Punjab to recruit 14,000 teachers in 2 months: Cheema
Punjab education minister Daljeet Singh Cheema on Tuesday said the state would recruit 14,000 teachers in two months.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Sas Nagar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2016 12:20 PM IST
Punjab education minister Daljeet Singh Cheema on Tuesday said the state would recruit 14,000 teachers in two months.
“Punjab is now among the leading states in education and the government in its endeavour to provide quality education has already recruited 70,000 teachers,” Cheema said at a Republic Day function at Government College, Phase 6, here. He said under the Mai Bhago scheme, free bicycles worth ` 114 crore had been distributed to more than 4 lakh girls studying in Class 9 to 12.
Cheema said SAS Nagar is being developed as an information technology (IT) hub and they are working on the Medicity project to provide quality healthcare services.
“We should be prepared to defeat any kind of internal or external threats,” Cheema said while paying homage to the defence personnel and cops who fought against the terrorist attack in Pathankot and Dinanagar. He announced ` 5 lakh prize to students who presented the cultural programme.
Anandpur Sahib MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and Canadian MP Gurbant Singh were also present on the occasion.
Chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) NK Sharma unfurled the national flag at Dera Bassi.
HC registers PIL on vaccination of judges, lawyers and court staff
By Richa Banka
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:45 PM IST
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Wednesday registered a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to examine the issue of Covid vaccination for members of the judiciary, employees, court staff and advocates
Teachers spreading false propaganda, says JNU V-C Jagadesh Kumar
By PTI & HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:43 PM IST
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice chancellor (V-C) M Jagadesh Kumar on Wednesday alleged that a section of teachers were spreading misinformation to serve their “false propaganda”, days after JNU teachers association (JNUTA) alleged that the V-C had weakened the university’s unique character through “arbitrary” decisions
Riots, Tablighi Jamaat issues resonated in Chauhan Banger result, says winner Cong candidate
By Abhishek Dey
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:42 PM IST
New Delhi:Of the municipal five wards where bypolls were held on Sunday, Chauhan Banger– a Muslim-dominated ward in north-east Delhi where communal riots erupted in February last year, recorded the biggest victory margin
Delhi traffic police test new diversion plan for Ashram flyover extension
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:41 PM IST
New Delhi
Delhi traffic police on Wednesday began trials on a diversion plan that will see vehicles on the Ring Road and Delhi-Noida-Direct Flyway being redirected as the Ashram flyover is extended
MCD bypolls: BJP’s loss outcome of poor performance in civic bodies
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:40 PM IST
New Delhi: Drawing a blank in the bypoll to five municipal wards and losing one of its strongholds has come as a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP0 ahead of the 2022 civic polls in Delhi with political analysts pointing out that the results reflect the party’s poor governance of the three municipal bodies
Winter was more polluted this year, but saw fewer smog days: CSE analysis
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:40 PM IST
New Delhi
The seasonal average pollution levels in Delhi this winter was higher than previous years, but the severity and smog episodes this year was lower, an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has shown
Bypoll results indication of things to come outcome of 2022 civic polls: Kejriwal
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:40 PM IST
New Delhi: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the results of the bypoll to five municipal wards has given a positive indication ahead of the 2022 municipal polls in the Capital, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has failed to govern the municipal corporations in Delhi (MCDs)
Industrialists term Haryana’s job reservation move regressive, may challenge law in court
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:40 PM IST
Gurugram
Information technology, auto and export companies based in Gurugram said on Wednesday that the Haryana government’s decision to reserve 75% jobs for local job-seekers who have a state domicile will signal that the city and the state were no more business-friendly destinations
DU, College of Art faculty oppose merger with Ambedkar University Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:39 PM IST
New Delhi: Delhi University officials and members of the faculty at the College of Art on Wednesday said the Delhi government’s decision to merge the institution with the state-run Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) was “illegal and arbitrary” even as the AAP government asserted that the college needed reforms and that it was authorised to decide the college’s affiliation
PMC open to Rs900 crore loan to ensure cancer hospital built before civic polls
By Abhay Khairnar
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 09:27 PM IST
PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation is planning to ensure it builds and hosts a cancer hospital, much like the cancer treatment centre the Tata Trust runs in Mumbai
1,696 new Covid-19 cases in Pune district on Wednesday
By HTC
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 09:17 PM IST
PUNE Pune district, on Wednesday, reported 1,696 new Covid-19 cases, as per the state health department
PMC waits on govt clearance for proposed list of 13 non-empanelled pvt hospitals as vaccination centres
By Steffy Thevar
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:56 PM IST
UNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed a list of 13 non-empanelled private hospitals, each with a capacity of at least 200 beds, to carry out Covid vaccination, if the central government permits the same
Army Public School, Dighi, denies offline exams for Class 11 students held on campus
By Namrata Devikar
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:45 PM IST
PUNE Yasmin Kaur Bains, principal of Army Public School (APS), Dighi, has denied that an offline examination that was conducted on the school premises Wednesday
Crowding at hospitals raises risk of infection for vaccine beneficiaries
By Steffy Thevar
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:16 PM IST
PUNE For the past two days, eligible beneficiaries under phase two of the Covid vaccination drive have recalled horrors of having to wait for hours to get the jab
PCB to attach properties of tax defaulters from March 5
By Nadeem Inamdar
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 07:38 PM IST
PUNE The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has released a list of names of property tax defaulters asking for arrears to be paid at the earliest, failing which, the board will not hesitate to attach the properties