New Delhi, A Delhi court today fixed February 28 next year for hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam against Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani. Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mittal, who had earlier summoned Irani as an accused asking her to appear today, wasRead More

Bangalore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday was sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs 100 crore after being convicted of corruption by a Special Court in Bangalore. She was to be taken into custody immediately but was instead taken to hospital after she complained ofRead More

Ludhiana, Taking a leap forward for emerging the state a hub of ‘Skilled manpower’ through product and process innovation, the upcoming state-of-the art “Multi Skill Development Center” at Ludhiana would be made functional from Baisakhi (April) 2015. This center is coming up at the vacant premises of ‘Knitwear Facility’, managedRead More

Raikot (Ludhiana),  In recognition to the enormous contribution of Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi towards the Panth and state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced to give ‘Minister rank’ to the widow of the departed leader. Addressing the mammoth gathering here at Gurdwara Tahliana Sahib on theRead More

*Described the assurance for meeting of Mandi Gobindgarh traders demands as victory of congress Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress would continue to resolutely take up the issues concerning various sections of the society and take these struggles to the logical conclusion the way the party had achieved success by taking upRead More

Chandigarh, The Hon’ble Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has appointed MLA (Barnala) and Vice President – Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee S. Kewal Singh Dhillon as the AICC (All India Congress Committee) Observer for Maharashtra, in order to campaign actively and organize election related works in favour of the Indian NationalRead More

* Unique package designed according to need of industry * More incentives for less industrialized areas of state Chandigarh, The package of incentives designed by Punjab Government are set to give a fillip to industrial growth in the state making Punjab most industrialized state of the country. Stating this hereRead More

* Punjab eying on 140 Mt Paddy : Kairon Chandigarh Food and Civil Supplies Minister Mr. Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon directed all the heads of the state procurements agencies and especially the General Manager FCI Punjab region to personally supervise the Paddy procurement operations across the state beginning from OctoberRead More

Chandigarh, The annual general body meeting of the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) (Executive Branch) Officers Association today unanimously elected Harjit Singh Kandhola as the union president. The association also gave him the mandate to choose his team. The meeting was attended by around 100 PCS officers from Punjab and Chandigarh. TheRead More

Chandigarh, Union Minister of State for Sports Sarbananda Sonowal today announced to set up multi-purpose sports centres in Punjab’s border districts of Ferozepur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur. Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal asked the Union Minister, who called on the former here, to generously help the state in combating theRead More