* GEHLOT LAUDS THE CONCERN OF CM TO MAKE PUNJAB A TOTALLY DRUG FREE STATE * SAMPLA FOR JOINT EFFORT BY FAMILY, SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT TO ELIMINATE DRUGS FROM STATE Hoshiarpur, June 26- Reiterating the firm commitment of state government to make Punjab a totally drug free state, the PunjabRead More

* APPRECIATES EFFORTS MADE BY BOARD FOR SAFEKEEPING OF COWS Chandigarh, June 26: The Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Dr. Charanjit Singh Atwal today met a delegation of the Gauseva and Gauchar Vikas Board, Gujarat. The delegation members, who were led by Chairman of the Board Dr. Vallabh Bhai Katharia,Read More

Chandigarh, June 26: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today reviewed the progress of ongoing development projects in Qadian and asked the Local Government department to prepare a project report of remainder works so as to ensure that not even a single project was left unfinished. Presiding over aRead More

 * Thousands ran in anti-drug marathon in Punjab organised by BJYM Jalandhar, State president of the Bhartiya Janata Party Sh. Kamal Sharma has said that drugs menace in Punjab is more serious than terrorism and has to be dealt at that level only. Sh. Sharma stated this while addressing hundredsRead More

Qadian/Gurdaspur/Chandigarh, June 26: Thousands of people paid their last respect to Mrs Gurbachan Kaur Bajwa, mother of the Punjab Congress chief Mr Partap Singh Bajwa who was cremated here today. She was 85. The pyre was lit by his elder son Brigadier MPS Bajwa alonwith S. Partap Singh Bajwa &Read More

STELLARTON, N.S. — The Sobeys grocery business expects to eliminate 1,300 jobs over the next year or two as it moves to open new distribution centres in Ontario and Alberta and continues to integrate Safeway Canada’s operations. The head of Sobeys parent company told analysts in a quarterly conference callRead More

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has been ordered released on $5,000 bail one day after his conviction for “cheating” during his 2008 re-election campaign. Del Mastro had applied for bail while he appeals his convictions for three electoral offences: overspending, failing to report a contribution heRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s integrity commissioner says the New Democrats’ new deputy leader should not be penalized even though he was found to have breached parliamentary convention. Lynn Morrison says Jagmeet Singh, MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton, used constituency resources in connection with a political rally earlier this year and he tried toRead More

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market moved lower Friday morning for a second day. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 45 points, dropping to 14,852.50 after falling 50.01 points on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 97.95 points at 17,988.31, the Nasdaq index fell 14.11 points to 5,098.08,Read More

Brussels:  Prime Minister David Cameron said today that he would seek an agreement to change European Union treaties at some point in the future as part of his renegotiation of Britain’s membership. “What is being discussed here is a substantial package of changes including treaty change that needs to beRead More