Haryana Government has relaxed cutoff marks by 10 per cent points for wards of Kashmiri migrants seeking admission in technical courses in colleges and institutes affiliated to the State Technical Education Department.
“The department has also made provision for reservation of one supernumerary seat each in all technical courses except B Arch for wards of Kashmiri migrants,” a Haryana Government release said on Saturday.
The State Technical Education Society, functioning under the department, has also extended the date for submitting applications by wards of Kashmiri migrants for admission to BE or BTech, MBA and MCA courses up to June 30. Similarly, the date for admission to BE or BTech courses through lateral entry has been extended up to July 31.
The admission brochure for these courses would be available on websites —www.techeduhry.gov. in, www.hstes.org and www.hstes.in. Further information about the courses could be obtained by calling on toll free number 18004202026, the release added. ernIJ) aIJU#pIJ#ed for ensuring the safe and prompt release of all these Punjabis back to their motherland.
Badal said that he was constantly in touch with the Union External Ministry over this issue and no stone would be left unturned to ensure that these sons of the soil return back to their homes safely. He said that the State Government has also offered to bear the entire expenditure of bringing these Punjabis, stuck up in Iraq, back to their motherland.
On weak monsoon this year, the Chief Minister said that the Government has no control over this. However, Badal said that in order to ensure regular supply of power to the farmers in the ongoing paddy season, he had already directed the PSPCl to ensure 8 hours of minimum regular power supply to them.
Asked about the performance of Narendra Modi led Government at the Centre in the last one month, the Chief Minister said that it was too early to comment on this issue. He said that it takes some time for every Government to restore the things in order adding that one month’s time was too short to judge any Government’s performance.
He reiterated the commitment of the State Government to eradicate the menace of drugs from Punjab, saying the State Government has already declared a war against drugs to make Punjab a drug-free State. likewise, he said that the State Government was also making special efforts for drug < hN'IJIJ'Normal>de-addiction and rehabilitation of the drug addicts in the State for which 22 rehabilitation centres would be soon opened across the State.