Due to protests against agricultural bills, Railway administration has cancelled trains going to Punjab till October 14. This includes New Delhi-Haridwar-New Delhi Janshatabdi and other long distance trains. Senior Commercial Officer Hari Mohan said, “After the orders arrived on Sunday, six were cancelled and changes have been made in terms of destination station for 26 […]
To boost English communication skills of students from class 6 to 12 in government schools of Punjab, Education Department has come up with an initiative of forming English Booster Club (EBC). EBC will be launched today ie October 12 in government schools district level. In this, guided videos, listening tapes, sentences and phrases will be […]
Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan reviewed the arrangements oxygen & other facilities and preparedness of the state to contain the Covid-19 on Saturday in view of upcoming festival season. She also took stock of ongoing paddy procurement operations and steps taken to curb stubble burning in the state. Mahajan asked the concerned departments to send […]
Haryana government has banned presenting flower arrangement in government functions due to finance crunch being faced because of the pandemic. In a letter written by Under Secretary, Protocol, Chief Minister Haryana to all heads, it was stated that due to resource crunch being faced by the state exchequer because of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic Government has […]
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 […]