In a major relief to bus operators in Punjab, chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered 100% tax waiver on Motor Vehicle Tax till December 31 for all stage carriage, mini and school buses, while deferring payment of arrears of taxes, without interest and penalty to March 31, 2021. The tax waiver move […]
After a huge gap due to Covid lockdown, boating will start from Sunday (November 1) on Sukhna Lake. According to the new unlock guidelines, the Chandigarh administration has approved conditional boating at Sukhna Lake. However, it has not been decided whether to open the play area. On March 18, the Chandigarh administration stopped boating at […]
Gurpreet Singh Wadhwa, 19, an alumnus of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, had secured All India Rank (AIR) 23 in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced). He scored a brilliant 310 out of 398 marks in the examination that was held on September 27. With eyes set on becoming a computer engineer, he now wants to pursue Computer […]
Single-use plastic and polythene bags will be banned in Ambala from November 1, said the Secretary of Municipal Corporation, Ambala City. “Awareness is being created among people and announcements are also being made. Polythene and single-use plastic are lethal,” he said. “Single-use plastic and polythene are being banned from November 1. Shopkeepers are being requested […]
Panjab University (PU) is going to open hostels for research scholars from November 1. Research scholars will be required to undergo a Covid test before coming to the varsity. Based on their report, they will be given place in hostels. Covid test done seven days ago will be valid. Guidelines for research scholars, employees and […]
In Haryana, schools will open from November 2 for students from Class 9 to 12. Students can come to the schools if they have the written approval of their parents and there no pressure will be put on them to attend the school. Digital learning will be encouraged and if the students want online classes […]
UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Wednesday launched the ‘Wildlife Rescue App’, an application for monitoring rescue, reporting and release of wild animals through online system in Punjab Raj Bhawan. The app works on all Android supporting smart phones. He said that the app will inform about the rescue of animals that enter human territories, […]
Electricity will be in private hands by the end of the year, bid documents will be released next month. All preparations have been made to complete the privatisation process of the Chandigarh electricity department. The UT administration will issue the bid document by November end. UT Administrator’s advisor Manoj Parida had held a meeting with […]
Haryana government has made significant changes in the process of getting a new family identity card. Now only one member of the family will need to go to the Common Service Centre and get the identity card made. The whole family does not need to go now. The member visiting the Common Service Centre should […]
The central government has approved setting up two oxygen plants in Chandigarh. One plant would be set up at the Civil Hospital, Sector 48, being run by the GMCH, and other will be built on the premises of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32. Administrator VP Singh Badnore thanked Prime Minister (PM) Narendra […]