Fazilka, March 5 The Vidhan Sabha Committee to review suicide by farmers and landless labourers will present its report in the Assembly during the Budget session scheduled later this month. Committee chairman Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and member Nathu Ram, Balluana MLA, recently toured Gujarat to gather facts on how toRead More

Chandigarh, March 5 In power, or out of power, the Badals’ transport business — often accused of indulging in high-handed and unfair trade practices at the cost of competition, mainly public transport — seems to be on a steady ascendancy. “Cartelisation” by the Badal-owned bus companies was a charge oftenRead More

London, March 5 A British tribunal will rule on a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for classified UK Cabinet Office files that are believed to hold information on Britain’s involvement in Operation Bluestar in 1984. A three-day hearing of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) will open in London onRead More

Chandigarh, March 5 – Istri Akali Dal wing officer bearers today took a solemn pledge not to take dowry or give any during a State level meeting held here and resolved to widen the fight against this social menace by encouraging women to take similar vows at its State levelRead More

Mohali, March 5: “The launching of pre-primary classes in the Government schools throughout the length and breadth of state is a landmark achievement of the State Government which under the exemplary leadership of the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh stands committed to strengthen the educational infrastructure as education is theRead More

Chandigarh, March 5: State Vigilance Bureau, during its ongoing campaign against corruption today nabbed Revenue Patwari red handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 13000/-. Disclosing this here an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said Subhash Chander Patwari posted at Alam Shah in Fazilka district was nabbed red handed byRead More

New Delhi, March 5 The Centre can intervene in disciplinary cases by state governments against IAS, IPS and IFS officers, the Union personnel ministry has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In an affidavit filed before the court, it said the central government has the power to relax anyRead More

Chandigarh, Mar 5 A Gidderbaha court has issued summons to wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, also known as “The Great Khali”, after Vinit Kumar Bansal, co-author of Khali’s biography “The Man Who Became Great Khali” accused Khali of signing a contract with a company without paying him any royalty. Khali hasRead More

Chandigarh, Mar 4 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today asked opposition parties in the state not to politicise the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue and refrain from inciting public sentiments. He said that political parties must move forward on the construction of the canal rather than politicising the issue.Read More

Chandigarh, Mar 4 The Panchkula police on Saturday booked 40 people, including rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s lawyer SK Garg Narwana, his associates and two dera functionaries for cheating and extortion in connection with a multicrore land dispute case in Kishanpura village near Peer Muchalla inRead More