Chandigarh, Hailing what he termed as the strongest ever indictment of the Parkash Singh Badal government by the alliance partner, the BJP while finally publicly rejecting the demand for a special package for this crisis ridden state, the Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa described it as theRead More

Chandigarh , Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today greeted the people of Punjab on the auspicious occasion of Parkash Utsav of Maharishi Valmik ji and exhorted them to follow his teachings and ideology to carve out an ideal society regardless of caste, colour and creed. In a message,Read More

Chandigarh, Senior Parliamentarian and the senior most Presiding Officer of India, Dr. Charnjit Singh Atwal, Hon’ble Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly has left to attend the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Annual Conference in Cameroon . During the conference, Dr. Atwal will take part in the deliberations on the different subjects i.e.Read More

Chandigarh,  The E.T.T. teachers, numbering 11811, who were serving in 5752 schools under Zila Parishads previously under Rural Development and Panchayat Department, have been absorbed in the education department and they will be joining their duties on 7th October, 2014. Disclosing this, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister, Punjab, saidRead More

Toronto, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government shares the labour movement’s goal of creating good jobs, while cautioning the two sides may have some differences of opinion about how to get there. Wynne told the crowd at a Toronto jobs summit organized by mega-union Unifor that organized labour has improvedRead More

Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally made his long-awaited pitch Friday for sending Canadian fighter jets — but not ground combat troops — overseas to go to war in the latest global fight against extremists in the Middle East. But both the Opposition New Democrats and the Liberals balked, citing theRead More

Toronto, Mayoral candidate Olivia Chow has released a full platform that she says will help build a “stronger” and “more caring” city. The 49-page platform includes 58 promises, many of which Chow has previously discussed during the course of the campaign. Some of the highlights include a commitment to createRead More

Ottawa, Canada is sending a second mobile laboratory and the team to run it to West Africa in an effort to battle the Ebola outbreak, Health Minister Rona Ambrose announced Saturday. Job 1 for the new team will be to help Medecins Sans Frontieres — Doctors Without Borders — figure outRead More

Nuit Blanche, an annual all-night contemporary art festival, along with other upcoming events will make life a little more difficult for downtown motorists this weekend. Here is a look at some weekend road closures: NUIT BLANCHE: To create safer pedestrian access to the hundreds of installations featured at the all-nightRead More

London, Prime Minister David Cameron has asked his spy chiefs to find Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’ so that he could dispatch special forces to kill or capture the masked man who beheaded the latest British hostage. The Prime Minister has stepped up the hunt for British aid worker AlanRead More