UT to build pedestrian underpasses to ease traffic Chandigarh: With rising traffic volumes making it increasingly difficult for pedestrians to cross some of Chandigarh’s busiest roads, the UT Administration has drawn up plans to build a network of pedestrian underpasses at key intersections across the city. The engineering department has initiated the process to appoint…
Chandigarh: Even as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) rolls out a structured Computational Thinking (CT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum for students from Classes III to VIII, the Union ministry of education has declined to fund Chandigarh’s proposed Rs 95-lakh AI initiative for 111 govt schools under the Samagra Shiksha scheme.The move has…
Rs 3.4cr Lot Set To Ease Parking Woes Of Lawyers And Litigants Chandigarh: Hundreds of litigants and lawyers visiting the Punjab and Haryana high court can now avail a newly developed surface parking facility, with the Chandigarh administration completing a long-awaited project aimed at easing chronic parking congestion in the court complex.Built on about 6.23…
Chandigarh’s attempts to convert leasehold properties to freehold Chandigarh: The Union ministry of education has declined Chandigarh’s proposal to increase financial support for special educators and cluster resource centre (CRC) coordinators under the Samagra Shiksha scheme for 2026-27. The ministry has retained assistance at existing norms and asked the UT administration to meet the additional…
Despite being incorporated into the Master Plan more than a decade ago, the development of these pockets has remained largely on paper Chandigarh: High-rise residential development in Chandigarh’s peripheral villages has emerged as a cornerstone of the UT administration’s proposed amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan-2031 (CMP-2031), with officials projecting it as the key mechanism…
Chandigarh: If all goes well, the Sector 26 grain market will have a much saner monsoon in the times to come. The UT administration has initiated work on upgrade of the storm water drainage system in the Sector 26 grain market. The work, for which tenders have been floated, will be done at a cost…
Chandigarh’s Rock Garden parking set to get a breather Chandigarh: In a move to ease parking congestion around the Rock Garden, the Punjab and Haryana high court has issued time-bound directions to the Chandigarh administration to develop a dedicated parking facility in the vacant land near the site within 90 days.Acting on the May 27…
Because inter-cadre deputation requests must pass through multiple administrative channels before receiving final clearance from the ACC, no official decision has been communicated to Chandigarh Administration yet Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration’s appointment of a new IAS officer from the Punjab cadre remains delayed as the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has yet to select…
Chandigarh: The UT administration is set to overhaul its single-window system, with chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad constituting a high-level committee to improve its implementation. The move follows a recent visit by senior UT officials to Tamil Nadu to study the state’s governance initiatives.In an order issued last week, the chief secretary said the committee…
Sector 16 cricket stadium Deepak.Yadav@timesofindia.comChandigarh: The UT sports department has written to the SSP (Law and Order) and SSP (Traffic and Security), asking for their views on the feasibility of organising IPL or international cricket matches in the Sector 16 cricket stadium. The move assumes significance in view of the fact that the lone cricket…
