Amritsar

HRD minister lays stone for IIM campus in Amritsar

11:20 pm October 7, 2019

Amritsar: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal here on Monday laid the foundation stone for the campus of the Indian Institute of Management in Amritsar’s Manawalla. The IIM campus would come up on 60,000 sq metres and have state-of-the-art facilities in the library, academic block and hostels, said Pokhriyal. He said for the first stage of […]

DGCA issues rules for alcohol testing of airside workers

7:58 pm September 16, 2019

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday issued rules for breath analyser test which will be conducted at all airports by year end for airside workers, including those handling aircraft maintenance, air traffic control (ATC) and ground handling services. According to the rules issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), if any personnel […]

Rakhis made by schoolchildren to be sent to soldiers

8:17 pm August 8, 2019

Ludhiana: Rakhis and greeting cards made by schoolchildren will be sent to the security personnel deployed at the border and remote areas by the Punjab Income Tax Department. The department’s Additional Commissioner Manav Bansal said under the programme, ‘Ek Rishta School Se Sarhad Tak’, rakhis would be sent to soldiers for protecting the country. These […]

Bloom Wins Best Concept Hotel

8:24 pm July 30, 2019

NEW DELHI: The Bloom Hotel Group, one of India’s leading hotel operators, has won ‘Best Conceptualised Hotel’ at Today’s Traveller Awards 2019 at a ceremony in New Delhi. The award was presented by Hon’ble Minister of Culture and Tourism (MoS), Shri Prahlad Singh Patel. With cutting-edge hotel concepts and a proprietary cloud-based tech platform, Bloom’s […]

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

Heavy rains likely in Punjab, Haryana on Wednesday

8:36 pm July 29, 2019

Chandigarh: Dry weather persisted in Haryana and Punjab on Monday, with maximum temperatures in both the states hovering close to normal limits. Chandigarh recorded a high of 35.3 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. In Haryana, Ambala registered a high of 36.3 degrees Celsius while Hisar recorded a maximum of 34 degrees Celsius. Karnal’s maximum […]