We've had enough of povertarian politics
There is a clear-cut choice this time. Narendra Modi wants to go fast-forward to build the nation and its economy. Rahul Gandhi wants continuity, of the failed but remarkably serviceable Socialist narrative Even as political parties take to the rally circuits demonising their opposition, we need to be proud of this ...
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Haryana Govt issues posting orders of 16 IAS officers
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Haryana Government on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders of 16 IAS officers. SC Choudhry, Additional Chief Secretary, Transport and Civil Aviation Department, has been posted in the same capacity in Home, Jails, Criminal Investigation and Administration of Justice Department against a vacant post, an official...
Chandigarh-born named Skype vice president
Chandigarh-born software engineer Gurdeep Singh Pall has been named as the corporate vice president of Skype, a popular and free international voiceover and messaging service, by Microsoft Corporation, its developer. Pall, 46, studied in Chandigarh’s St John’s school before completing his engineering degree in computer science from the Birla Institute of...
Renowned Indian scientists to attend 79th IASc meet
Panjab University, in collaboration with CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh and IISER-Mohali would host 79th Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Sciences from November 8 to 10. IASc is considered the leading academy amongst the three premier academies of science, promoting the progress and upholding the cause of science in pure and applied...
Inbrief
Speaker exhorts mlas to spread vivekananda’s word Chandigarh: To perpetuate the rich legacy of country’s spiritual ambassador Swami Vivekananda, Punjab Assembly Speaker Dr Charnjeet Singh Atwal on Wednesday exhorted all MlAs to propagate his teachings and philosophy across the State especially amongst the youth. Presiding over a function to mark 150th...
Punjab okays imposing property tax with two bills
Owning properties in Punjab will be all the more taxing, though there’s some respite for the defaulters. Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday gave its stamp of approval to the two bills, among the total six bills passed, on imposing property tax on all properties in the State. However, the State Government...
Punjab favours professionalism
It seems the Punjab Government is confused whether to bring in professionalism or to do away with it. Two bills passed by the State Assembly, related to two different departments indicating contradictory stand of the ruling alliance. While the State Government favoured bringing in professionalism in the functioning of the State...
Ruling opposition enters blame game, but nobody to block it
Even as the treasury and the Opposition benches were indulged in blame-game over the issue of imposing the property tax, no one agreed to act upon the suggestion given by two of the MlAs during discussion on the property tax. BJP MlA Manoranjan Kalia and SAD MlA Parkash Chand Garg had...
