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Chandigarh, January 22: Punjab Government is all set to send a second batch of 72 primary school teachers to Finland for training in March, announced Punjab School Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains, during his visit to the School of Eminence in Phase 11, SAS Nagar (Mohali), on Wednesday. The latter was accompanied by a group of experts from the University of Turku, Finland. The School Education Minister informed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has already been signed with the University of Turku to facilitate the training of the second batch of 72 primary school teachers. The three week training program will consist of one week in Punjab, followed by two weeks in Finland. S. Harjot Singh Bains warmly welcomed the group of experts includes Mr. Ari Kioski, Mr Joel, M...

Chandigarh, January 20 Public Works and Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO has convened a high-level meeting on January 21, 2025, at Chandigarh to review the progress of major infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) in the state, as well as to plan for future infrastructure developments. Revealing this in a press communiqué issued here, the PWD Minister said that all the Chief Engineers and Superintending Engineers have been instructed to attend the meeting. “The agenda will include a detailed discussion on the construction and maintenance of key public infrastructure, such as judicial and administrative buildings, schools, hospitals, medical colleges, road and bridge projects on state roads”, he added. Emphasizing the importance of this revie...

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR/JALANDHAR, January 20:                In order to ensure peaceful celebrations of forthcoming Republic Day-2025 as mandated by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Monday issued directives to heighten security measures, increase police presence and intensify night domination operations across the state.                The DGP accompanied by Special DGP Internal Security RN Dhoke, ADGP Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Nilabh Kishore and ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Promod Ban visited Amritsar and Jalandhar to chair Law and Order Review Meetings with the officers of ...

Barnala (Thikriwala), Jan 19 The work on construction of College of Nursing will begin in village Thikriwala within this year. The Finance Minister Punjab Mr Harpal Singh Cheema said while addressing gathering at the 91st death anniversary of the hero of Prajapat Mandal S Sewa Singh Thikriwal. MLA Mehal Kalan and chairman of the Vidhan Sabha privilege Committee Sh Kulwant Singh Pandori and other people were also present and paid tributes to the great martyr. Speaking about S Sewa Singh Thikriwal, the Finance Minister said having remained on hunger strike for nine months, S Thikriwal attained martyrdom thereby laying down his life for the people. Finance Minister announced that the village's primary school will be upgraded into School.of Happiness and declared Rs 1 cr for the sa...

Moga, January 19- Underlining the crucial role of Women in overall progress and development of the society, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said that empowerment of women is pivotal for empowering the entire society. Addressing the Women Empowerment Summit at ISF College, the Chief Minister  complimented the Indian women in general and Punjabi women in particular for making marvelous contributions towards the empowerment of womanhood in the modern society. He said that in today’s society women are playing a decisive role to foster social and cultural cohesiveness thereby bringing awareness amongst mankind across the world. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that women had tremendous potential to usher in an era of prosperity and development across the globe. The...

Chandigarh, January 18:           The Punjab Government has released ₹30.35 crores for 5,951 beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Castes under the Ashirwad Scheme during the current financial year 2024-25.           Providing more details, Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur, shared that Ashirwad for Scheduled Caste Scheme the amount had been sanctioned to address the pending applications of beneficiaries for 2023-24 and 2024-25 received through the Ashirwad Portal. Beneficiaries from the districts of Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Mansa, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Patiala, Rupnagar, SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar, Sangrur a...

Chandigarh, January 17: Punjab’s Minister for Industry, Commerce, and Investment Promotion, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, conducted a review meeting on Friday evening with senior officials from various departments linked to Invest Punjab. The meeting, held at Udyog Bhawan, lasted nearly three hours. During the session, Minister Sond issued strict instructions to the concerned departments to expedite the overhaul of focal points. He emphasized that the goal of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s government is to enhance industrial investment in Punjab. He stated that unless high-level facilities and amenities are provided to traders and industrialists in industrial areas and focal points, achieving targets would not be possible. The minister stressed that all focal points in Punjab must be ...

Chandigarh January 17, 2025 -  The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Manjit Singh, Junior Engineer (J.E), and Harjeet Singh, Lineman, both posted at Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) office Bhogpur in Jalandhar district red handed while accepting second instalment of bribe of Rs. 5000. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above mentioned accused have been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Sumeet Wadhwa, a resident of Sudarshan Park, Maksudan in Jalandhar. He further informed that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that both the accused have been demanding a bribe of Rs 10000 for installing new electricity meter and replacing old meter at h...

Chandigarh January 16 - The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested a private security guard Narinder Kumar, deployed in the Civil Hospital Jalandhar, and resident of village Chak Sadhu Wala in Hoshiarpur district for demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 in the name of a PCMS doctor. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the above mentioned accused based on a complaint lodged by Lokesh, a resident of Mallanwala Khas, district Ferozpur on the Chief Minister's Anti Corruption Action Line. He further informed that the complainant had informed in his complaint that he had approached an orthopaedics specialist in the office of civil surgeon Jalandhar to issue disabi...

Chandigarh, January 15: In a path-breaking move to empower the state’s young women, Punjab Government has trained as many as 265 girls for Army, CAPF and Punjab Police for the first time through Centre for Training and Employment of Punjab Youth (C-PYTE) camps across the state, informed Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr. Aman Arora, who was chairing 5th Governing Council meeting of the C-PYTE, here at his office, on Wednesday. Highlighting another major decision, he said that the state would soon open a C-PYTE camp exclusively for girls aspiring to join the armed forces at village Theh Kanjla in Kapurthala district and the camp will be run entirely by the women staff. An additional C-PYTE camp will also be established in Pathankot district to en...