Sonu Sood has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador by the Punjab Government for its Covid vaccination programme. Chief Minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh made the announcement a day after meeting Sood, who called on him at his residence. “There is no one more ideally suited to inspire and influence people to take the vaccine. […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is inviting applications for a free online course on Geographical Information System (GIS) for Supply Chain Management. GIS is a technology that is capable of capturing, storing, manipulating, visualising and analysing location-based data. The course is being offered as part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s outreach program through […]
Veteran actor Satish Kaul, who had 300 Punjabi and Hindi films to his credit, passed away due to coronavirus-related complications on Saturday in Ludhiana. He was 74. The actor’s funeral will take place on Sunday. He was best known for his role in BR Chopra’s mythological series Mahabharat wherein he essayed the role of Lord […]
VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab, inaugurated the Digitised Land Records of Revenue Department on Friday in presence of Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator. With this, the Records of Rights (RoR) of 23 out of 25 villages of Chandigarh will be made available online. Also, more than 35,000 shareholders can access, check and even […]
Congress councillor Ranjit Singh Reddy was elected as the new President of the Dera Bassi Municipal Council on Friday. The meeting of the municipal council was held on Friday in the presence of Dera Bassi Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Kuldeep Bawa and the councillors elected their president. District Congress Committee, Mohali president, Deepinder Dhillon said, […]
On 400th Prakash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi to clear the state government’s proposal for launching various projects worth ₹937 crore, including the development of Sri Anandpur Sahib as Smart City, to pay befitting tributes to the 9th Guru. Participating […]
Around 100 migratory birds have been found dead in Pong Dam Lake in the last two weeks after the outbreak of a second wave of bird flu in Himachal Pradesh, said wildlife officials. In early January, bird flu had first been confirmed among migratory waterbirds at Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary which had left around […]
Ward No. 12 councillor Udayvir Singh Dhillon, 32, was unanimously elected the president of the Zirakpur Municipal Council for a tenure of five years. Son of Dera Bassi Congress in-charge Deepinder Singh Dhillon and first-time councillor, Udayvir said, “Allround development will be done in Zirakpur and illegal constructions stopped. Bringing water from the Kajauli waterworks […]
To address the problems faced by the students regarding admission in government schools, the education department has issued new guidelines and directed to the school heads not to refuse admission to any student on the basis of documents. Disclosing this, a spokesperson of the school education department said that following the directions of Education Minister […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has released a new list of hiked toll tax which will be applicable from April 1. With this, the toll tax on Kundli–Ghaziabad–Palwal (KGP) Expressway or National Expressway 2 has been increased by ₹15 for a car and ₹100 for a truck. The new charges of the KGP […]