New Delhi, On the back foot over suicide of Gajendra Singh at AAP rally, the party-led Delhi government on Saturday announced to name a farmer compensation scheme after the Rajasthan farmer and also accepted the demands of his family — to give a job to Gajendra’s kin and martyr status forRead More

Mumbai, The Mumbai police have arrested eight persons, including a woman and three police officials, in connection with the sexual assault on a model earlier this month. Among those arrested include two assistant police inspectors and a constable, sources said. In her complaint to police commissioner Rakesh Maria, the modelRead More

Barcelona, Rafa Nadal’s bid to get back to top form before the French Open suffered a setback when he crashed to a 6-4 7-6(6) defeat to 13th-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini in the third round of the Barcelona Open on Thursday. Nadal, the world number four and second seed, produced anRead More

Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal General Secretary and Anandpur Sahib MP Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra today stressed the need to turn agriculture into remunerative venture to check increasing incidence of suicides by the farmers and fix minimum support prices as per the recommendations of the MS Swaminathan committee. Participating in theRead More

Ludhiana/Amritsar, Surat Singh Khalsa, an NRI who was being force-fed through his nose for the past around two months at the Civil Hospital here, was released from preventive custody this evening. The 80-year-old, who has been without food since January 16 and was being force-fed since February 27, has beenRead More

* Asks NHAI to submit proposal to declare Banga-Garhsankhar-Sri Anandpur Sahib road as NH * Work for 4 laning of Chandigarh-Ludhiana road to be awarded by July 31 * Gives green signal to set up Driving, Inspection and Certification school at Kapurthala Chandigarh /New Delhi: Union Minister for Road TransportRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced to commemorate the 350th foundation day of Sri Anandpur Sahib as a mega event, for which the eminent personalities from world over should be invited to disseminate its glorious legacy and philosophy in the right perspective on one hand andRead More

* Reminds pm of high time to reply for farmers’ immense contribution Chandigarh, The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi to “ immediately” come to the rescue of the beleaguered farmers who have suffered extensive damage to their crops following unseasonalRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government has invited applications from the farmers to avail subsidy on purchase of Paddy Straw chopper/Shredder-cum-Spreader on or before May 8. Disclosing this here today Director Agriculture, Dr. Mangal Singh Sandhu said that subsidy to the tune of 50 percent or 1 lack whichever less would beRead More

* Maluka receives award on behalf of panchayats * Pm lauds progressive bolies of punjab Chandigarh, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi today honoured 6 Pachayat Bodies of Punjab and lauded Panchayat Bodies of boarder state for their progressive and visionary practices. The Prime Minister also gave a call of empowermentRead More