Chandigarh, Pal Pabla, a Nawanshahr-based foreign exchange dealer, who allegedly tried to defraud the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by encashing fixed deposits (FDs) amounting to Rs 1.05 crore, surrendered last evening. His remand was extended by the Jalandhar duty magistrate till tomorrow. The “hawala operator” is believed to have links withRead More

* Interest waiver for PSIDC loan defaulters on cards Chandigarh, The Punjab Government proposes to give a major relief to industrialists who have availed loan from the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC) by waiving a major portion of the interest component. With this, the government’s loss-making corporation will nowRead More

Washington, The United States has welcomed a decision from Canada’s parliament to authorize airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq. The measure approved Tuesday backs the airstrikes for up to six months. It also prohibits the use of ground forces in any combat operations. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper saidRead More

Stockholm, Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.” The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the work of the three scientists “has brought optical microscopy into the nanodimension.”

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said “everything will be fine soon” on Pakistan border amid the government’s assertion that India is giving a “massive” reply to the “totally unprovoked” shelling by Pakistan and will continue to do so unless the other side stops. Top government sources said talksRead More

New Delhi, After a successful two-year stint with the Hockey India League (HIL), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday consented to continue with its Advisory Board for the next two editions. Jaitley, who is also the defence minister, joined the Advisory Board in the first edition of the HIL in 2013Read More

Shahbad Markanda (Kurushetra), Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today cautioned the people of Haryana against the Chautala-Badal nexus and urged them to ensure they return the Congress government if they wanted the development to continue in their state. He alsoRead More

Chandigarh, Lt Gen V Menon, SM, VSM, Chief of Staff, HQ Western Command, visited the site earmarked for establishing the Services Selection Centre (North) at Rupnagar. The Chief of Staff interacted with Defence and Civil officials at the proposed site and took a brief on the progress achieved so far.Read More

Chandigarh, With a view to promote Pension Scheme amongst rural masses especially Farmers, Punjab State Farmers Commission and Punjab Agro today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UCO Bank. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Punjab Agro said that National Pension Scheme regulated by Government of IndiaRead More

Chandigarh, The members of Institute of Sikh Studies (IOSS), Chandigarh have unanimously elected Dr. Birendra Kaur as the President for the year 2014. Members also appreciated the work done by the outgoing committee headed by Prof. Prabhjot Kaur. Dr. Birendra Kaur is the third successive lady President of IOSS afterRead More