The train travel time between Ludhiana and Jalandhar will come down to 31 minutes as the approval to increase the speed on Sahnewal-Ludhiana to 130 km per hour has been received from the Commission of Railway Safety-CRS. The trials are on as of now and soon the passenger trains will run at a speed of […]
In view of the record admissions in the schools of Punjab, additional classrooms will be built in government schools. The first phase has identified 372 government schools in 21 districts of Punjab and construction of 391 classrooms has commenced. For this project, ₹1 lakh has been released by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development […]
Vaccine is being prepared for the first time in Haryana for poultry farm operators who are battling bird flu. Indovax, a Hisar-based company, has started research and will soon start production of the vaccine. So far more than 5 lakh chickens have died in Panchkula due to the avian flu and more than 50,000 culled. […]
Despite his aching knees, India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi reached his polling booth in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur to exercise his vote in the Panchayat polls on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner Hemraj Bairwa honoured Negi with a Kinnauri ‘topi’ and shawl. He was also given a warm welcome by laying a red carpet by the district […]
Amid the rollout of the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here are a few things that you need to know about the two vaccines—’Covaxin’ (Bharat Biotech) and ‘Covishield’ (Serum Institute)—selected by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). So far, the government has procured 1.1 crore Covishield and 55 lakh […]
Punjab government, in the first phase, is recruiting for 1,152 posts of Maal Patwari, Ziladar and Nehari Patwari through the Subordinate Service Selection Board, Punjab. The online application can be submitted till February 11. To apply, visit the official website: http://sssb.punjab.gov.in To be selected for the post, candidates will have to clear two levels of […]
After the Uttar Pradesh government, now the Haryana government is also going to establish a film city. Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the state government is formulating a plan to open a film city in the state for which land of 50 to 100 acres has been finalised. Apart from […]
The Haryana Public Service Commission has invited online application from eligible candidates for 256 posts (239 actual vacancies + 17 anticipated vacancies) for Civil Service (junior division) in the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial branch). Closing date of filling online application form and fee submission is February 15, 2021. The category wise break-up of the vacancies […]
Bhupinder Singh Mann has refused to be a part of Supreme Court’s (SC’s) four-member committee formed for resolving the deadlock between farmers and the central government over the three farm bills. On January 12, SC had formed this panel to break the deadlock over the farm laws. Members included agricultural economists PK Joshi and Ashok […]
Maghi Mela is organised each year on Makar Sankranti to honour the memory of the forty Sikh warriors killed during the Battle of Muktsar in 1705. Maghi Mela is held in January or in the month of Magh according to Nanakshahi calendar. Muktsar, originally called Khidrana, was named as Muktsar (“the pool of liberation”) after […]