Chandigarh/Jamshedpur, The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) on Tuesday said it had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in this part of the country. The PIL, filed by Satnam Singh Gambhir, president of the AISSF’s Bihar-Jharkhand unit, and Balwinder Kaur, a riotRead More

Chandigarh, The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs today launched a novel software module that will enable family member of a deceased to apply online for transportation of mortal remains of deceased emigrant in any ECR country. According to an official spokesman, the issue of bringing back mortal remains of emigrantsRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government today set in motion the process of preserving the ancestral house belonging to the great martyr Sukhdev Thapar at Ludhiana as Monument of historical importance by issuing a notification under the Punjab Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1964. Disclosing this hereRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Revenue Minister Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia today issued orders to suspend Som Lal, Naib Tehsildar ( now available ) for posting on the charges of corruption with immediate effect. According to an official spokespersonthe Minister also directed the authorities concerned to initiate vigilance probe against the erring officer and submit the report within oneRead More

  Chandigarh, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha has written a letter to the Punjab Chief Minister S. Parkash Singh Badal demanding to reduce the bus fare. The letter that has been shot off by the BJYM Punjab President Sh. Mohit Gupta mentioned that the diesel prices have come down considerably inRead More

Hoshiarpur/Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today called upon the Parkash Singh Badal government to focus on governance which had become a casualty in the competitive politics between the alliance partners, the Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party which were trying to appropriate each other’s supportRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government would soon sponsor the students keen to undertake four-year Bachelor Degree or three-year Master Degree program in fisheries from China’s leading institute Freshwater Fisheries Research Center (FFRC) at Wuxi This decision was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal during his meeting with theRead More

Chandigarh, The political dynamics of Punjab which is prone to cyclical violence can ill-afford yet another polarisation after the bloody turmoil of the eighties which cost several thousands of lives, including the life of a prime minister and a chief minister. Not that there is imminent threat of eruption ofRead More

Nay Pyi Taw , The 25th ASEAN Summit that got underway in Myanmar’s capital on Wednesday is being termed a historic moment for the bloc of 10 nations, with its secretary-general Le Luong Minh terming it “the most important turning year deciding the achievement of the Asean Community”. One ofRead More

Beijing: US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping struck a pragmatic note by focussing more on areas in which they could work together while seeking to downplay their mutual differences. Despite prominent areas of disagreements between the two nations, Obama and Xi branded the budding US-China relationship asRead More