Punjab Dept to waive off MC fees of AIIMS
Chandigarh: Punjab Local Government Department on Thursday decided to waive off the fees and other charges of the upcoming All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bathinda accruing towards Bathinda Municipal Corporation. Similarly, the approval has also been accorded to the project of giving six acres land falling under Balachaur Municipal Council at market rates for construction of judicial courts complex, said Sidhu.
Dec 30 declared as holiday for workers
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday declared December 30, 2018, (Sunday) as holiday for workers of factories situated in Punjab to exercise their franchise in Gram Panchayat Elections. Spokesperson said that the holiday was declared to enable every workmen working in the factories to exercise their franchise in panchayat elections, and the holiday would be in lieu of their normal weekly holiday.
Colourful start of PU’s Yuvostav-2018
Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, during his inaugural address at the 34th north zone Inter University Youth Festival — Yuvostav-2018 — at Panjab University on Thursday, said that youth has the power to change anything and can be instrumental in making country free from corruption, unemployment, poverty and drug-free.
Punjab VB nabs PSPCL JE taking bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau on Thursday arrested PSPCL Junior Engineer (JE) for taking Rs 7,000 bribe. Spokesperson said that JE Kulwinder Singh, posted at PSPCL sub-division Lahuka in Tarn Taran district, was arrested on the complaint of Pritpal Singh of Kairon village in the district, who had alleged that the JE was demanding Rs 7,000 to replace his non-working domestic electricity meter.
First driverless solar-powered bus
Jalandhar: Over 300 students from Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering departments of Lovely Professional University (LPU) have designed and built driverless solar-powered bus, slated to enter commercial service later this year. The first prototype will be used to welcome and ferry the Prime Minister to the venue of Indian Science Congress, to be held at LPU campus on Jan 3, 2019.