Chandigarh, The Punjab government today released an amount of Rs. 1298.72 crore to about 15,000 to artiyas against the purchase of their crop by different procurement agencies during the ongoing paddy procurement in the state. As many as 28,459 entries were recorded till last evening. The payment has beenRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Government will host “NRI Sangat Darshan Samellans” at Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Moga on the demand of NRIs in December and January and Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal will preside over the Samellans to redress their grievances on the spot. Announcing this NRI Minister Jathedar Tota Singh saidRead More

Chandigarh, A seven member delegation headed by the Mrs. Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary for United Kingdom met Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal at his residence last evening and emphasised that they were focusing on 3 states namely Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan to cooperate and improve initiativesRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress would launch massive ‘Save Punjab’ anti-drug awareness campaign from tomorrow in the state to combat this menace which has spread like a virus afflicting particularly the youth. Announcing this here today, the state party chief Mr Partap Singh Bajwa said the programme had ben chalked outRead More

Chandigarh, South Carolina Governor Niikki Haley today said her State would like to support Punjab in establishing aero space, Pharma, tourism and agro processing industries while visiting Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal here. Ms Haley, who called on the Deputy CM at his official residence here, said South CarolinaRead More

Chandigarh/Jamshedpur, The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) on Tuesday said it had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in this part of the country. The PIL, filed by Satnam Singh Gambhir, president of the AISSF’s Bihar-Jharkhand unit, and Balwinder Kaur, a riotRead More

Hoshiarpur/Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today called upon the Parkash Singh Badal government to focus on governance which had become a casualty in the competitive politics between the alliance partners, the Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party which were trying to appropriate each other’s supportRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government would soon sponsor the students keen to undertake four-year Bachelor Degree or three-year Master Degree program in fisheries from China’s leading institute Freshwater Fisheries Research Center (FFRC) at Wuxi This decision was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal during his meeting with theRead More

Chandigarh, The political dynamics of Punjab which is prone to cyclical violence can ill-afford yet another polarisation after the bloody turmoil of the eighties which cost several thousands of lives, including the life of a prime minister and a chief minister. Not that there is imminent threat of eruption ofRead More

New Delhi, Portfolios have been allocated to the new ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of ministers, who were sworn-in on Sunday. These are the ministries allocated to them: Cabinet Ministers Manohar Parrikar: Defence Suresh Prabhu: Railways Jagat Prakash Nadda: Health & Family Welfare Chaudhary Birender Singh: Rural Development,Read More