Chandigarh, Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, during a pre-Budget consultation with his Union counterpart Arun Jaitley at New Delhi, sought a special grant of Rs 100 crore to check the increasing drug menace in the state.A government spokesperson said the Finance Minister also demanded setting up of a large-scale unitRead More

Fatehgarh Sahib, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar today said the Union Government should take immediate and concrete steps to stop the screening of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s movie “Messenger of God” (MSG) in the state. He said all the Sikh organisations were against theRead More

Chandigarh, The government today handed over grants worth Rs 75 crore to 131 local bodies, comprising five municipal corporations and 126 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, for development works. The move came at a time when elections to the municipal bodies are round the corner. In a function organised at PunjabRead More

Ferozepur, BJP state chief Kamal Sharma’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Arvinder Singh Chhina and his PA Jimmy Sandhu on Friday rebutted the charges levelled by senior Congress leaders that they had links with drug peddlers. They accused Congress MLAs Sunil Jakhar and Parminder Singh Pinky of taking to vendettaRead More

Chandigarh,  The state government has issued transfer and posting orders of 14 IAS, nine PCS, one IPS and 10 PPS officers. Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar districts have got new Deputy Commissioners. Punjab has also got a new Director General of School Education.Ravinder Sharma, Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, will beRead More

Sangrur, BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh here said Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia should have resigned ahead of appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the drug smuggling case.Chugh, who was here for the party’s membership drive, said by doing so, Majithia, who holds a constitutional post, would have saved hisRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today condemned a statement in Punjab Vidhan Sabha by Akali legislator Virsa Singh Valtoha whereby he allegedly tried to glorify terrorism by claiming himself to be a terrorist .“You better be proud of something better,Read More

Moga, Four persons were killed in a collision between a tractor-trolley and a Swift car near Singhawala village of Moga district Saturday morning. The accident was caused by poor visibility due to dense fog in the region.The deceased, including an NRI, belonged to Gholian Kalan village of Moga district

Fatehgarh Sahib, Lakhs of devotees paid obeisance at the historic Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib and Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup Sahib to mark the 310th year of martyrdom of Mata Gujri and Guru Gobind Singh’s sons Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, here today.The “Shaheedi Samagam” began with Akhand Path by head granthiRead More

Sangrur, As many as 12 government departments in the Sangrur circle owe Rs 8.48 crore electricity bills to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).The Sangrur circle comprises five divisions, namely Sangrur, Sunam, Lehragagga, Dirba and Patran.The Department of Public Health is the biggest defaulter of power bills. As on November 30,Read More