New Delhi, The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea against an extradition order by Catholic priest Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, who was accused of molesting a child in the US in 2004. Justice Pratibha Rani rejected the plea, saying it was “premature” as the Centre has not taken any decisionRead More

Ho Chi Minh City, India and Vietnam have agreed to work for securing the sea lanes in their international waters to safeguard maritime security in the face of threats posed by terrorists and transnational crimes. Both the countries discussed at length these issues during the delegation level talks headed byRead More

Guwahati, The Centre aims to complete 34 various ongoing projects of Indian Railways in the northeast over the next 5-6 years that will entail an additional investment of around Rs 35,000 crore. “My focus is to complete the ongoing projects and not to announce any new one. We have 34Read More

Kolkata, After 15 long years, the BJP now has a representative in the West Bengal assembly. Party candidate Shamik Bhattacharya Tuesday won from Basirhat (South) in the bypolls, while the state’s ruling party Trinamool retained the Chowringhee seat. Bhattacharya defeated Trinamool candidate and former Indian soccer captain Dipendu Biswas inRead More

Chandigarh, Australia today recognized the increasing importance of Punjab in Indo-Australian bilateral relations as India-Australia Strategic Alliance (I.A.S.A.) today designated Punjab Industry Minister Mr. Madan Mohan Mittal as Ambassador to promote better Trade, Industrial, Cultural ties between Punjab and Australia. Dr. Jagvinder Singh Virk, Chairman, India-Australia Strategic Alliance (I.A.S.A.) todayRead More

* Issued directions to identify land for housing projects in urban and rural areas Chandigarh,  Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, today gave his in principal approval to construct 1 lakh houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) at affordable prices by October 2016. Besides, he also issued directionsRead More

Chandigarh, Expressing his serious concern over the reported attempt by Fatehgarh Sahib SDM to humiliate Congress legislature Kuljeet Singh Nagra by leveling false allegations against him, CLP Leader Sunil Jakhar said such attempts will not be tolerated. He will request the Vidhan Sabha Speaker to conduct independent inquiry into theRead More

Chandigarh, Mr. Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Finance Minister, Punjab today issued instruction to all Additional Deputy Commissioners (Development) from all the districts to book all chit fund companies in state as Punjab Government has not authorized any chit fund company in Punjab Presideing over a meeting of all Joint Directors, InstitutionalRead More

Chandigarh,  S. Partap Singh Bajwa strongly condemned the incidence which happened between the SDM Fatehgarh Sahib and S. Kuljit Singh Nagra. He said that he had inquired from his sources that S. Nagra did not use any abusive language against the SDM. S. Bajwa strongly condemned the action of theRead More

* Property returns of all IAS & PCS officers to be uploaded on website within 45 days * Chief Secretary holds meeting and issues directions for strict compliance Chandigarh, Moving ahead as per the vision of Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister Punjab and Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy ChiefRead More