- Act independently, HC asks Panjab University
In a major embarrassment for Panjab University, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked it to act independently after the university said the final decision on hostel accommodation for transgenders would be taken only after receiving guidelines from the UT Administration.
- ?Human skeletons from Ajnala are of Gangetic plain martyrs?
A study by Dr JS Sehrawat, Forensic Anthropologist and a faculty member from the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, revealed that a large number of human skeletons excavated from an old well in Ajnala town of Punjab represent residents of the Gangetic plain region.
- Khelo India Games: PU sportspersons continue to shine
Panjab University sportspersons continue to excel in the ongoing Khelo India University Games at Bangalore.
- Act against those spreading filth to malign Panchkula MC image: Haryana Speaker
Putting the blame for deteriorating cleanliness and a common sight of heaps of garbage across the city on “mischievous elements”, Haryana Speaker and local MLA ordered the police to take action against those deliberately “trying to malign the MC’s image.”
- Seven PEC students bag Rs 64.5 lakh salary package
Punjab Engineering College witnessed an increase in placement offers for its students. PEC students received 602 offers from different companies for the 2021-22 session till date, a rise of 35 per cent.
- Chitkara University ranked 4th in country
Chitkara University has been ranked 4th in India in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022 and is among the top 5 in almost every individual United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Chandigarh Administration orders fire safety audit in health facilities
The UT Administration has ordered fire safety audit in all health facilities. The exercise needs to be completed in the next 15 days.
- Chandigarh: 3 - day PharmaTech expo begins
Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Secretary, Haryana, inaugurated the three-day PharmaTech Expo & LabTech Expo at the Parade Ground, Sector 17, here.
- Chandigarh MC mulls entry tax for commercial vehicles
To generate revenue, the Municipal Corporation (MC) is considering introducing an entry tax for commercial vehicles.
- Chandigarh: MACT gives over Rs 18 - lakh relief to accident victim?s kin
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Chandigarh, has directed an insurance company, a driver and an owner of a car to pay Rs 18,45,120 compensation to the wife, child and the mother of a person, Baljinder Singh, who died in a road accident three years ago.
- Only 4.4% adults in Chandigarh get booster shot
Only 4.4 per cent of the eligible population above 18 years of age in Chandigarh has taken the booster shot till now, while the daily cases have started showing an uptick in the past few days. Eminent virologists have expressed concern that there will be hardly any protective immunity against Omicro
- Chandigarh civic body to initiate legal action against violators for dumping garbage
Anindita Mitra, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation (MC), today visited Sector 45 and Burail to take stock of issues related to basic amenities being provided by the MC and to check violations in the area.
- Lapses galore, but Chintpurni college allowed admissions
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given permission to Chintpurni Medical College, Pathankot, to admit MBBS students — a decision that has raised eyebrows because its team had found gross shortcomings in the college infrastructure.
- Siswan land cleared of encroachments
Three days after the state government announced to remove encroachments, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, today launched a drive and freed 29 acres of panchayat land worth crores from encroachers at Abhipur village in Majri block near New Chandigarh.
- Jalandhar Improvement Trust ex - chairman among 2 booked
Acting on the directions of the Principal Secretary, Local Government, the department has got an FIR lodged against former Chairman Daljit Singh and senior assistant Ajay Malhotra of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT) over 120 missing files.