Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Panjab University has revised its internship guidelines for undergraduate programmes, allowing students greater flexibility in completing mandatory credits.According to an official notification issued by the university, the decision was taken after concerns were raised during a Faculty of Arts meeting on February 24 that restricting internships to the fifth semester could lead to administrative…

Chandigarh: A spell of rain brought much-needed respite from the searing heat on Tuesday, dragging the city’s maximum temperature down by a sharp seven degrees after several days of hovering around the 40°C mark.The maximum temperature dropped from 40.2°C on Monday to 33.8°C on Tuesday. While Monday’s reading was three degrees above normal, Tuesday’s was…

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will stage state-wide protests on April 30 against the “extended power cuts being imposed on Punjabis by the Aam Aadmi Party govt in both rural and urban areas”, senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said here on Tuesday.“Party activists will hold daylong protests across the state on April 30…

Patiala: An IED blast killed a suspected bomber and damaged a section of the dedicated freight corridor railway track near Bathonia village between Rajpura and Shambhu in Patiala district late Monday night.Police said the man was planting the device when it detonated prematurely around 10pm. SSP Varun Sharma called it a low-intensity explosion. He identified…

Shimla: A state banquet was hosted in honour of President Droupadi Murmu at Himachal Pradesh Lok Bhavan on Tuesday evening, with several top dignitaries in attendance.The President arrived at Lok Bhavan around 7 pm and was received by governor Kavinder Gupta, lady governor Bindu Gupta, and chief justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia.The Governor and the lady…

Shimla: The proposed visit of President Droupadi Murmu to the Atal Tunnel on April 29 was cancelled due to inclement weather, officials said on Tuesday.An official communication to this effect was sent to the state govt by Group Captain Arpit Kala, Deputy Military Secretary to the President, on Tuesday evening.The President is currently on a…

Shimla: The Shimla district magistrate, Anupam Kashyap, has ordered a magisterial inquiry into a 26-year-old woman’s death due to celebratory firing during a religious function at Kulgaon village in Shimla’s Rohru subdivision on Sunday night.Additional district magistrate (law and order) Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the inquiry officer. He has been directed to conduct…

Chandigarh: The Haryana govt prepares to permit “stilt-plus-four” floor constructions across most of the state, following a clarification from court that a recent ban applies exclusively to Gurugram.The move revived hopes for property developers and homeowners after the Punjab and Haryana high court narrowed the scope of its earlier stay. On April 27, a bench…

Kurukshetra: The Haryana State Commission for Women has taken serious note of recent suicides at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, with chairperson Renu Bhatia confirming that the panel has received ‘confidential inputs’ from students and initiated a review of the campus environment and safety conditions. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Kurukshetra, Bhatia said the…

Chandigarh: To streamline administrative processes and reduce delays, the Punjab govt has approved the use of the i-HRMS and e-File system for handling probation clearances, Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) cases and leave-related approvals for govt doctors.The decision follows long-standing demand from govt doctors seeking time-bound and batch-wise clearance of probation and MACP cases through…