New Delhi, The Centre has extended till October 15 the deadline for Central government employees to file the details of their assets and liabilities, along with that of their spouses and dependent children, as mandated under the Lokpal Act. The last date for filing such returns was April 30. TheRead More

New Delhi, With only four working days for the Parliament this week, the government appears to have a packed agenda, which could mean another round of intense battle in both Houses over issues such as the GST and agrarian crisis. The GST Bill (The Constitution 122nd Amendment Bill, 2014), moved byRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today condoled the death of Gurdaspur resident Gurpreet Kaur in the general hospital here who had committed self-immolation in December last in front of the residence of the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal. She was unemployed and had knocked atRead More

Chandigarh, Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Member Rajya Sabha, K.T.S. Tulsi has said that men are too unstable to be just and since the judges are also human, they are liable to err. Reading out his presidential address at the 5th. Annual convocation of Army Institute of Law, Tulsi addedRead More

Chandigarh, Amid deepening crisis in Indian agriculture, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has called for expansion of formal financing sector in rural and agrarian belts.Holding the “lack of formal finance” in the agriculture sector responsible for the current crisis, Rajan said the issue of agriculture credit needed to be studied in theRead More

* Skill development high on government’s agenda Chandigarh, The Punjab government today approved setting up of 8 development centers at the cost of Rs 60 crores to improve employability of our youth and to meet the demand of booming service and tertiary sectors Disclosing this, an official spokesperson said thatRead More

* Cm says goi must stop cross border drug smuggling * Nation must not be ungrateful to the farmers * ” Its repayment time for government to farmers” Chnadigarh/ New Delhi, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal brought the crucial Sikh issues and farmer’s crisis to the national centreRead More

Jagraon (Ludhiana), The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today called upon the state government to pay bonus to the farmers on wheat at the rate of Rs. 200 per quintal besides adequate compensation on other crops damaged due to continuous inclement weather. Mr Bajwa accompanied by Mr RavneetRead More

Chandigarh/ New Delhi, Setting up the agenda for ushering in an era of ‘Skill Revolution’ in the country, the Punjab Chief Minister and Chairman of Sub Group on Skill Development Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today emphasized the need to evolve a common framework at the national level with an ultimateRead More

Chandigarh, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “immediately” come to the rescue of farmers who had suffered extensive damage to their crops following unseasonal rains and other vagaries of weather. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Badal drew his attention towards theRead More