Nangal, The new mining policy, approved by the Punjab cabinet recently, will be implemented by October-end, Punjab industries minister Madan Mohan Mittal told mediapersons here. He said the new mining policy had been framed to ensure the easy availability of sand and gravel to the people at reasonable rates. MittalRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, challenged the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to release the letter written by the Union Finance Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, to the state government last month denying special financial package.   He asserted this was necessary to nail Mr Badal’sRead More

Chandigarh,  Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary, General Administration, Punjab today inaugurated the Punjab Agro Juice Bar at Punjab Civil Secretariat. Speaking at the occasion Mr. Sanjay Kumar said that Punjab Agro is providing quality products at reasonable rates to the people. He said that Punjab Government has set more thanRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress has demanded Rs. 11000 per acre as compensation to the farmers to neutralise the additional cost they had to incur to save their crops from drought and Rs. 25,000 per acre to the farmers whose crops have been damaged due to recent heavy rains.   TheRead More

External agency to conduct survey and independent audit of STPs Asks DCs to submit status report of land acquisition within 2 days Chandigarh,  Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed the local bodies department to ensure coverage of all towns of Punjab with ultra modern sewerage systemRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Government would spend Rs. 20 crore to construct 17391 toilets free of cost in rural areas for the families living under below poverty line. Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka said that he has already given his nod to a proposal to provide sanitationRead More

Badal for Zero discharge treatment technology for industrial effluents   Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal would take up the serious matter of flowing heavy discharge of industrial effluents and domestic waste into the drains with the Punjab Governor Mr. Shivraj V Patil, who is also the AdministratorRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today demanded that special girdwari should be ordered in the villages which had been affected by heavy rains during the last couple of days leading to severe crop  damage to paddy in Majha, Doaba and parts of Mawa. In a statement,Read More

Chandigarh,It was Punjab prerogative to give free electricity to the agriculture sector but it should also factor its sustainability, union minister of state for power Piyush Goel remarked on Sunday during videoconferencing with journalists from across the country. he minister hinted that Punjab might go for rationalising the power subsidy.Read More

Chandigarh,With a view to increasing the acceptability of Punjabi as the language of the industry, the Punjab government has decided to make it the medium of instruction in vocational courses.  Punjab education minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said here on Sunday that the decision was taken in view of theRead More