Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday launched Mission Shat Pratishat (Mission 100%) for the year 2020-21 to empower schools to achieve 100% results despite the Covid crisis. He also virtually inaugurated 1,467 smart schools in the state and distributed 2,625 tablets to students in 372 primary government schools. Pointing to the challenges […]
Punjab Engineering College (PEC) will conduct the end-term examinations of first semester of the 2020-21 academic session from November 22. The exams will be conducted on campus and are optional for students. The students will be called in a staggered manner and 300 students will be able to attend the exam in one shift. If […]
Now, women will have 50% share in the panchayat elections in Haryana. A new chapter was written in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Friday as a proposal to amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act was brought to the Assembly, which was passed by the members. Seats will be reserved for women and men on the […]
Panjab University (PU) has started planning to open the campus after getting orders from University Grants Commission (UGC) to open the varsity. For this purpose, a committee is deciding the manner to open the campus where all Covid guidelines can be followed. PU is expected to open in December. Till now, preparations were on to […]
Finally, rail services to Punjab are set to resume and so is the power production in two private thermal plants at Rajpura and Banawali in Mansa. The protesting farmers will be lifting their dharnas from the railway tracks linking the main railway lines to the private thermal plants. However, they will not stop their agitation […]
Amritsar 7 Nov 2020: Ludhiana based global textiles giant Trident Group has opened their 6th exclusive brand store in Amritsar. The first exclusive brand store is located at Lawrence Road, a major commercial artery of holy city of Amritsar. Trident products are known for their superior quality, exquisite designs and use of natural fibres. Equipped with the […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday upheld the appointment of Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta. The court allowed the petitions of the state government and the director general of police (DGP), Dinkar Gupta, challenging the central administrative tribunal (CAT) order that set aside his appointment as the Punjab Police chief. A 1987-batch Indian Police Service […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has merged Secondary Switching Area (SSA) Ropar, Patiala, Derabassi and Zirakpur to Chandigarh SSA. Chandigarh SSA general manager MC Singh said that this system came into effect from November 1. The new business office of this has been built in the BSNL telephone exchange office in Sector 34. Now, the […]
Punjab Government has decided to re-open universities and colleges in the areas outside the containment zones from November 16. Disclosing this on Thursday, an official spokesperson said that all higher education, medical education, research and technical education institutions including all universities and colleges in areas outside containment zones in the state would be allowed to re-open […]
As the researchers have arrived at Panjab University (PU), e-rickshaws may start operating on the campus. Many researchers raised the demand to operate e-rickshaws as they face difficulties in reaching their departments. PU will form a committee in this regard and guidelines will also be prepared. According to sources, only two people will be able […]