Chandigarh: Political sparring between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress over education has intensified in Punjab, with Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa questioning the AAP national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, for his claims that major improvements in the state’s education sector were the result of the AAP govt’s efforts.Sharing a post on the social media…
Teachers’ unions are staging demonstrations at the Mohali-Chandigarh border and outside the Vidya Bhavan in Mohali to press pending departmental and financial demands. The protests are primarily led by groups such as the Government Teachers’ Union and the Computer Teachers Union. Mohali: Thousands of teachers from across Punjab marched towards the chief minister’s residence in…
Mohali: Four men have been arrested in Delhi with 15 mobile phones allegedly stolen during an IPL match at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, last week.The arrests follow complaints by spectators who reported theft of their phones during the May 27 match amid heavy crowding. A case was registered on May 28…
Mohali: In a major boost for Punjab, two cadets from Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for Girls, Mohali, have secured top ranks in national-level defence entrance merit lists.Mehakpreet Kaur, daughter of a farmer from Ropar district, has secured All India Rank (AIR) 1 in the Air Force Academy (AFA) merit list, while fellow…
Candidates seeking consideration under athletic or sports quotas must submit physical accreditation certificates to the campus sports office prior to the July deadlines Chandigarh: Panjab University will launch its online enrollment drive this week, opening portals for thousands of hopeful applicants eyeing undergraduate and vocational qualifications for the upcoming academic year.Prospective undergraduate students can submit…
Amritsar: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) functionary and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia remained untraceable on Tuesday, a day after Punjab Police conducted multiple raids to arrest him in connection with an FIR registered over the alleged ruckus at Majitha police station on May 31.His counsel, Bhagwant Singh Sialka, said they were planning to move…
Pics: JP Nadda presiding over the second convocation of AIIMS, BathindaBathinda: India’s healthcare approach has evolved from a curative model to a comprehensive framework encompassing preventive, promotive, rehabilitative, palliative and geriatric care, said Union minister for health and family welfare J P Nadda on Tuesday. Addressing the second convocation of All India Institute of Medical…
Move prompted by complaints from motorists Panchkula: Acting on complaints from motorists, Panchkula police will withdraw all special police officers (SPOs) and home guards from the traffic wing, commissioner Pankaj Nain announced Tuesday.The decision follows a review of enforcement practices and conduct of personnel after feedback from commuters travelling through the city from neighbouring states….
Chandigarh’s Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 Chandigarh: A 24-year-old junior resident was on Tuesday found dead next to some syringes inside a hospital’s trauma-centre bathroom in a suspected suicide that has devastated colleagues and sent police looking for his source of distress.Dr Yogesh Banga, a first-year postgraduate student in internal medicine at the…
AI image, representational Chandigarh: A minor traffic argument in Sector 20 escalated into a late-night shooting on Monday after a man fired a makeshift pistol to free his captured friend from an angry crowd.While no one was injured, police arrested Sector-30 delivery man Jai Kishan on the scene as a suspect and began a hunt…
