R Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, was today moved out of the Human Resource Development Ministry and posted as Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment. Amit Khare, Secretary, Information and Broadcasting, will be the new Higher Education Secretary. Subrahmanyam’s transfer comes in the backdrop of the ongoing strike of the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) against […]
The Muslim majority town of Malerkotla in Punjab’s Sangrur district Friday observed complete bandh in protest against the new citizenship law. Punjab Minister and local MLA Razia Sultana, members of the Aam Aadmi Party as well as Shiromani Akali Dal came out in support of the protests by different organizations. Incidentally, the Akali Dal had […]
According to PWD reports, the snowfall brought traffic to a standstill on 299 roads -129 roads in Shimla zone, 42 in Mandi zone, 118 in Dalhousie circle, including eight national highways. The snowfall snapped transmission lines at several places in the higher reaches of Chopal, Jubbal-Kotkhai, Rohru, Rampur and Theog. Several villagers had remained powerless […]
Punjab Congress leader and Amritsar East MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu has not asked for his salary and allowances since he resigned as cabinet minister in the Punjab government in July. However, officials in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha said that Sidhu can draw his salary as MLA and all his previous salary and arrears will be […]
Haryana Six policemen, including a sub-inspector, were suspended in Haryana’s Karnal over a complaint of misbehaviour with cow vigilantes. Karnal SP Surinder Bhoria on Thursday said the cow vigilantes had alleged that the six policemen, including three constables, had misbehaved with them. The policemen too had accused the vigilantes of creating obstructions in discharge of […]
Shimla Four national highways (NH) and 110 main and lateral roads connecting villages and towns in four districts of Himachal Pradesh were cut off due to snowfall on Friday. More than 200 vehicles were stranded after intermittent snowfall in Shimla, Kinnaur, Chamba and Sirmaur districts threw life out of gear. NH-305 connecting Sainj to Luhri […]
Shimla Picturesque tourist spot Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday experienced season’s first snow. Nearby spots of Shimla too were wrapped in a blanket of snow cover, bringing cheer to tourists. Some of the tourist spots in the upper Shimla district were cut off after snow piled on roads, officials said. The ‘Queen of Hills’, […]
Dr Anupma Gupta, one of the six victims injured in a vehicle pile-up near Bandala village on the Amritsar-Bathinda highway on Tuesday, is battling for her life at a local private hospital. Doctors had to amputate her legs to save her life.Dr Anupma, head of the Anatomy Department at Dashmesh Dental College, Faridkot, and her […]
CHANDIGARH: To improve quality of education, the Haryana government has decided to open one Sanskriti model school in each block of the state in 2020. At present, 22 such schools are operational in the state, one in each district. This was confirmed by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday while presiding over the meeting […]
The faces of six Class 4 students of a private school in Haryana, including two girls, were allegedly blackened and they were paraded in the school premises for scoring poorly in a test, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Friday and one of the girls, a 9-year-old Dalit, informed her parents about […]