Sangrur, Three swine flu cases have come to light in Sangrur and Barnala districts so far. Two women patients are under treatment at the PGIMER, Chandigarh, while a man is admitted to the CMC Hospital, Ludhiana.Nodal officer for swine flu at the civil surgeon office, Sangrur, Dr Upasana Bindra said swineRead More

Patiala, A woman from Mumbai who had come to the city to attend a wedding on January 22 died of swine flu at a local hospital last night.The victim, Sonam Kapoor (49), hails from Thane, Maharashtra. She was rushed to hospital on January 28 after she complained of respiratory problem. SheRead More

Chandigarh, People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today expressed deep shock over the reports about even girls and women getting hooked to drugs and said it exposed the dark underbelly of what was once the most prosperous state in the country and considered to be a role model.Read More

Amritsar, Amritsar Vikas Manch has reacted strongly, and rightly so, to state government’s apathy to the Majha and Doaba regions in general but particularly to their willful and ruinous schemes to shift all international flights to the fledgeling Chandigarh airport and leave Guru Ramdas Airport Amritsar to do with whateverRead More

* By accepting shady money AAP has proved it preaches one thing and practices the other New Delhi/Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said Delhi needed a person who could work in tandem with the Union government to usher in development and that was the reason whyRead More

Chandigarh, Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani has directed the deputy commissioners of all the districts to ensure forceful implementation of the government directive to impose complete ban on sale of tobacco, single stick cigarette and other tobacco products near the educational and religious institutions underRead More

* Preference will be given to employ 50% women workers in the unit. SAS Nagar, Preference to employ women workers is being given in the govt. Sectors as well as in private sectors. Taking this initiative, Sigma Freudenberg NOK (SFN), an Indo-German- Japanese joint venture has setup its unit atRead More

Ludhiana: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) will contest all elections. This was stated by Dhyan Singh Mand, party’s senior vice-president, during a party meeting at the Circuit House here on Monday. Mand said, “The party will contest all forthcoming elections of municipal councils, municipal corporations, Vidhan Sabha and the LokRead More

Chandigarh, The Aam Adami Party (AAP) will contest the Dhuri byelection. The seat fell vacant after Congress’ Arvind Khanna resigned as MLA.The AAP Member of Parliament from Sangrur, Bhagwant Mann, claimed that the people would punish the Congress as well as the ruling SAD-BJP alliance that had forced the byelection onRead More

Chandigarh, The state has been able to bring down peak-hour power demand by around 1,000 MWs through the use of various innovative measures. This will save 1,200 MUs annually, besides cutting down transmission and distribution (T&D) losses and checking power theft.Punjab will also be the first state in the country toRead More