Chandigarh In a significant move to decongest city roads, Punjab governor and UT administrator VP Singh Badnore on Thursday approved UT administration’s plan to restrict timings for heavy vehicles. The restrictions (see box), already shared with the Punjab and Haryana governments, are planned to come into effect from February 1. A final notification from UT […]
Chandigarh BJP councillor Raj Bala Malik was elected Chandigarh’s new mayor after she defeated Congress candidate Gurbax Rawat by 17 votes on Friday. The mayor’s tenure is of one year in Chandigarh and elections are held annually. With the BJP having two-thirds majority in the 26-member House, Malik’s win was certain. A total of 27 […]
Mumbai Actress Deepika Padukone’s Tuesday visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to express solidarity with students who were attacked by a mob, created a stir, leaving Twitter divided. The actress’s visit came at a time when most of Bollywood’s A-listers have chosen to stay silent on the rising anger and protests across the country, […]
New Delhi Who says only Indians show off? The Japanese have seemingly taken over that department very swiftly this time. Acting on his hubris, yet again, a Japanese billionaire has decided to distribute as many as 100 million yen (INR 6,45,69,099.38) to 100 lucky winners who share his post on social media. Thus striving to […]
Punjab In the complaint of members of the Youth Khalsa Welfare (YKW) organization based in Ambala, on Wednesday, a DDR was filed against TikTok user Akansha Thakur for allegedly hurting religious feelings after posting a dance video in the background music of a Punjabi song inside The Darbar Sahib complex, Amritsar. YKW members filed a […]
Haryana The Health Department of Haryana has released 447 vacancies for the post of Medical Officer on a regular basis. The candidates will be selected based on interview. The State Health department is constantly guided by the W.H.O definition of Health which states that “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well […]
Shimla Heavy rain and snow across Himachal Pradesh has crippled life with 582 roads, including five national highways and one state highway blocked. With 2,436 distribution transformers disrupted, people are forced to live without power in many areas under intense cold conditions. In the state, 33 water supply schemes too have been disrupted. With maximum […]
New Delhi Budget 2020 India date, time: The date for presentation of Modi government’s Union Budget 2020 has been announced! The preparations for the upcoming Union Budget have begun in the Finance Ministry. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been holding meetings with various stakeholders to discuss issues pertaining to India Budget 2020. Union Budget […]
Chandigarh History has been created as world’s no 1 entertainment company Walt Disney, USA has selected 47 Chandigarh University students during campus placements 2019-20. This information was shared by Meenu Bhardwaj, Manager, Department of International Relations, Chandigarh University. “It’s been the fifth year in a row that the US-based multi-national has conducted campus placement and […]
Chandigarh Passengers travelling in the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) buses will have to shell out more now as UT administrator VP Singh Badnore on Wednesday approved an increase in bus fares for both AC and non-AC buses running on local and long routes. Transport secretary AK Singla said the increase in bus fares was aimed […]