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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The two-day Progressive Punjab Investors Summit-2019 culminated on a positive note on Friday with the state government promising to take steps to boost the industrial sector. Taking note of the key takeaways from the summit, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday decided to set up a Rs 100-crore startup fund, besides constituting a working […]
The government has proposed to declare Chanshal, Janjheli, south and north portals of the 8.82-km Rohtang tunnel till Tandi, Pong Dam and Old Hindustan-Tibet road as special areas, opening these for the promotion of tourism. The government has also proposed to extend the boundaries of five towns, bringing them under the TCP Act. Three townships […]
Haryana Special buses for women would be started on a pilot basis in five Haryana districts, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here on Friday. These buses would be started under the scheme “Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana” in Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Karnal and Kurukshetra. Khattar was reviewing the progress of “Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana”, […]