* Applicants to get licenses within 30 minutes anywhere in the state *Handheld devices for e-challaning and high security plates at dealers point *e-Governance reforms to be implemented by next April 5 Chandigarh, Punjab will become the first state in the country by April next year to provide driving licenseRead More

Chandigarh,Ambassador of Spain Mr. Gustavo de Aristegui today called on the Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh Mr. Shivraj V. Patil, at Punjab Raj Bhavan. Discussing various issues at length, Mr. Patil asked the Ambassador whether they are using solar energy or not he replied that they have veryRead More

* Spanish envoy calls on CM Chandigarh, Spanish Ambassador to India Mr. Gustavo De Aristegui today offered to forge collaboration with the Punjab government in the field of water treatment technology, agro and food processing, bio-waste management and renewable energy.The envoy, who called on the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. ParkashRead More

Chandigarh,The Punjab Government has issued posting and transferred order of 4 IAS and 6 PCS officers. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Punjab government said that as per the orders Mr. Sarvesh Kaushal, Chief Secretary besides his present assignments has been given additional charge of Principal SecretaryRead More

BEIJING, Nine people have been killed in landslides that struck southwest China’s Yunnan province last week. Nine people were buried as the disaster hit Xiaoxin Village in Dongchuan District of the provincial capital Kunming City last Tuesday, the district’s publicity department said. Two bodies were recovered earlier, while seven wereRead More

New Delhi, The assembly of Sikhs, Kashmiris, Tamils and Naga representatives of other communities who gathered at Jantar Mantar to pay homage to those killed in November 1984, repeatedly sought the right to self-determination as the only solution to ensure that carnages like November 1984 do not recur again inRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi high court today extended till December 2 the stay on the trial court order summoning Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and three others in the National Herald case. Justice V P Vaish extended the interim order after lawyers appearing for the Gandhis and others saidRead More

New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and 16 others will face trial in a 2G scam case related to money laundering from November 17 when a Delhi court will start recording evidence. Special CBI Judge O P Saini,who hadRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today strongly condemned the Parkash Singh Badal government for the stalemate in the mandis resulting in non-payment to thousands of farmers. Holding the Badal government directly responsible for the situation, he said it betrayed the inefficiency and indifference of the stateRead More

Chandigarh, The Induction of renowned industrialist Rajinder Gupta of the Trident group as the party General Secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal is a master stroke and part of the strategic planning by Deputy Chief Minister and party President Sukhbir Singh Badal who has the reputation of moving several stepsRead More