Chandigarh: Around 3,000 students from nearly 25 States and Union Territories will participate in the 55th National School Games to be hosted by the City Beautiful from Thursday.

For the first time in the Games, dodgeball has been included as a discipline. Participants of fencing will compete at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 7 while participants of dodge ba...

Chandigarh: Recognising the efforts made in the field of education and providing placement opportunities to the students of northern region, All India Managements Association and Chandigarh Management Association has awarded Chairman Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Satnam Singh Sandhu with a special achievement award.

Chandigarh: The Punjab government will recruit 10,810 teachers in secondary schools in the state within three months. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered starting of the recruitment process immediately. Besides, all posts lying vacant because of delay in promotion will also be filled within three months.

The Chief Minister also ordered that the posts of Headmaster/Principal i...

Chandigarh: The Ministry of Human Resources Development gave in-principle approval to the Punjab government for setting up the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in the state.

An assurance to this effect was given by Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at a meeting held in his office in New Delhi on Wednesday. The ...

Sunam: Paying rich tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal today announced grants worth Rs 2.10 crore for the institutions named after the martyr in this town, while Punjab Local Government Minister Manoranjan Kalia announced setting up of a fire brigade here.

These announcements were made by both ministers while addressing a state-level functi...

Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) has decided to provide all its students insurance cover of Rs. 200,000 from the next academic session. A separate insurance cover of Rs.100,000 for the students' parents will also be available.
The insurance cover will include both hospitalisation charges and accident risks to students and their parents. Students have to pay a premium ...

Report by IED Correspondent; Ropar: Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today laid the Foundation Stone of the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, in Punjab. On this occasion Shri Singh said that IITs are our national pride and owe their existence to the scientific temper and disposition of our First Prime Minis...