London, Canada will continue to keep a tight lid on defence spending, but remains committed to military missions aimed at curbing radicalism abroad, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told an audience in London Wednesday. Harper made the comments during a discussion at Mansion House in London ahead of a NATO summitRead More

British Columbia,  British Columbia families hoping for a quick end to the teachers strike will not be pleased to hear of a new expert warning that the labour disruption could drag on for weeks. The province’s public school teachers were on the picket lines Tuesday, on what should have beenRead More

Chandigarh, President Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced the organizational structure of Shiromani Akali Dal by releasing the names of Senior Vice Presidents, Secretary Generals, General Secretaries, Vice Presidents, Joint Secretaries, District Jathedars, President of party units in other states and president ofRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his personal intervention for immediate financial restructuring of the outstanding loans of the financially ailing NAFED to bail out this apex organization of marketing cooperatives in India. In a letter to Modi, the Chief Minister saidRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today warned the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and the Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia against interfering into the Panjab University students’ body elections. “Don’t spoil the university atmosphere and let the students contest and vote independently”, heRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today lambasted the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, for the pitiable condition of the government schools even in towns like Ludhiana which mocked at the very model of development touted by this government which was totally divorced from the grassrootsRead More

Chandigarh, The Haryana unit of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) today expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for realizing “long pending demand” of Sikhs by giving them the right to manage the state’s shrines by enacting a separate Haryana Gurudwara Sikh Management Act-2014 and has decided to extend fullRead More

New Delhi, Punjab Police has arrested seven Afghanistan refugees including three women who obtained Indian passports on fake name and address to settle abroad after seeking political asylum. All of them have given their address of a village in Nawanshehar district of Punjab. Police sources said that they have beenRead More

Chandigarh,  My husband is being falsely framed by the criminal gang supported by local police said Sukhmani cheema Wife of Ig Gautam Cheema to media  in a press meet at chandigarh press club.  In connection with the case registered against my husband Sh. Gautam Cheema IPS, Inspector General of Police atRead More

 Will honour 34 teachers with state award at jalandhar on Teacher’s Day  Chandigarh,  Punjab Education Minister Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema today announced the names of 34 teachers, who will be honoured with prestigious State Award on the eve of Teacher’s Day in a state level function to be held atRead More