Chandigarh, The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set August 30, 2015, as the deadline for the Punjab Government to finalise town planning schemes. It has also given eight months’ time to Patiala Municipal Corporation to finalise schemes for the city. The High Court also directed the corporation not permitRead More

* Releases book ‘Trees In Urban Habitat’ Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today exhorted the people to play a pro-active role in planting trees across the region thereby making it a mass movement for eco-friendly and pollution free environment. These views were expressed by Mr. Badal whileRead More

Chandigarh, Adding yet another feather to its cap, the Punjab State today bagged the coveted ‘Most Progressive State for Tourism’ award. Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Mr Shripad Yesso Naik conferred the award to Mr. Sohan Singh Thandal Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Punjab, in an impressive ceremonyRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today issued strict instructions to all the Heads of the Departments, Commissioners of Divisions, all the Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police to furnish any reports/information sought by Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission on priority basis in the time-bound manner. Disclosing this here today anRead More

Chandigarh,  S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and S. Charanjit Singh Channi, Congress MLAs, called upon the Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, to express their concern over the unbecoming behaviour of Smt. Pooja Sayal Grewal, PCS, Fatehgarh Sahib, towards Shri Kuljit Singh Nagra, MLA. They also told the Speaker that the officer hasRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Governor Mr. Shivraj V Patil today administered the oath of office and allegiance to Constitution to the newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner Mr. Sarwan Singh Channy in a brief but impressive ceremony at Punjab Raj Bhavan here. Mr. Channy held various important key positions in the PunjabRead More

Chandigarh,  In order to streamline the day to day functioning of the state government by formulating the people-oriented policies and implementing them in an effective manner besides advising the state government on important issues of public interest, the Punjab government has constituted 18 State Advisory Committees comprising of the MLARead More

Chandigarh , The Punjab Government today ordered transfers and postings of One IAS and Two PCS in the state with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today an official spokesman of the Punjab government said that Sh. Gurdev Singh Ghuman IAS Joint Development Commissioner and Secretary Rural Development and Panchayats would alsoRead More

Chandigarh, Vigilance Bureau today nabbed a patwari in a graft case with the bribe money of Rs. 10,000. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Punjab government said that patwari Bhura Singh, posted at revenue circle Karoda, district Bathinda and his private assistant Kuldeep Singh were nabbed onRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government has decided to ensure investigation of cases involving NRIs time bound manner and issued instructions to fast track the disposal of NRI complaints. Jathedar Tota Singh NRI Affairs Minister Punjab announced this while presiding over a meeting with representatives of the NRI community here at KisanRead More