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Chandigarh, October 7: Punjab Revenue Minister S. Hardeep Singh Mundian today said that the recently launched "Easy Registry" project has emerged as a game-changer in delivering citizen-friendly governance. Designed to make property registration transparent, corruption-free and hassle-free, the initiative ensuring online scrutiny of documents, eliminating the VIP culture of favouritism, empowering citizens with real-time digital updates and even extending doorstep services for drafting and registration of deeds. S. Hardeep Singh Mundian said that "Easy Registry" ushering in a new era of transparency and efficiency in property registration as the project ensures that unsigned copy of the sale deeds undergo online pre-scrutiny by the Sub Registrar within 48 hours, reducing harassment a...

Chandigarh, October 6- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday said that the state government will take up the matter of commemorating martyrdom day of ninth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur ji as Human Rights day with the Government of India. The Chief Minister, while interacting with the Sant Samaj here today, batted for observing martyrdom day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib at national level as Human Rights Day. He categorically said that it will help in promoting the ethos of secularism, communal harmony and brotherhood in the country adding that the ninth guru was an epitome of socialism and secularism as he sacrificed his life for the sake of preserving human rights in the country. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that observation of the martyrdom day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur ...

Chandigarh, October 6: In a humanitarian gesture, the staff and management of multinational giant Larsen and Toubro company has contributed Rs 5 crore to the Chardikala Mission started by the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann for helping the flood victims of the state. Handing over the cheque to the Chief Minister Board of Director DK Sen, CEO Nabha Power Plant Suresh Narang, Branch Manager Chandigarh Jaswant Singh and Administration Head Nabha Power Plant Gaganveer Cheema said that it is the moral duty of the company to help the flood victims of the state. They said that coming forward to help the flood ravaged people, the staff and management of the company has contributed Rs 5 crore to the state government. They said that the company stands in solidarity with the victims o...

Sri Anandpur Sahib, October 5 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a heritage walkway being constructed in the holy city of Sri Anandpur Sahib at a cost of Rs 18 crore. Giving the details, the Chief Minister said that he is fortunate that Waheguru ji has blessed him with the opportunity to be part of this noble service. He said that the sacred city of Sri Anandpur Sahib has created history as this land has not only transformed the history of Punjab and the Sikh community but also gave a major turn to the history of India itself. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that it was on this very historic land that the Tenth Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, on the day of Baisakhi in 1699, established the Khalsa Panth. The Chief Minister said that even today...

Chandigarh, October 5: Under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government is committed to providing equal opportunities in higher education to students from Scheduled Castes. Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that 1,66,958 SC students have applied through the Post-Matric Scholarship scheme on the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Scholarship Portal. She added that the scheme aims to provide financial support to deserving but economically weaker students so that no student faces obstacles in continuing their education due to lack of funds. Providing further details, Dr. Baljit Kaur said that out of the applications received, 20,773 have been verified so far. During the current financial year, ₹14.95 lakh has been disbursed to...