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Chandigarh: Govt colleges' teachers write to UT admn seeking 5-day working week

Chandigarh, June 10 -- Government college teachers have renewed their demand for a five-day working week, with the Chandigarh Government Colleges Teachers' Association (CGCTA) writing to the Chandigar... Read More


Chandigarh: Over 3,000 Panjab University pensioners stare at 10 years 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


Chandigarh: Country's first health education centre stuck in limbo for 2 years

Chandigarh, June 9 -- aashi.shekhar@hindustantimes.com The Chandigarh Health Education Centre (CHEC) at Government Model High School (GMHS), Sector 22-the country's first of its kind, remains non-fun... Read More


Chandigarh's best-kept ecological secret: A museum of 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


Chandigarh: 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


Chandigarh mid-day meal: Centre flags 25% cost-utilisation mismatch, seeks study

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


Centre flags 5% drop in Chandigarh govt schools' enrolment, coverage falls at 8%

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


Panjab University'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


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

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


Census takes its toll on Chandigarh classrooms, 58% teachers pulled out for training

Chandigarh, April 29 -- More than half of Chandigarh's government school teachers have been absent from classrooms since April 18. Reason: Census 2027 training. The city has roughly 37,000 teachers, ... Read More