3k PU pensioners awaiting 10 yrs of unpaid arrears, warn of legal action

Chandigarh, June 10 -- Over 3,000 pensioners of Panjab University (PU) are yet to receive arrears of the revised pay scales that kicked in from January 1, 2016. This wait has stretched for years, even... Read More

Country's 1st health education centre stuck in limbo for 2 yrs

Chandigarh, June 9 -- The Chandigarh Health Education Centre (CHEC) at Government Model High School (GMHS), Sector 22-the country's first of its kind, remains non-functional, two years after it was gr... Read More

City's best-kept ecological secret: A museum of genetically cloned trees of Sikh heritage

Chandigarh, June 5 -- In a city better known for its sectors and roundabouts, a patch of land in Daria village on the city's south-eastern fringe, holds genetically true clones of trees that once shel... Read More

Centre flags 25% cost-utilisation mismatch, calls for study by UT

Chandigarh, June 1 -- Flagging a mismatch between the utilisation of food grains and material costs, the project approval board under the PM Poshan Scheme has directed the UT administration to commiss... Read More

UT portal sans basic encryption as college admission begins

Chandigarh, June 1 -- UT's centralised e-admission portal, used by thousands of students and parents to apply for college seats across the region, has allegedly been running on an unencrypted HTTP con... Read More

Dhols, dance, sweets mark AAP's election victory

Mohali, May 30 -- On the counting day for the Mohali municipal corporation elections, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) yellow flags were out in full force outside counting centres. Workers were singing victory... Read More

Centre flags 5% drop in UT govt schools' enrolment

Chandigarh, May 29 -- : The Union ministry of education's programme approval board (PAB) has flagged a significant decline in both school enrolment and mid-day meal coverage under the PM POSHAN scheme... Read More

PU's vehicle-free day comes a cropper

Chandigarh, May 28 -- Panjab University (PU) launched its vehicle-free Wednesday initiative this week, promoting students and faculty to walk or cycle to work to set an example. The roads, however, to... Read More

First-timers vote against drugs, crumbling infra

Mohali, May 27 -- On election day across Mohali, first-time voters turned out with sharply defined grievances-including drugs, crumbling infrastructure, poor lighting, and a yawning jobs gap-that shap... Read More

PU a 'V-C nursery', gave 20 varsities heads in 5 years

Chandigarh, May 24 -- Amid its own ongoing search for a vice-chancellor (V-C), Panjab University (PU) has added another name to its long list of faculty members who have gone on to lead universities a... Read More

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