Chandigarh, Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar has welcomed the state’s new industrial policy as a path-breaking initiative by the Captain Amarinder Singh led government to restore investor confidence and revive industry in the state. In a statement here on Tuesday, Jakhar hailed the new policy as a powerful weapon to attackRead More

Hussainiwala (Ferozepur), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for full central government support to the state’s development programmes for the border areas, including a proposed special package for the region. Captain Amarinder was accompanying the central minister on a visit to Hussainiwala inRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Government today gives appointment letter to 254 Junior Engineers of Irrigation Department as Diwali Gift to these young people. Disclosing this here today, Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh said that the approval to appoint these 254 JEs in Irrigation Department was given today in hurry on theRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today issued Transfer/Posting of 2 senior IAS officers with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson said that Mr. Satish Chandra transferred as Additional Chief Secretary Power and in addition Principal Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi and Mr. A. Venu Prasad as Principal Secretary,Read More

TORONTO — Faculty at Ontario’s 24 colleges are walking picket lines today, with the labour dispute affecting more than 500,000 students in the province. The strike involving more than 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians began late Sunday, after the two sides couldn’t resolve their differences by a deadline ofRead More

New Delhi, October 16 As BJP leaders go about lambasting the iconic Taj Mahal and cow vigilantes thrashing the alleged “beef-eaters”, perhaps it is time the senior leadership–both the BJP and RSS–spends time to ascertain the reasons behind the consecutive losses suffered by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) inRead More

Chandigarh, October 16 The Punjab government on Monday announced a series of measures for the welfare of the farming community, including its decision to bring in a comprehensive Agricultural Policy for the state in the next session of the Vidhan Sabha. The announcements came during high-level meetings convened by ChiefRead More

Chandigarh, October 16: The Punjab Cabinet, led by Captain Amarinder Singh, has approved levy of an entertainment tax by urban and rural local bodies on DTH and local cable connections. These local bodies will be eligible to impose and collect a nominal entertainment tax of Rs.5 per DTH connection andRead More

Chandigarh, October 16, 2017 The MLAs and other office bearers of Aam Aadmi Party on Mondaysubmitted memorandums to the concerned Deputy Commissioners throughout state against undue harassment of farmers by the state government in the name of stubble burning. In a joint statement, Aam Aadmi Party state president Bhagwant Mann,Read More

Chandigarh, October 16 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday discussed the issue of shifting of the students of Chintpurni Medical College to other institutions with his council of ministers. Taking up the issue after conclusion of the day’s cabinet meeting agenda, the Chief Minister said his government wasRead More