Sikh shrine Hemkund Sahib Gurdwara situated in Uttrakhand’s Chamoli district reopened for pilgrims on Friday at 10am following all the necessary precautions for Covid-19. The number of pilgrims has been restricted to 200 per day. The gurdwara usually reopens in May each year, but was delayed this year due to the ongoing pandemic. In a […]
Due to the spike in Covid-19 cases and to ensure social distancing in Sewa Kendra, Punjab Government has changed the timings with effect from September 3. Now, the employees in Sewa Kendra in urban areas will work in two shifts with 50% staff. The morning shift will operate from 8am to 1.30pm and the second […]
Exams for final-year students of all universities and colleges in Haryana will be conducted by the end of September and the results will be declared before October 31, 2020. The decision was taken in a meeting organised by Haryana State Higher Education Council through video conferencing which was attended by the vice chancellors and controllers […]
For the first time, a female Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Srinagar sector. Charu Sinha, IPS officer of the 1996-batch Telangana cadre, will now be heading one of the terrorist-affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir. This is not the first time […]
Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) founder and former MP Ajay Singh Chautala was chosen as the party president on Monday. The decision was taken at the national executive meeting of the party held in Panchkula. Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, who is Ajay Chautala’s son, extended his wishes in a tweet: “Founder of party and […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday flagged off Corona Testing Mobile Clinic and Ambulance, which has been donated by Vikramjit Sahney, chairman of Sun Foundation & International. Explaining the salient features of the mobile clinic, Sahney said that it has contact-less thermal testing with nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab tests. “The fully air […]
Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar, 66, who was admitted to a private hospital in Gurugram for the treatment of Covid-19, is stable, hospital authorities said on Thursday. A press statement said, “CM Haryana continues to remain stable and active. His vitals are being maintained. He is kept under strict observation and monitoring in […]
The Punjab Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh, approved the ‘Sri Guru Teg Bahadur State University of Law Bill – 2020’ for presentation in the forthcoming session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The law university in the border district of Tarn Taran will be established to commemorate the 400th birth anniversary […]
Punjab industries and commerce minister Sunder Sham Arora and two legislators from Patiala district tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Arora announced on Twitter, “I have tested positive for Covid-19 and have quarantined myself at my Chandigarh residence. I request all those persons who came in contact with me during the last few days to […]
Former chief minister (CM) Parkash Singh Badal’s residence at village Badal has been declared as a Macro Containment Zone after 19 people including security staff, cooks and some of them reported positive corona. However, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, his wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal, daughter Gurleen Kaur and son Anantveer Singh have tested […]