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…
File photo of Chandigarh’s Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16 Chandigarh: A fire broke out inside the main blood bank of Sector 16’s govt hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, narrowly missing critical blood stocks after old electrical wiring sparked an air-conditioning unit.On-duty staff at the Govt Multi-Specialty Hospital detected smoke inside the unit and…
School buses parked in Chandigarh Chandigarh: Private schools face strict legal prosecution and potential closures unless they fix dangerous student transport zones and illegal campus modifications during the summer holidays.Chandigarh deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav issued the ultimatum to school executives following a safety audit that revealed widespread compliance failures across local private campuses.Under the…
Chandigarh’s Kaushalya river choked with city’s garbage Chandigarh: The country’s top environmental court has told the city administration to fix its garbage and sewage processing gaps to halt the contamination of local waterways.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed deep concern that critical deficiencies remain unaddressed despite repeated warnings, demanding a time-bound roadmap to bring…
Chandigarh: The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) is drafting an infrastructure and faculty recruitment proposal for the Union health ministry to launch its first undergraduate medical college on the 50-acre Sarangpur campus.The satellite centre will host an annual intake of 100 MBBS students, easing the fierce competition for medical seats in…
