Cracking whip on fertilizer selling outlets, SAS Nagar Agriculture Department has suspended licenses of four dealers after alleged irregularities in distribution of urea in the district, said Deputy Commissioner (DC) Girish Dayalan. Under the Centre’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) on fertilizers scheme, sale of fertilizers was mandated with the use of biometric identification of farmer […]
Supreme Court Friday refused to either cancel the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020 or stay the counselling process. The apex court asked the five candidates, who were seeking quashing of the exam alleging technical glitches, to give their grievances within two days to the redressal committee. “We cannot stop the counselling”, the bench told […]
Haryana government has waived of tax of private schools buses and maxi cabs from April to July, when the buses were not running during the pandemic. Chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal gave directions to the Transport Department in this regard, when the private school operators had met the CM. Tax has been collected from schools […]
The Punjab School Education Department has decided to bring subject of physical education and sports under the purview of Punjab Achievement Survey (PAS) and issued a date sheet in this regard. Disclosing this today, a spokesperson said that the department has included physical education and sports in the PAS like other subjects. According to the […]
Department of Education, Government of Punjab, has proposed the following guidelines for opening of schools from October 15 onwards. Students of only classes 9 to 12 will be allowed initially, with not more than 20 students per section. The final decision on these guidelines will be taken by Punjab government before October 15. The guidelines […]
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was the founder of the first Sikh Kingdom who paved way for a rule based on people’s welfare. These views were expressed by MLA Khanna Gurkirat Singh Kotli, who was the chief guest on the occasion of releasing a book chronicling the life and philosophy of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. The […]
The Punjab school education department announced the dates for the State Level Talent Search Examination (Stage-1), which will be held on December 13, 2020. According to a spokesperson of the school education department, the director state council for education research and training (SCERT) has prepared a detailed blueprint for the Talent Search examination to be […]
Justice Rajiv Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court retired on Wednesday. He was third senior most judge at the court. He was born in Shimla and completed his studies at Himachal Pradesh University. He enrolled as advocate in the year 1982 and was elevated as judge in Himachal Pradesh high court in 2007. […]
Prince Khullar took the charge of senior vice chairman of Punjab Youth Development Board (PYDB) on Wednesday at Municipal Bhawan, Sector-35. Punjab Sports & Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi expressed hope that he will take full responsibility of his new assignment and serve the youth of the state diligently. Prince Khullar is also […]
Central government has appointed Justice (retd) SS Saron as the new chief commissioner, gurdwara elections. His appointment has been approved by the appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The appointment letter says the tenure will be two years from the date of assuming charge, extendable by one year. The […]