Chandigarh, In a statement issued by office of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee it was informed that in view of the Corporation Election in the State of Punjab, following Co-ordinators have been appointed by Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee to oversee the organizational work related to these elections. Pathankot – Sh. RajinderRead More

Jalandhar, Barely 48 hours before the Delhi Assembly elections, reports of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) having given a clean chit to state Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in the multi-crore Bhola drug racket, created ripples in political circles. Even as ED officials at Jalandhar and New Delhi described the reportsRead More

Abohar, Leader of Opposition Sunil Jakhar has accused the state government of creating artificial shortage of urea. He said the SAD-BJP alliance had been crying foul over drastic cut in subsidies, but made no effort to ensure easy availability of fertiliser. Urea rakes earmarked for Abohar was diverted to other placesRead More

Jalandhar, Even as the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) started celebrating on Thursday after rumours that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had given the clean chit to Punjab revenue minister Bikram Majithia in the multi-crore drug racket, the ED later burst the bubble by the evening. “What chit? Where is theRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today issued transfer and posting orders of two PPS officers with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Home and Justice Department of the Punjab Government said that Mr. Baljit Singh, PPS has been transferred as posted as Superintendent Police, Investigation, HoshiarpurRead More

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has appealed toDelhi voters to become partners in the development of the country as well as Delhi by reposing faith in the BJP-SAD alliance. Addressing a mammoth public gathering at Khyala in favour of SAD candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa, theRead More

Patiala, With eye on gaining absolute majority in the Punjab assembly, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal will hold a sangat darshan (public contact) programme in the poll-bound Dhuri assembly segment on Friday. The seat fell vacant following the resignation by sitting Congress legislator (MLA) Arvind Khanna, who has left activeRead More

Chandigarh, With a majority of the state’s marginal farmers finding it tough to carry on with agriculture owing to different reasons,  the Punjab government has sought the World Bank’s help to progress in the field of crop diversification.About 65 per cent of the Punjabis are directly dependent on agriculture. The landRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab and Haryana High Court today initiated the programme of digital courts but with initial hiccups. To begin with, only urgent or new matters were taken up in the electronic format. The process remained slow due to time taken in downloading files, indicating the need for speeding up theRead More

Fatehgarh Sahib, The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has failed to restart a music academy at Hargana village that has been lying closed for the past 50 years. The villagers urged the SGPC to take over the academy. At a function on October 23, 2013, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar assuredRead More