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School education dept announces dates, talent search exam on Dec 13

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 […]

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High court Justice Rajiv Sharma retires

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. […]

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Prince Khullar takes charge as senior vice chairman of Punjab Youth Development Board

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 […]

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Justice Saron appointed as chief commissioner of gurdwara elections

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 […]

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Punjab govt to launch post-matric scholarship scheme

Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that a new scholarship scheme will be introduced for Scheduled Caste (SC) students to give them an opportunity to pursue higher learning in various streams, which they were deprived of due to withdrawal of post-matric scholarship scheme by the government. He said the state government […]

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Punjab Health Minister, Haryana deputy CM test Covid-19 positive

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. Balbir Singh Sidhu, who has been isolated at home, said that he was not feeling well since morning and got himself tested for Covid-19. The health authorities said that his close contacts would also be tested […]

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‘Cheapest’ diagnostic facility to start functioning at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Dec 2020

The country’s ‘cheapest’ diagnostic facility will start functioning at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in December and an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) will cost just ₹50, according to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC). A dialysis centre is also being set up at Guru Harkrishan Hospital on the gurdwara premises. It will start functioning next week. […]

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Punjab govt closes all Covid-19 level-1 facilities in state

Due to drop in of Covid-19 occupancy at level-1 facilities, Punjab Government has decided to close all the care centres in the state with immediate effect. According to the orders issued by Health Department, these centres have been told to shift Covid-19 Level-2 patients to government hospitals and volunteers who were recruited on a temporary […]

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14 important Sanjh services through Sewa Kendras: Mohali DC

Fourteen Sanjh Services, related to Department of Home, will be available with immediate effect at all Sewa Kendras of the district, informed Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan on Monday. These services are acknowledgment of complaint, information of action taken on complaint, copy of FIR or DDR, copy of untraced report in road accident cases, copy of […]

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Chd Admn starts help desk to monitor Covid patients in home isolation

Chandigarh Administration started a Help Desk to monitor Covid positive patients who have opted for home isolation and also to address to the queries of the general public. This help desk will be 24*7 operational, where staff and doctors will call all the patients in home isolation and advise them regarding the medicines to be […]