Chandigarh, The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal said here today that the SAD performance in the just concluded assembly elections in Delhi had shown an improvement over the previous elections, in terms of both vote-share and the  number of votes polled by the party’s candidates. “The sole reason for this increase notRead More

Chandigarh, NABARD organized the State Credit Seminar -2015-16 for Haryana today at Hotel Shivalikview in Chandigarh. Haryana Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Lal released the ‘State Focus Paper-2015-16’, a comprehensive document containing the sector-wise potential and credit projections, critical infrastructure required in the state. The theme of the Seminar was ‘Accelerating theRead More

* Paper Would Be Scrutinized on Feb. 12 Chandigarh, The nomination process for Municipal Corporation elections ended today  and in total 1853 number of nominations was filed. Disclosing this here today an Official Spokesman of the State Election Commission said that today was the last day for the filing of nominations for theRead More

Chandigarh, Dr. Charnjit Singh Atwal,  Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly and Senior Parliamentarian  of India,  left for Goa to attend Fifth India Region CPA Conference being held from 11th to 14th February, 2015. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of Punjab Vidhan Sabha said that  Dr. Atwal would deliver speeches on theRead More

* Punjab important part of India’s growth-Bleser Chandigarh,  Germany and Punjab today agreed in principal to join hands to give a fillip to organic farming in the State It was agreed in a meeting of a delegation from Germany led by Mr. Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary (Vice Minister) Ministry ofRead More

Chandigarh, Former minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sucha Singh Langah was Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment in a corruption case and fined Rs.1 crore by a court in Mohali town, 10 km from here. The court found Langah guilty in a disproportionate assets case registered against him inRead More

Ludhiana,  Asserting that people’s mandate supreme and it must be respected in a democratic set up, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today however said that the AAP’s victory in Delhi assembly polls would not impact the prospects of Punjab politics in anyway. Talking to the media personsRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government has issued notification to grant monthly pension to the tune of Rs. 2000/- per month to the victims who lost their vision during the Eye Camps held recently at Amritsar and Gurdaspur. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the government said that a notification hasRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government has formally declared district Pathankot as the tobacco smoke free district. It would be the 20th district of the state to have been declared as tobacco smoke free district. This was disclosed by the Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani while releasing theRead More

* Appreciates the role of SLBC in financial administration of states * Chandigarh, Mr. Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Finance Minister Punjab today presided over the 131st meeting of State Level Bankers Committee, Punjab (SLBC) and appreciated the role of SLBC in financial administration of Punjab. While addressing, Mr. Dhindsa said thatRead More