Chandigarh, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solani, Governor of Haryana today sworn in as Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh in addition to his own duties. The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr. Chief Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar, administered the oath of office to Prof. Kaptan SinghRead More

* Outgoing governor recalls his cherished memories during his stint Chandigarh, The outgoing Punjab Governor Mr. Shivraj V Patil today said that he would ever remain indebted to Punjab and its people for the support, cooperation, love and affection showered upon him during his stint as the constitutional head ofRead More

* Funds to be utilized for welfare schemes, de-addiction & maintenance of culture & heritage Chandigarh, With a view to utilize the revenue collected from sale of liquor in the state, the Punjab Government has constituted Punjab Development Fund Board under the chairmanship of Excise and Taxation Minister. The BoardRead More

* Directions issued after swine flu dealth in Amritsar * Jayani directs health department to set up screening and isolation centres in all govt. hospitals Chandigarh, The Punjab government has geared up health machinery to prevent its further spread of Swine Flue by taking precautionary measures following detection of oneRead More

Chandigarh,Punjab Right to service commission has planned to hold Lok Adalats at Bathinda, Ludhiana, Muktsar and Jalandhar in the state Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Commission said that the Lok Adalat at Ludhiana would be held on January 30 where as the Lok Adalat in Bathinda hasRead More

Amritsar,  More than 70 gurdwara committees in the US, under the aegis of American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC), have shot off a letter to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, demanding “independent status” for the Takht Jathedars. The AGPC coordinator, Dr Pritpal Singh, said these gurdwara committees were responding toRead More

Sangrur,  With the resignation of Dhuri MLA Arvind Khanna from the Punjab Assembly accepted, the district unit of the BJP today demanded that SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal should allot the Dhuri seat to the BJP for the ensuing byelection. A deputation of the party’s district uni, comprising district president JogiRead More

Jalandhar, A criminal, Sukha Kahlwan, was shot dead in the presence of six policemen allegedly by a rival gang at Paddi Khalsa village near Goraya . He was being taken to Nabha jail after a court hearing in Jalandhar. Kahlwan was facing more than 40 cases of murder, dacoity andRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the implementation of transfer orders of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Assistant Director Niranjan Singh who is probing synthetic drug racket case. He had also summoned Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on December 26 in the drug racket. The decision was takenRead More

Chandigarh, People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today lashed out at the Akali Dal-BJP government in the state led by Parkash Singh Badal for ignoring the dalits who constitute 32 per cent of the population in the state. “The National Commission for Scheduled Castes yesterday made shocking revelationsRead More