Chandigarh, August 10: The Punjab Government is committed to provide quality technical education therefore another stern step has been taken in this regard, now the examination centres for Industrial Training and other such courses would be set up in the the Government institutes only. Disclosing this here today after presidingRead More

Chandigarh, August 10 Ruling out the transfer of any SHO or police officer at the behest of the Akalis, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday described Bikram Majithia’s meeting with the DGP on the issue as a crude attempt to divert attention from imminent exposure of his involvementRead More

Chandigarh, August 10 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday approved, in principle, the proposal of the state police to set up an elite specially trained Special Protection Group (SPG), with a clear mandate to neutralise armed aggressors, and to combat terrorism, infiltration, hijacking, hostage-taking and other sensitive threatRead More

Mohali, August 10 Lamenting the erstwhile Badal government’s apathy to Punjab’s development, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday reiterated his government’s commitment to boost industry and create jobs, while hailing QuarkCity’s contribution to employment generation in the state. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of the upcoming Business CenterRead More

Chandigarh, August 10: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a review of the existing fee structure of flying to make it affordable and cost-effective to attract more young aspirants for pilot training. Presiding over the 2nd meeting of the Punjab State Civil Aviation Council, of which he isRead More

Chandigarh, August 10: -Bharti Enterprises’ Rakesh Bharti Mittal has offered to take up more schools in Punjab to further boost quality education, while seeking an opportunity to set up a food processing plant at Ladhowal, Ludhiana. Encouraged by the industry-friendly environment enabled by the new government in the state, MittalRead More

Mohali, August 10 QuarkCity India Pvt Ltd. has announced 1000 scholarships in memory of Late Rajmata Mohinder Kaur, in addition to 1000 subsidised housing units for the economically weaker sections of Punjab. These announcements were made by Fred Ebrahimi, Chairman of the company, at the ground-breaking ceremony of a new IT/ITESRead More

Chandigarh, August 10 Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh today administered oath of office and secrecy to Ms. Kusumjit Sidhu as Chairperson of Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) and Ms. Anjuli Chandra as Member of PSERC. Ms. Kusumjit Sidhu, a retired Punjab Cadre IAS officer of the 1979Read More

New Delhi/Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, August 8 The BJP and Congress on Tuesday traded charges after counting of votes in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls got delayed, with the latter demanding cancellation of votes of its two MLAs for alleged violation of rules and the saffron party insisting that counting be taken upRead More

Chandigarh, August 8: The Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur along with SSP of the district today personally deposed before the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission in the matter pertaining to the boycott of dalits in village Dhandiwal by the zimidars and apprised the commission about the whole situation. Divulging this, the ChairmanRead More