Centre appoints Tuhin Kanta Pandey as Finance Secretary
The Union government has appointed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tuhin Kanta Pandey as Finance Secretary.
The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution opposing the Union government’s move to change the status of Punjab University into a Central University.
The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution opposing the Union government’s move to change the status of Punjab University into a Central University.
“Panjab University is our heritage and it is a matter of identity for us, Punjabis. Along with Panjab University, Punjab has full rights on Punjabi speaking areas and waters,” higher education minister Meet Hayer said while speaking on the resolution.
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He said an attempt was being made by some vested interests to push the matter for a change in the status of Panjab University into a Central University on one pretext or the other. Be it river waters-sharing, Punjabi-speaking areas of Chandigarh being made the state’s capital, Punjab has been a victim of infringement of state rights, he said.
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