Education
Peshawar college closed for indefinite period, 9 arrested
Peshawar, Dec 2 (IANS) A day after nine people were killed in the Agriculture Training Institute here, the anti-terrorism department arrested nine suspects and closed the institute for an indefinite period.
The case was filed on behalf of the Counter Terrorism Department while the first information report included sections related to murder, terrorism and the possession of explosives, the Express news reported.
A large number of police and other security forces took part in the raids conducted early Saturday in Badhber, Telaband and other areas outside the provincial capital, according to police sources.
At least nine people were killed on Friday when three militants attacked the institute. The dead include six students, a security guard and two civilians.
More than 32 people – among them a police sub-inspector and two soldiers – were also wounded in the assault claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The bodies of the militants still languish in the mortuary. DNA samples from their bodies have been collected for their identification.
–IANS
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.