animals that enter human territories, […]

driving license
Tricity

Wait till next year for driving license

Problems being faced by those who have applied for a driving license are increasing due to the new system adopted in the wake of Covid pandemic. Now, one is receiving an appointment from Registering & Licensing Authority (RLA) for driving license after two months as all the dates for driving test are booked. For instance, […]

promoted
Tricity

101 TGTs promoted to post of lecturer in Chandigarh

The Department of Education has promoted 101 TGTs (trained graduate teacher) from various schools in the city to the post of lecturer. The education director released a list for the same. This year, from March to November, several lecturers serving regular services in government schools retired. Presently, more than 150 lecturer posts in various government […]