Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal presented CBSE Awards to 38 teachers and principals on Wednesday for the year 2019-20. The awards were presented in the honour of teachers and principals for their valuable contribution towards improving school education, innovation, and dedication. The list includes two educationalists from Punjab, two from Chandigarh, and three from Haryana. They […]
Sharing the state government’s revised guidelines on Unlock 4 which will be implemented from September 9 to 30, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Girish Dayalan informed that it was decided to relax some of the restrictions in urban areas. -The relaxations include no curfew on Saturdays although there would be total curfew on Sundays in all the […]
Chitkara University, organised the first-ever Virtual Round Table Discussion “RECALIBRATE 2020 – Getting the youth of Punjab industry ready for the post-Covid world” Chandigarh, Sept 9: Chitkara University, organised the first-ever Virtual Round Table Discussion “RECALIBRATE 2020 – Getting the youth of Punjab industry ready for the post-Covid world” on September 9, 2020, which was […]
French defence minister Florence Parly will make an official visit to India on Thursday to attend the induction ceremony of the first batch of Rafale combat jets at Indian Air Force’s airbase in Ambala. This will be Parly’s third official visit to India since 2017, and one of her first trips abroad since the outbreak […]
Officers of the Excise and Taxation department from Inspectors to Additional Commissioners have gone on strike from Wednesday, protesting against alleged atrocities of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB). Confederation of Associations of Senior Officers, excise, and taxation officers (ETO) and inspectors in a representation to Financial Commissioner (taxation), Punajb, said that VB is taking unlawful […]
In the unlocking of activities, Government of India is planning partial resumption of schools for students from classes 9 to 12 on a voluntary basis, which would be allowed from September 21, 2020. This standard operating procedure (SOP) outlines various precautionary measures to be adopted and all states/union territories are expected to comply with the […]
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday became the second men’s player to reach 100 international goals as he guided his side to victory against Sweden. Ronaldo reached the milestone just before half-time of Tuesday’s Nations League match. The 35-year-old had 99 goals under his belt when he took the field during the team’s Nations League […]
To improve the air quality in Chandigarh, UT Administration has submitted its action plan to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). On Monday, International Day of Clean Air and Blue Skies was celebrated across the country. The purpose of celebrating this day was to make people of every section aware that clean air and sky […]
With Covid-19 spreading its tentacles in the UT Education Department, tests for coronavirus were to be conducted on Tuesday. Around 33 employees refused to get themselves tested and made excuses for the same. One employee said that everyone feared that if they test positive, the entire family would face trouble due to them. On Monday, […]
Actor Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday in a drug case linked with Sushant Singh Rajput death case. She is the ninth person arrested in the ongoing case by the NCB. Earlier in the day, she had reached NCB office in Mumbai for the third consecutive day for interrogation. […]