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Hry to open Sanskriti model school in every block

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 […]

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Haryana: Faces of 6 students blackened over poor performance in school test

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 […]

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Opposition not anxious about investment: Himachal Pradesh CM

DHARAMSHALA: For the second consecutive day of the winter session, Congress created ruckus inside the state assembly on Tuesday, making an otherwise calm and composed chief minister Jai Ram Thakur attack the opposition aggressively. If the opposition was not happy with the clubbing of adjournment notice under Rule 67 into discussion under Rule 130, the […]

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Punjab notifies rule to appoint retired bureaucrat as PCA head

CHANDIGARH: Circumventing directions of the Supreme Court to appoint retired judge of the high court as chairperson of the state Police Complaints Authority (PCA), the Punjab government has finally notified the Punjab Police (Appointment of Chairperson and Members of Complaint Authorities) Rules, 2019, which will allow the state to instead appoint a retired officer of […]

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Punjab government staffers to continue strike today

Punjab Employees of a few departments of the state government on Monday observed a pen-down strike in protest against unpaid salaries for the month of November. The employees of technical education and industrial training, irrigation, industry and education departments also held a protest rally here over the issue.Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal had earlier said […]

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Teacher Blackens Faces of 6 Students in Haryana for Poor Performance in Test

Haryana A teacher of a private school in Haryana’s Hisar allegedly painted the face of six students, including two girls, black and paraded them inside the school for getting low marks in English language test. The incident took place on Friday and one of the girls, a 9-year-old Dalit, informed her parents about it. Her […]

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Himachal CM welcomes passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill in LS

Shimla Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday welcomed the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha. “Rising above the differences, the Modi government takes all sections along with it. The latest example of this is the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019. Devbhoomi Himachal congratulates the Centre and all the honourable […]

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CBI to file charges in HP scholarship scam

The CBI investigating the Rs 250-crore scholarship scam in Himachal Pradesh’s Education Department is all set to file a chargesheet against 16 persons, including six officers of the department on key posts during 2012-17, by December-end. Owners of 10 private institutions too will be prosecuted. Approval for the same has been given by the state […]

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Punjab power tariff hike likely this month

PATIALA: Another hike in power charges is on the cards in Punjab as the state electricity regulatory commission is all set to give a verdict on a petition filed by the state discom to seek a revision in tariffs. The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), in its petition before the Punjab State Electricity Regulartory […]

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Centre ”Minted False Claims To Hide Corruption” In Fire Tragedy: Delhi

New Delhi: The AAP-led Delhi government on Sunday said that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) through its recent statement “minted false claims” about the Delhi fire tragedy to hide the “corruption and inefficiency of the municipal corporation”. “A shocking and false statement has been released by the MoHUA on the Anaj Mandi […]