While Central Service Rules have been adopted by the UT in 2022 for its colleges and Punjab Engineering College (PEC), the retirement age for teachers here has been raised to 65 years. The service conditions of teachers in PU are determined by the PU calendar as per which retirement age is currently 60
Tewari had clinched the Chandigarh Parliamentary seat by a narrow margin of 2,504 votes; while he had polled 2.16 lakh votes, Tandon had got 2.14 lakh votes
Taking a dig at the Congress while addressing the state executive meeting of the Chandigarh BJP at party’s office, Sitharaman said the Congress could not win even 100 seats in the third consecutive Lok Sabha elections, facing its third worst defeat
Both these political heavyweights stayed within the limit of ₹75 lakh, as per the poll expenditure updated on the Chandigarh election department’s website
As per party insiders, seven leaders – most of them ticket aspirants themselves -- have been identified against whom action is to be sought. Tandon, a poll debutant and a former president of the saffron party’s city unit, had replaced two-time Member of Parliament Kirron Kher as the BJP candidate from the city after she opted out of the election. The party had also seen a dip in vote share – from 50.64% in the 2019 general elections to 47.7% now.