CHANDIGARH, JUNE 27 Keeping his commitment of doing his best to get noted literary personalities the due recognition, the Cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu has made a strong case for conferring the nation’s second highest civilian honour ‘Padma Vibhushan’ on eminent Punjabi litterateur Mr. JaswantRead More

Chandigarh, June 27: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday gave in-principle approval to continuing with progressive bidding for grant of mining contracts, while directing the Mining Department to explore the possibility of setting up a Mining Corporation, as suggested by Local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. The ChiefRead More

Chandigarh, June 27: Acting on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Revenue Department on Tuesday suspended the controversial Tehsildar of Khamano, Harphool Singh, in the light of his purported video in which he had claimed to be party to corruption. The Department has also ordered aRead More

Chandigarh, June 27 “The state of Punjab would put forward a demand before the Union Government to establish small hydro project of 65 Megawatt (MW) on the bhakhra main line. ” These views were expressed here today by the New and Renewable energy sources Minister, Punjab, Mr. Gurpreet Singh KangarRead More

Chandigarh, June 27: In a bid to eradicate drug abuse and illicit trafficking, Punjab government has made a three-pronged strategy based on enforcement, de-addiction and prevention (EDP) for comprehensive action against use of drugs which is being implemented meticulously at the ground level by the Special Task Force (STF) inRead More

Chandigarh, June 23: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday assured a delegation of Jodhpur detenues, who met him here, of all efforts by his government to persuade the Centre to withdraw its appeal against the court order granting compensation to them. The Chief Minister gave a sympathetic andRead More

Chandigarh/June 23: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today condemned the Congress government for its failure in preventing the menace of illegal mining and maintaining law and order in the state, even as it warned that if state government fails to implement the mining policy in letter and spirit in nextRead More

Chandigarh, June 23 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the Congress government’s ill-planned decision to delay paddy transplantation in the State had compressed the sowing season and resulted in a steep increase in labour charges for which farmers should be duly compensated. In a statement here, former ministerRead More

Chandigarh, June 23 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)today asked the Congress government to explain why it was dispensing kangaroo justice by giving clean chits to its near and dear ones like that given to mining mafia accused and party legislator Hardev Laadi even as the common man was sufferingRead More

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has hiked the electricity duty by 2% for all categories of consumers in rural areas of the state, making power 25 paise more expensive per unit. The rate has been enhanced from 13% to 15% with effect from April 1 this year. The 2% hike willRead More