* Punjab eying on 140 Mt Paddy : Kairon Chandigarh Food and Civil Supplies Minister Mr. Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon directed all the heads of the state procurements agencies and especially the General Manager FCI Punjab region to personally supervise the Paddy procurement operations across the state beginning from OctoberRead More

Chandigarh, The annual general body meeting of the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) (Executive Branch) Officers Association today unanimously elected Harjit Singh Kandhola as the union president. The association also gave him the mandate to choose his team. The meeting was attended by around 100 PCS officers from Punjab and Chandigarh. TheRead More

Chandigarh, Union Minister of State for Sports Sarbananda Sonowal today announced to set up multi-purpose sports centres in Punjab’s border districts of Ferozepur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur. Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal asked the Union Minister, who called on the former here, to generously help the state in combating theRead More

Ferozepur, Guruharsahai legislator Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi today accused the state government of neglecting the constituencies represented by Congress MLAs. The legislator visited various rain-affected villages in his constituency. Sodhi said the people hit by floods last year had not been compensated yet. Sodhi said the residents of Basti Karam SinghRead More

Ludhiana, A Khanna police team allegedly gunned down two brothers wanted in an attempt to murder case at a house in Jamalpur area on the Chandigarh Road here today. Three policemen are among four persons booked in the case. The deceased, Harinder Singh (25) and Jatinder Singh (24), were residents ofRead More

Toronto, Olivia Chow used a noon-hour debate hosted by the Empire Club of Canada to press John Tory for answers on how he would pay for his SmartTrack proposal while Tory accused Chow of giving up too easily when it comes to building new rapid transit. Chow came out onRead More

Ottawa, Canada doesn’t sit on the sidelines while its allies shoulder the burden of tackling global threats, Stephen Harper said Friday as he insisted that it’s a U.S. request for help in Iraq that has him contemplating a bigger role. Whatever jobs Canada does end up doing in the current crisisRead More

Incheon, India produced an inspired performance to thrash Malaysia 6-1 in their last Pool A match and qualify for the semifinals of the women’s hockey competition at the 17th Asian Games, in Incheon on Friday. For India, Rani Rampal (4th minute, 20th) and Jaspreet Kaur (9th, 39th) score two goalsRead More

London, Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was named one of the top “gay icons” of the last thirty years on Friday in recognition of his work for gay rights. Gay Times magazine awarded the politician the accolade in an edition marking the newspaper`s 30th anniversary. Blair, 61, won aRead More

Alaska, A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska on Thursday and was felt in the largest city Anchorage, the US Geological Survey and social media reported. There were no immediate reports of major damage, although the epicenter of the quake was in a relatively rural area. No alert was issued byRead More