The lion safari at Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, commonly known as Chhatbir Zoo, is set to reverberate with the roar of more lions as the zoo authorities released two more male Asiatic lions here this morning. These Asiatic lions were released in the presence of Roshan Sunkaria, Additional Chief Secretary (Forests), Punjab; Kuldip Kumar, Principal […]
The two-day Progressive Punjab Investors Summit-2019 culminated on a positive note on Friday with the state government promising to take steps to boost the industrial sector. Taking note of the key takeaways from the summit, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday decided to set up a Rs 100-crore startup fund, besides constituting a working […]
The government has proposed to declare Chanshal, Janjheli, south and north portals of the 8.82-km Rohtang tunnel till Tandi, Pong Dam and Old Hindustan-Tibet road as special areas, opening these for the promotion of tourism. The government has also proposed to extend the boundaries of five towns, bringing them under the TCP Act. Three townships […]
Haryana Special buses for women would be started on a pilot basis in five Haryana districts, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here on Friday. These buses would be started under the scheme “Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana” in Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Karnal and Kurukshetra. Khattar was reviewing the progress of “Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana”, […]
Haryana On Thursday, the Haryana Government issued orders for shutting down of lower kindergarten (LKG), upper kindergarten (UKG) and nursery classes in all the private schools of the state. Vijay Laxmi Nandal, Elementary Education Officer, Rohtak said that the intention behind the move by the Government is to ensure that children are provided with enough […]
Chandigarh The Punjab government in a report submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday said that a fresh survey be carried out for a scientific demarcation of the catchment area around Sukhna Lake with the assistance of technical experts for proper adjudication of the issue, while asserting that it has not sanctioned […]
Mumbai Priyanka Chopra Jonas is at the number one position in IMDB’s Top 10 Stars of Indian Cinema and Television list. The list is determined by data from IMDbPro STARmeter rankings, which are based on the actual page views of the more than 200 million monthly IMDb visitors. The actors appearing on the list are those […]
Chandigarh The City Beautiful known as “City of Flowers” is witnessing the beautiful Chrysanthemum Show at Terraced Garden, Sector 33. The flower show was today inaugurated by Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh in presence of Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Mayor, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Rajesh Gupta, area councilor, Sh. […]
Chandigarh Tricity on Wednesday witnessed the coldest night of this season so far as the minimum temperature slipped to 7.7 degrees Celsius. Ludhiana was the coldest place in Punjab at 4.7 degrees Celsius as minimum temperatures hovered below seasonal normal at most places in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday night. The maximum temperature in Chandigarh […]
Chandigarh As street vendors refused to budge and did not relocate to the designated places assigned by the Municipal Corporation, as many as 1,000 policemen and 1,200 officials of the corporation will fortify the sites on Friday from 6 am onwards in view of the planned eviction. The Town Vending Committee at a meeting on […]