Pakistan government announced that Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib Corridor was reopened on Friday after the Covid-19 situation improved in the country. India on Saturday said it will take a decision on the recommencement of travelling through the 4.7-kilometre-long passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, in accordance with the Covid-19 protocol. “We […]
Congress workers staged a protest in Chandigarh on Friday against the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police for bullying Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. The demonstration started from Sector 34 ground under the leadership of State president Pradeep Chhabra, but was stopped by police barricade at the light point of 34/33. The protesters were dispersed using water […]
Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has requested Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court, to start physical hearing in 50% courts simultaneously with virtual hearing by October 12. Bar Council said if this doesn’t happen, it will have no other option except to resort to peaceful agitation. Bar Council issued the statement, “Under unlock-5 […]
The Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) will be conducted on November 21 and November 22, 2020. The information bulletin and other information related to the test will be available soon on the official website: bseh.org.in. Secretary of Haryana Vidyalaya Education Board, Bhiwani, had suggested the examination dates for HTET 2020 to the Director of Secondary […]
To augment the supply and distribution of oxygen amid the Covid pandemic, the Punjab government has set up state and district-level task forces to ensure that there is no shortfall, and is set to float tenders for installing generation plants and storage tanks in all three government medical college and hospitals, with generation facilities at […]
Amid declining Covid cases and deaths, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered lifting of Sunday lockdown and night curfew in Punjab, while directing the director general of police (DGP) to strictly enforce wearing of masks and other safety norms. The CM announced relaxations such as increasing the limit for marriage functions […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) began three separate kisan marches on Thursday from Sikhism’s three Takhts (seats of temporal authority) in Punjab to Chandigarh to hand over a memorandum, addressed to the President, to Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore. The SAD is appealing to President Ram Nath Kovind to convene a special session of Parliament to […]
Haryana government appointed Vijai Vardhan as the new Chief Secretary of Haryana on Wednesday, read an order that issued transfers and posting orders of six IAS officers with immediate effect. Vardhan is a post-graduate in history from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University. In 1985 he joined the Indian Administrative Service and was allocated the Haryana […]
Haryana government has increased the limit of 25 quintals per acre of paddy procurement to 30 quintals. Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar has also directed the officials to ensure that if a farmer brings 10% additional paddy to the mandi than the prescribed quota, it should be purchased. This came hours after the […]
Mamu Ram Gonder, former INLD MLA from Nilokheri, reportedly died of Covid infection at a private hospital in Panchkula on Tuesday evening. He was 70. Rajiv Gondar, son of the former MLA, told that his body will be taken to his native village Gondar, where he will be cremated at 10am on Wednesday. He had […]