New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to deal with black money stashed abroad through high monetary penalty and criminal prosecution with the government allaying fears that innocent people could be harassed under the proposed “deterrent” law. Piloting the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill,Read More

Chandigarh May 11: Health Minister Punjab Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani has directed the drug inspectors and the chemists in Punjab to ensure the availability of essential and generic dugs only at the rates fixed by the government. Issuing fresh guidelines to the drug inspectors, the Minister said that various stepsRead More

Chandigarh, May 11:  Taking cognizance of the complaint of MP Rajya Sabha Avinash Rai Khanna raising issue of prison staff found using drugs in Kapurthala and Ferozepur, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has directed the Additional Director General of Police (prisons) Punjab to inquire into the matter andRead More

* PUNJAB GOVERNMENT CONSERVED THESE RELICS TO PROTEST RELIGIOUS HERITAGE * DHARMIK DARSHAN YATRA GIVEN ROUSING WELCOME AT SRI MUKTSAR SAHIB * DY CM PAYS OBEISANCE AS COMMON MAN Sri Muktsar Sahib, May 11: Punjab’s deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that Punjab government and SGPC’s collaborativeRead More

Chandigarh, May 11: Assuring 8-hour power supply for paddy transplantation, Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia, Revenue Minister, Punjab, said that the Punjab government has already made advanced arrangements keeping in view the increased requirement and power purchase agreements with the power companies have already been executed. Blaming Congress party for creatingRead More

Jalandhar, The Aam Aadmi Party today removed Sucha Singh Chhotepur from the party’s Punjab convener post. The decision was taken in the party’s executive committee meeting in New Delhi. “Chhotepur had not worked according to the constitution of the party. Some of his activities did not suit the party asRead More

* DHARMIK DARSHAN YATRA LEAVES FROM GURUDWARA HAJI RATTAN BATHINDA TO MALOUT * PEOPLE SEEK GURU’S BLESSINGS Bathinda, May 11: The Dharmik Darshan Yatra left many devotees eyes moistened and sangat basking in glory of the Guru Sahibans’ relics. The scene was witnessed at Gurudwara Haji Rattan Sahib where theRead More

* GIRLS BAG 9 OUT OF TOP 10 POSITIONS * 75% MERIT LIST DOMINATED BY GIRL STUDENTS * RESULTS REFLECT THE PUNJAB’S EFFORT TO IMPROVE GENDER EQUALITY-DR CHEEMA Chandigarh, May 11: Punjabi Mutiyar’s today stole the show in crucial +2 examination results by decimating boys to the fringes by grabbingRead More

Chandigarh, 10 may: The Punjab Government today announced a Special package of grants of Rs. 2.35 crore for 47 government colleges in the state to provide special facilities to girl students, disabled and poor students. Disclosing this here today Mr. Surjit Singh Rakhra, Minister for Higher Education and Languages saidRead More

Chandigarh, may 10: The Punjab Local Government Minister Mr. Anil Joshi has suggest a broad bared blueprint for revitalisation of all local bodies and asked the department to come out with master plan to implement it in next 6 months. In a detailed communiqué to secretary local government Mr. Ashok Gupta theRead More