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New Delhi, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is being implemented across the country, particularly, in States having historical deficit of rural roads (Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Utttrakhand ) as never before.  The pace of construction of PMGSY roads reached a 7 year high …

New Delhi, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education was held on 5th July, 2017 at Beijing, China. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resource Development, India. Delegation of all the five BRICS countries participated in the two-day deliberations. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash …

New Delhi, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Prime Minister of Israel Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu replicas of 2 sets of relics from Kerala that are regarded as key artifacts in the long Jewish history in India. They comprise two different sets of copper plates that are believed to have been inscribed in 9-10th century C.E. …

Mumbai, July 5 (Punjab Post Bureau) –  Martial Art expert and world famous Grand Master Chitah Yajnesh Shetty has donated Umbrellas, Toothpaste, Tooth brush and eatables to needy children of Sr. Rachel Sneha Sagar Ashram.The beneficiaries glowed with joy and happiness.  

Amritsar, July 5 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Pahuldeep Kaur & Gopika Ahuja of PG Department of English, BBK DAV College for Women bagged top positions in B.A. Hons. English Semester-VI in the University exams held in May 2017. Principal Dr. Pushpinder Walia felicitated the budding achievers and encouraged them to maintain top positions in future as well. She also applauded …

Amritsar, July 5 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Guru Nanak Dev University launched the new portal on the University Website for paperless system from Admission to Result for affiliated colleges of the University here today in the Vice-Chancellor Office of the University.             Sh. S.K. Sandhu IAS, Vice-Chancellor of the University inaugurated this student friendly portal in the presence Prof. Subodh …

Amritsar, July 5 (Punjab Post Bureau) – National Yuvrani Athletics Meet (Open Championship) was held at R.R..College, Alwar, Rajasthan recently. The prestigious championship was organised by Yuvrani Athletics Samiti, Alwar. Nitin Chauhan of Std-VII of DAV Public School, Lawrence Road, Amritsar, represented Punjab State in this championship and secured second position in 200mt. event in U-16 category for boys  and …

New Delhi, July 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) – By a notification published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary today (the 4th of July, 2017), the Election Commission has fixed the following schedule for the Vice-Presidential Elections, 2017:- (a)                July 18, 2017, as the last date for making nominations; (b)               July 19, 2017, as the date for the security of nominations; (c)                July 21, 2017, …

New Delhi, July 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will lead a month-long drive to plant saplings to mark Van Mahotsav here starting on July 5.   The plantation drive will be organised at Ram Lila Park, C. C Colony, Model Town tomorrow and in District Park, Paschim Vihar on July …

New Delhi, July 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Some questions are raised about GST rates fixed for specific devices for physically challenged persons. This matter is explained here in below.             Assistive devices and rehabilitation aids for physically challenged persons, listed below, have been kept at the concessional 5% GST rate:             1)                 Braille writers and braille writing instruments; 2)                 Handwriting equipment …