Chandigarh,The Punjab Education Department has been settled 58 cases at the spot in district level public meetings. 56 more cases were forwarded to higher authority for settlement. On the directions of Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister, Punjabthe department recently had been organised public meetings in all district head quarters.Read More

* Also directs to ensure peaceful environment for prayers and fasts Chandigarh, February 20: President Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed the Jails department to ensure requisite arrangements for Christian inmates lodged in various jails so that they could perform peaceful prayersRead More

Chandigarh, ThePunjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Badal today described Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who talked of big ticket projects while the existing industry in the state was decaying with thestate governmenthaving turned a deaf to its plight.   In a statement, Mr Bajwa said it was perhaps forRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today supported the novel protest lodged by the Punjab Spinners’ Association, the apex yarn manufacturing body of the state, against the indifference of the state governmenttowards their plight that has led to massive exodus of the spinning industry fromRead More

Chandigarh,A delegation from Afghanistan, comprising of 49 civil services officers and professors of public administration from the universities of Balkh, Heart, Kabul, Kandahar and  Nangahar visited Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Chandigarh as part of an endeavor to strengthen public administration education in Afghanistan. The visit wasRead More

* Vows to implement crop diversification to enhance farmer’s income Chandigarh, President Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today felicitated the entire farming community of the state and Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal for getting prestigious Krishi Karmanaward to Punjab second time forRead More

Chandigarh,  The Shiromani Akali Dal President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today appointed Mr. Parminder Singh Brar as head of the IT (information technology) wing of the party. Mr. Brar is also Secretary General and office Secretary of the Youth wing of the party.  Now he would head theRead More

Pathankot, The BJP candidate from Pathankot Municipal Corporation died here, following a cardiac arrest, her family said today. 60-year-old Shashi Kala, who was contesting the upcoming civic bodies polls from ward number 30 of Pathankot Municipal corporation on a BJP ticket, died late last evening when she was on her wayRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Congress President Partap Singh Bajwa has demanded deployment of para-military forces during civic polls in the state and videography of the polling process. In a memorandum submitted to the State Election Commission today, Bajwa said this was imperative in the wake of increasing lawlessness  with the Akali goonsRead More

Chandigarh, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Rajinder Kaur Bhattat asserted that Parkash Singh Badal headed government has been indulging in reckless wasteful expenditure leading to crippling of financial condition of state and  as well as is also taking its toll on modernization of state police. She said that due to wasteful expenditureRead More