France, French jets have carried out their first air strike against Islamic State militants in Iraq, successfully destroying their target. French president Francois Hollande made the announcement, vowing that more operations would follow. “This morning at 9:40, our Rafale planes carried out a first strike against a logistics depot ofRead More

* Announces MRO facility to come up in Mohali *Says incubators and world players in life sciences to be important part of proposed Mohali Biotech Park * GMR evinces interest in taking up greenfield airport project at Ludhiana Chandigarh/Hyderabad, Punjab Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today visited infrastructure giantRead More

Ludhiana, Veteran Akali leader and former president of the Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandhak  Committee,Jagdev Singh Talwandi died here on Friday, his family said. He was 86.Talwandi is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.The Akali leader breathed his last at a private heart centre  at 11.10Read More

* Asks to preserve food grains and food products with safe scientific techniques Thanjavur(Tamil Nadu) /Chandigarh, With a view to provide value addition to food grains and development of food products in the country Union Food Processing Minister Mrs Harsimarat Kaur Badal exhorted the post-agricultural scientists to upgrade the scientificRead More

Chandigarh,  The 24X7 Grievances Portal of Rural Development Department has caught the fancy of common rural people with more than 101 citizens registering their complaints on it and receiving time bound reply. Disclosing this here today Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Punjab Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka informed that to facilitateRead More

* No supply received at Police Lines due to pending bills Chandigarh,  The cash-strapped Punjab Police refused to get the escort vehicles accompanying Members of Parliament and others refuelled at the Police Lines today. These vehicles have been deployed in the security of VIPs. The VIPs were reportedly told thatRead More

Chandigarh, Less than six months after the Punjab and Haryana High Court admitted a petition filed by Punjab MLAs who were asked to pay capital gain on more than Rs 2 crore earned by entering into a deal for Tata Camelot housing project, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal tooRead More

Chandigarh,Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has announced that he will resume his hunger strike til death within the next 7-10 days if the six Sikh Political Prisoners that were released on parole in December are not released permanently. There has been a delay in starting the second hunger strike as theRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today condoled the death of veteran Akali leader Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi. In a condolence message, Capt Amarinder said, “with the demise of Jathedar Talwandi, one of the very few surviving leaders of the Akali movement has left us”.Read More

* To check offices during hours Also * Erring CVOs to face action Chandigarh, Tightening the noose on habitual late comers and to check the practice of absenteeism, the Punjab government today made Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) accountable to ensure punctuality in their respective offices. CVOs failing to maintain punctualityRead More