Haryana extends service security cover to four more categories of contractual employees | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: The Haryana govt has extended the coverage of the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024 to four additional categories of employees, allowing eligible staff to apply for service security benefits through the online registration portal by July 31.Chief secretary Anurag Rastogi said the fresh registration drive covers computer faculty and computer lab…

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Govt at war with its own children, says Singla | Chandigarh News

Bathinda: Punjab Congress functionary and ex-MP Vijay Inder Singla has launched a sharp attack on the Union govt over the nationwide NEET paper-leak crisis and the police action against protesting students and opposition leaders. Participating in Chhatron Ki Goonj programme at Bathinda on Wednesday, Singla reaffirmed the Congress party’s commitment to keep on standing firmly…

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Barnala gunfight ends in gangster’s arrest | Chandigarh News

Bathinda: A Barnala highway gunfight on Tuesday led to the capture of two men, including a repeat offender linked to the gang of Canada-based Arsh Dalla.Primary suspect Arshdeep Singh, apprehended alongside associate Gursharan Singh, faces charges in 16 criminal cases across Punjab, including murder, attempted murder, weapons offences, and drug trafficking.Barnala’s senior superintendent of police,…

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Teachers’ organisations meet to oppose mandatory TET | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: The Democratic Teachers’ Front, Punjab, along with representatives of teachers’ organisations from different states, held a meeting in New Delhi to formulate a national strategy and chalk out the future course of action on issues faced by lakhs of in-service teachers following the implementation of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET).The participants said the issues…

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US scholarship winner who championed Sikh studies in New Jersey dies in accidental firing | Chandigarh News

Bathinda: A scholarship winner and a key figure behind a US state’s decision to incorporate Sikhism into its social studies curriculum, 20-year-old Gurikpreet Singh died when his father’s licensed firearm allegedly misfired at the time he was cleaning it at his native village in Barnala on Tuesday.Gurikpreet, a resident of Ganda Singh Wala village in…

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Farmers call off Delhi march after assurance of talks with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Chandigarh News

Farmers gather on a highway after police sealed a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana to prevent them from proceeding towards Delhi, at Shambhu border in Patiala district on Tuesday BATHINDA/PATIALA: Haryana Police showed up in force to intercept hundreds of farmers on Tuesday to prevent them from gathering at New Delhi’s Kisan Ghat.Organised under…

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