People entering Himachal Pradesh will have to register themselves at the Covid e-pass portal and those coming from the hotspots will have to quarantine for 14 days, informed Aditya Negi, Deputy Commissioner of Shimla, on Tuesday. According to a state government notification issued by Himachal Pradesh health secretary under the HP Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations, […]
In light of the surging Covid-19 cases, the Punjab government on Tuesday announced stricter restrictions in the state. These restrictions will be applicable from April 27 till further orders. The night curfew shall now be from 6pm to 5am with home delivery allowed up to 9pm. Earlier, the night curfew was enforced from 8pm to […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillor Balwinder Kaur was elected as the new president of the Nayagaon Municipal Council on Monday. Contesting from Ward no 5, Balwinder Kaur has been elected for a period of 20 months. The elections for the Nayagaon municipal council were held on February 14. SAD had won 10 seats out of […]
In a bid to effectively combat the Covid-19 emergency situation across the state, the Punjab Cabinet gave approval to allow the recruitment of 473 posts of staff nurses in Rajindra Hospital, Patiala and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, attached with Government Medical Colleges of Patiala and Amritsar respectively by taking these posts out of the […]
The 14th edition of the much-awaited BAJA SAE 2021 series concluded with much fanfare at Chitkara University at Rajpura on Monday. For the first time, the event was held in the virtual format amid the disruption caused by the pandemic wherein the teams participated from their respective regions. In the conventional m-BAJA, Team Piranha Racing […]
Amid surging Covid-19 cases in the country, Shri Hemkunt Sahib Yatra in Uttarakhand was postponed on Sunday. The Yatra was slated to commence from May 10. Last year, the yatra was delayed by three months due to the pandemic. Hemkund Sahib, the highest Gurudwara of the Sikhs, is located at an altitude of 4329 mts […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered shutdown of operations in the state’s iron and steel industries to divert Oxygen for medical use, along with immediate establishment of Oxygen Control Rooms at the state and district levels amid the escalating Oxygen crisis in the state. He has also directed DC Amritsar to […]
Chitkara University from Punjab has been ranked among top 10 Indian universities in Times Higher Education (THE) IMPACT Rankings -2021 for achieving the individual Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The worldwide ranking of THE IMPACT rankings placed Chitkara University in the coveted rank slab of 401-600 in the list that witnessed 1,115 institutions from 94 countries. Additionally, […]
The Panjab University (PU) has completed the preparations for the Senate election to be held on Monday (April 26). For this, PU has issued new guidelines which say that not more than 25 people will be able to gather at one place. PU has also changed the timing of elections in view of Covid-19. Polling […]
Baljinder Singh assumed charged of District Education Officer (Elementary), Mohali, on Friday, following the orders issued by Education Department of Punjab Government. He took the charge at the Elementary Education Office located on the second floor of the District Administrative Complex in Mohali. Baljinder Singh was promoted as PES Officer on December 23, 2009. He […]