Chandigarh : About 40 youths, who were awaiting appointment as constable in the Punjab Police, are a relieved lot after the government has accepted Punjabi exam cleared at the senior secondary level, and not at the secondary level, as a qualification for recruitment. The police said the youths were given selection letters last week. They […]
Chandigarh : Taking a cue from neighbouring Haryana, the Punjab Government is mulling to fix various criteria, including fixing a minimum education qualification, for candidates contesting Panchayat polls. “We are thinking to have minimum education qualification for those contesting Panchayat polls, besides fixing other criteria,” Punjab’s Rural Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said here […]
Chandigarh : High drama prevailed on Panjab University campus on Tuesday as students protesting against fee hike, who were holed up inside a gurdwara after a clash, surrendered before police.Thirty-eight students who clashed with police earlier during a protest, were taken into police custody. Earlier, the bandh on the university turned violent as several students […]
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the alleged extortion of money from two farmers by five police officials, including a former SSP, in Sangrur.The Chief Minister has also ordered all five cops to be transferred to the Police Lines pending inquiry. He has further ordered removal of […]
Chandigarh : Akali MP and party general secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra today slammed the BJP-led NDA government for denouncing the motion adopted by the Ontario Assembly to declare the killings of Sikhs in November 1984 as genocide. He said the Narendra Modi government had reopened the wounds of the Sikhs by this provocative stand. He […]