Patiala Health Department officials have identified more than 3,000 persons from Punjab, who recently travelled to China or had a brief halt over there. Those who reached the country via Nepal in the past one month are also under watch for coronavirus. Help sought from police Doctors are ensuring thatRead More

Chandigarh The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday accused Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh of having tinkered with data on government jobs, misrepresenting recruitment figures in private placement drives and also misrepresenting employment figures under MGNREGA to “defend the lies uttered during the Delhi assembly election campaign”. In a statementRead More

Chandigarh Punjab is all set to reintroduce social security cess on the registration of sale deeds. A 1 per cent cess will be imposed on registries in both rural and urban areas. Charges at present The transfer of land within the family (blood relations) invites no stamp duty If theRead More

New Delhi India on Saturday hoped that the Sri Lankan government will realise the aspirations of the Tamil community in the island nation as the issue figured prominently in wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa. In their talks, the two prime ministersRead More

Bathinda A 14-year-old boy, Akashdeep from Malkana village in Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, got his name registered in the Guinness Book of World Records for chiselling a wood into a miniature model of Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple). At a tender age of eight, Akashdeep started showing a keen interest inRead More

Patiala The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued show-cause notices to power utilities running thermal plants in Punjab for their failure to meet the deadline to reduce emissions. Won’t let another tariff hike: BJP State BJP president Ashwini Sharma on Thursday said their party would oppose any move toRead More

Chandigarh A Ludhiana-based industry and trade body has alleged large-scale corruption in the state taxation department in the name of registering traders for Goods and Services Tax (GST). The All Industries and Trade Forum has alleged the state is losing 60 per cent of the State Goods and Services TaxRead More

Chandigarh Punjab seems to have become a new epicentre of struggle against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), as protests are being witnessed across the state. In a related development, a large group of farmers heading to Shaheen Bagh was stopped by the Delhi Police on Tuesday night. Act against schoolsRead More

Chandigarh The SAD core committee on Monday expelled Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and his MLA son Parminder Singh Dhindsa from the party. Party spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said the core committee endorsed the demand of Sangrur party workers on immediate expulsion of the Dhindsas. They have been chargedRead More

Mansa The police have registered a case against Punjabi singers Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, alias Sidhu Moosewala, Mankirt Aulakh and five unidentified persons for “promoting weapons and violence” in their song. The FIR has been lodged at Mansa Sadar police station on a complaint by Chandigarh-based advocate HC Arora. The actionRead More