The election committee of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (PHHCBA) in a meeting today announced the revised schedule of PHHCBA elections. The elections will be held on October 24, 2020 from 9am to 4.30pm, with a break in between from 12.30 to 1pm. On October 14, nominations will be filed and they will […]
Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has introduced online payment facility for all kind of dues. Now, allottees will not be required to visit the office of CHB and can pay their dues on the official website: www.chbonline.in The process has been simplified and online payment can be made without any registration or going through the process […]
As a mark of respect to Cabinet Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who passed away on Thursday evening, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday announced that the National Flag will be flown at half-mast on Friday in Delhi and capitals of all states and UTs where it is regularly flown, and also on […]
Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh was appointed as the director of Health and Family welfare department, Punjab, on Thursday. The orders regarding his appointment were issued today morning by Principal Secretary Health Husan Lal. Dr Singh had joined the health department in 1985 as a medical officer. His first appointment was at Subsidiary Health Centre, […]
Railways has decided to run Vande Bharat express train from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra and Shree Shakti Express, which was suspended due to the pandemic. Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the Vande Bharat express train from Delhi to Katra, a town near the Mata Vaishno Devi temple, will resume soon. […]
The Punjab School Education Department has decided to bring subject of physical education and sports under the purview of Punjab Achievement Survey (PAS) and issued a date sheet in this regard. Disclosing this today, a spokesperson said that the department has included physical education and sports in the PAS like other subjects. According to the […]
American poet Louise Gluck won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. According to the 7-member Nobel Committee, the Prize was given to Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Born in New York in 1943, Glück is a professor of English at Yale University. She made […]
Punjab Youth Development Board chairperson Sukhjinder Bindra inaugurated a drive-through Covid-19 testing facility and three special open-air testing centres in Mohali. The drive-through facility has come up at the sports stadium in Sector 78. “The drive-through testing is easy and hassle free facility started by Mohali Administration”, said Bindra after getting his Covid test done […]
Department of Education, Government of Punjab, has proposed the following guidelines for opening of schools from October 15 onwards. Students of only classes 9 to 12 will be allowed initially, with not more than 20 students per section. The final decision on these guidelines will be taken by Punjab government before October 15. The guidelines […]
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was the founder of the first Sikh Kingdom who paved way for a rule based on people’s welfare. These views were expressed by MLA Khanna Gurkirat Singh Kotli, who was the chief guest on the occasion of releasing a book chronicling the life and philosophy of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. The […]