Ludhiana, Aam Aadmi Party Punjab (AAP Punjab) leader and senior supreme court lawyer HS Phoolka, in a statement issued on Thursday, stated that Punjab chief minister Punjab, who himself is power minister as well, should explain to the people about shortage of coal and power crisis in Punjab. “The ChiefRead More

* Takes serious note of department not submitting reports Chandigarh, The Public Account committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha has taken serious note of different departments dragging their feet in submitting action taken report on its recommendation to various departments, According to an official spokesperson the recent meeting of PAC observedRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Government has constituted a six-member Governance Reforms Monitoring Unit (GRMU) headed by Mr. Parveen Garg Senior Systems Manager in the directorate of Governance Reforms for assisting it in monitoring the matters relating to Governance Reforms initiatives and services notified under Right to Service Act, 2011. Disclosing this here todayRead More

* Maheshinder Grewal says someone who has been dishonest to his party should not try to teach lessons to the SAD Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said it was former mp Navjot Sidhu who had back stabbed the BJP as well as his mentor Shri Arun Jaitely in theRead More

Dabwali (Sirsa)- October 9 (Punjabupdate bureau)- Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress Deputy Leader Capt Amarinder Singh today challenged the Indian National Lok Dal and the Bhartiya Janata Party to name their CM candidates if they really had any. “Bhupinder Singh Hooda is and will be our Chief Minister, youRead More

Chandigarh, Paddy procurement has started picking up momentum with Government agencies and private millers procuring more than 366897 tonnes of paddy till last evening. The State Government has set up more than 1806 procurement centers and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of paddy. Disclosing this here todayRead More

Jalandhar, Despite siding with former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in his ongoing tussle with PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa in the recent past, senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal chose not to express much inclination for the former. Yesterday Bhattal said both Amarinder Singh and Bajwa were like herRead More

Chandigarh, Pal Pabla, a Nawanshahr-based foreign exchange dealer, who allegedly tried to defraud the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by encashing fixed deposits (FDs) amounting to Rs 1.05 crore, surrendered last evening. His remand was extended by the Jalandhar duty magistrate till tomorrow. The “hawala operator” is believed to have links withRead More

* Interest waiver for PSIDC loan defaulters on cards Chandigarh, The Punjab Government proposes to give a major relief to industrialists who have availed loan from the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC) by waiving a major portion of the interest component. With this, the government’s loss-making corporation will nowRead More

London, A new study has revealed that charging your phone in your bedroom could make you put on weight, as the artificial light from phone screens, street lights, laptops or television stops the body generating a hormone that combats obesity. According to the study by the University of Granada, experiments conducted on obese rats found thatRead More