Boha (Mansa), The 4-MW solar power plant of Madhav Solar Private Limited, Vadodra, commissioned here today beat its March deadline by five months. The plant is the first in the chain of 34 such projects announced by Non-Conventional Energy Minister Bikram Majithia in June 2013. It forms part of theRead More

Chandigarh, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Punjab Rice Exporters Association (PREA) to adopt clusters of 8-10 villages for production of quality seed of basmati varieties like 1501, 421. He also asked them to initiate efforts for the revival of traditional basmati variety 386, which is known forRead More

Ludhiana, Four city-based doctors have been booked for fraud and criminal conspiracy following the complaint of Punjab Medical Council (PMC) Registrar Dr Gurdeep Singh. The action was taken nearly a week after Dr Gurdeep Singh, on behalf of the PMC, lodged a complaint with the police, seeking Dr Meenu and DrRead More

Jalandhar, The Punjab Congress has come down heavily on Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal for “misguiding” people on claims of getting monetary aid from the NDA Government. In a statement issued today, PPCC spokesman and AICC national media panelist Jaiveer Shergill alleged Sukhbir had misled the electorate but was exposedRead More

Fazilka,The Jalalabad police rounded up several unemployed ETT teachers, who were protesting in town bazaars in Jalalabad. Hundreds of teachers from different parts of the state had planned to block the Fazilka-Ferozepur national highway near Shaheed Udham Singh Chowk, Jalalabad. But the police dispersed the teachers. The teachers alleged theRead More

Chandigarh, With state Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa claiming full backing of the party high command, his camp is upbeat ahead of the one-day visit of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to the city tomorrow. The Capt Amarinder Singh camp is also gearing up to rally around him after a confirmationRead More

* Ludhiana-based cycle parts exporter in trouble Chandigarh, A Ludhiana-based cycle parts exporter is in trouble with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detecting Rs 15 crore ‘hawala’ transactions and an export duty drawback scam. About 40-50 export houses and firms in Punjab, particularly those in Ludhiana and Jalandhar, are under the EDRead More

Toronto, It also took aim at his change of heart on making the downtown relief line a top transit priority and criticized Tory for comments he made as the head of Civic Action. “Mr. Tory loved to talk about the need for honesty and how transit can’t be built forRead More

Vancouver :- It’s believed to be a record for heroin overdoses at Vancouver’s safe injection site. Toxic heroin caused 31 overdoses in two days. Gavin Wilson, a spokesman for Vancouver Coastal Health, says 15 people overdosed at Insite on Monday, and another 16 overdosed on Sunday. He says 13 people overdosed atRead More

Toronto, The Public Health Agency of Canada gave health officials in Spain and Norway a ZMapp-like drug to treat two health-care workers infected with Ebola, the agency confirmed Tuesday. The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg sent Spain and Norway one treatment course each of ZMab, a monoclonal antibody cocktail developedRead More