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PARGAT SAYS DELHI’s EDUCATION MODEL A MERE BUBBLE OF WATER

Lashing out at Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi Government for their open lies about the so called successful education system being run by the Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh on Wednesday asked if you have a such ‘wonderful’ system then why there posts of principals and vice-principals lying vacant in 760 and 479 […]

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Punjab Government Launches “Universal Newborn Hearing Screening” with SOHUM an Automated Auditory Brainstem Response Device

In order to diagnose hearing impairment at birth, Punjab Government on Wednesday launched ‘Universal Newborn Hearing Screening’ (UNHS) with SOHUM Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) Device at Mother & Childcare Hospital, at District Hospital Ropar. Giving details here, Director Health & Family Welfare Department Dr. OP Gojra said that to fulfill this objective, the Punjab […]

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Sanjeev Kaushal is new Haryana chief secretary

The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal as the state’s new chief secretary.Kaushal replaces Vijai Vardhan, who retired on September 30, a government order said. He will be the 35th chief secretary of Haryana since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966.The 1986-batch IAS officer will also hold […]

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Kejriwal is an imposter: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Tuesday launched a scathing attack on his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, calling him an “imposter” and accusing his Aam Aadmi Party of making only false promises and giving fake guarantees. The senior Congress leader also blamed the Badals of the Shiromani Akali Dal for the 2015 sacrilege incidents and […]

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Further streamline process to give jobs on compassionate grounds in expedite manner: Pargat Singh to officers

Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh today asked the officers to further reduce the time period for providing jobs on compassionate grounds to the eligible next of kin of deceased employees.The Minister, who handed over the job letters to 26 staff members including 1 Mistress, 7 Clerk, 4 SLA, 12 Peon and 2 Chowkidar in Education […]

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OP Soni Flags Off Mukh Mantri Motiya Mukt Abhiyan Awareness Van

Deputy Chief MInister O.P. Soni who also holds the charge of Health and Family Welfare Ministry, flagged off eleven Awareness Vans for the Cataract Free Campaign at Punjab Bhawan Chandigarh. This campaign is in line with the government’s latest public welfare measures aimed at eradication of disease of Cataract from Punjab.Divulging more details regarding this […]

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LET’S MUTUALLY EVOLVE MECHANISM FOR COMPLETE WAIVER OF FARMERS AND FARM LABOURERS: CM CHANNI WRITES TO PM

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday exhorted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept his proposal for complete waiver of farmers and farm labourers’ debt adding he said Punjab government is ready to take over its share of debt burden along with Government of India. In a highly emotive letter to the Prime […]

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Dr. Verka instructs senior officers to take all the steps to deal with new variants of Coronq

Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab Dr. Raj kumar Verka has directed the senior officers of the department to tackle the new variant of Corona and launch an effective awareness campaign in this regard.During a high level meeting with senior officials of Medical Education and Research Department and principals of various medical colleges at Punjab […]

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LT. GEN. MANOJ MAGO TAKES OVER AS COMMANDANT NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE

Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago, YSM, Bar to Sena Medal today took over as the 34th Commandant of National Defence College after the superannuation of Air Marshal D Choudhury, AVSM, VM , VSM. Prior to taking over as the Commandant NDC, he was commanding the prestigious 10 Corps.Hailed from Ludhiana, Lieutenant General Mago is an […]

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Possible third wave of Covid-19, Soni orders 40,000 daily testing in Punjab

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Om Prakash Soni on Tuesday ordered 40,000 daily Covid testing in the state following the reports of a spurt of a new Covid-19 variant in some parts of the world and a possible third wave of Coronavirus in the state.Mr. Soni held a high-level review meeting with senior health officials […]