* Describes his death as great loss to Sikh Panth Raikot (Ludhiana),  Punjab Revenue and Information and Public Relations Minister, Mr Bikram Singh Majithia today deeply mourned the demise of Veteran Akali stalwart Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi at village Talwandi Rai of the district today. Jathedar Talwandi had passed awayRead More

Chandigarh, A delegation of Punjab Motor Union under the leadership of Sh. Avtar Henry today met Transport Minister Sh. Ajit Singh Kohar and submitted a memorandum of demands. Delegation demanded the relaxation in Motor Vehicle Tax, exemption in diesel VAT, 50 percent deduction in Bus Stand (Adda)fees with their otherRead More

Chandigarh,  In a bid to make government schools clean and green, the Education Department, Punjab, will be starting ‘Sohna School Campaign’ from September 26 to October 31, 2014. This campaign would start from Government Senior Secondary School Mothawal (District Kapurthala) where a State Level Function would be organised by theRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab government has ordered posting/transfer orders of the 7 IPS/PPS officers with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said that Mr. Dinkar Gupta, IPS, ADGP/Security and additional charge of ADGP/Law & Order has been given further additional charge of ADGP/Provisioning. Besides this, Mr. Gaurav Yadav,Read More

Chandigarh, Oserving that since RSS and its Hindutava outfits have stepped up their activities with BJP coming to power at the centre and creating horrible communal polarization threatening unity and integrity of India , Comrade M. A.Baby, Polit Bureau Member, CPI(M) called upon the brave and patriotic people of PunjabRead More

Jalandhar, Parkash Singh Jandali, who was recently expelled from the BSP, has lashed out at party chief Mayawati describing her style of functioning as “dictatorial.” Addressing mediapersons here today, he accused Mayawati of promoting sycophants and ignoring honest and dedicated party workers. “Mayawati has wavered from the path shown byRead More

Patiala, Tardy police inquiry into a liquor haul from the house of an Akali councillor’s father has put a question mark on the integrity of police functioning in the case. Moreover, “dilly-dallying approach” by inquiry officer Prithpal Singh Thind, superintendent of police (city), in the case has further strengthened rumorRead More

Chandigarh, My father knows that there are no takers for Khalistan in Punjab now because he doesn’t get voted back into Parliament because of what he believes in,” says Pavit Kaur, daughter of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann, on the ‘Fair & Square’ show of Chandigarh-based newsRead More

Jalandhar, Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s dream project of developing an elevated path on the Jalandhar-Kapurthala road in Basti Bawa Khel is likely to hit another roadblock, with forest minister and local MLA Chunni Lal Bhagat raising objections to it. The foundation stone of the 1.25 km elevated road,Read More

* SAD-BJP alliance has always stood the test of time parkash-singh-badal Fardikot, Terming that the SAD- BJP alliance has always stood the test of time, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that it was wrong to compare this alliance with any other one in the country.Read More