Punjab State Electricity Board ( PSEB ) Result

September 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A high-level delegation from Australia's Victoria state met Punjab ministers here Tuesday and assured them of the safety of Indian students, many of whom have faced violent attacks in Down Under in recent months. Punjab is an important place for us as more than 50 percent of Indian students studying in Australia are from this state.

September 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Punjab government has exempted Adarsh (model) schools, coming up under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the state, from various taxes. "This decision was taken at a meeting headed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal," a government spokesperson said here Thursday.

September 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The director of newly opened Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Punjab's Ropar town - which is facing various problems at its new campus - Thursday sought Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's assistance, officials said. The IIT at Ropar town, some 50 km from here, is at present running from the local polytechnic college, as its main campus building is under construction.

August 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In a bid to improve the student-teacher ratio and to fill the vacant posts in Punjab schools, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered officials to immediately start a recruitment drive and employ 10,810 teachers. Punjab government will employ 10,810 new teachers in secondary schools in the state within the next three months.

June 28th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Adding another feather to its cap, Punjab has emerged a leading state in the country in providing best infrastructure and facilities to primary and upper primary schools. Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur Sunday said Punjab has surpassed Delhi, which has now shifted to second position as far as the infrastructure index is concerned.

June 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Educationists and parents in Chandigarh and Punjab welcomed the suggestion of Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday to scrap the Class 10 board examination. D.S. Bedi, director of Shivalik group of schools which has institutions in Chandigarh as well as various towns in Punjab, told IANS: "If this proposal materialises, it would be a blessing for both children and their parents.

June 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A small village in Orissa, like many in the country has been without electricity. A boy with a desire to study didn't let that come in his way and excelled in his exams with the result that chief minister Naveen Patnaik proclaimed 'let there be light' in the boy's village.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Wednesday launched telephonic counselling to help students overcome anxiety and stress after the board results. As a part of the board's outreach programme this year, the CBSE started telephonic counselling, interactive voice response system (IVRS) and online counselling through its website.

May 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Hit by polio when just two, Varinder Kumar Sharma did not let his disability come in the way of his determination to reach for the skies. And on Monday, Sharma made his family and friends proud by coming fourth in the prestigious civil services examination.

April 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission Saturday disapproved a proposal of the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance government in Punjab to accept a report of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission. The state government had moved a proposal seeking the poll panel's approval to let the pay commission submit its report.

March 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Teachers of government and non-government colleges in Punjab and the union territory of Chandigarh went on a 72-hour strike Tuesday demanding higher pay. The 72-hour 'Education Bandh' was called by the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (PFUCTO) in support of their demand for implementation of the new notifications of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on pay scales for faculty.

March 2nd, 2009 MOHALI - School students in Punjab can now access their textbooks online as the state education board will introduce e-books at least for some classes from the next academic session. 'We are going to launch digital textbooks from the next session.

February 10th, 2009 MOHALI - Failure is not an option any more for students of class 10 of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) -- as unlike earlier they will not be promoted to the next class if they fail to secure the minimum required marks in three of the six subjects, officials said Wednesday. The PSEB has decided to end the relaxation given to class 10 students under which they are promoted to class 11 despite failing in one subject except Punjabi.

January 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Academic activity was completely paralysed in colleges and universities across Punjab and Chandigarh Wednesday following a mass casual leave protest by teachers in the region. The Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (PFUCTO) served a 10-day ultimatum to the Punjab government to notify the revised pay-scales for college and university teachers.

January 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 10,000 teachers of various government and private colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh observed a strike for two hours Thursday to press for their pay hike demand. The teachers are demanding the Punjab government to implement the new by the University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scale approved by the government Dec 31 last year.