Chandigarh, Former Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has described Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s letter to the Centre, seeking a fresh probe into the 1984 riots, as a “premeditated and politically motivated conspiracy” to corner Sikh votes in Delhi.He said with the BJP in Delhi apparently on a weak wicket, theRead More

New Delhi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today signalled an overhaul of the Punjab unit as he met 17 party MLAs from the state and sought their view over strengthening the party unit.Two separate meetings that lasted around an hour each (the first with nine Dalit MLAs and the second with eightRead More

Chandigarh, More than 30 years after they were displaced, 1984 riot victims are still struggling for a roof of their own. Their plea for allotment of flats is still pending with the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).But things may just take a turn for good, with the Punjab and HaryanaRead More

* District Grievance Redressal Officers and Nodal officers have been appointed *17.9 lac families covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013 * Punjab first to issue UID compliant e-ration cards Chandigarh, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Punjab said that Punjab was the first state to have implemented the NationalRead More

Chandigarh, Badal’s demand for a fresh probe by SIT into the 1984 riots is a Badal-BJP conspiracy, to ensure Sikh votes in the Delhi polls Says Congress Leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira. In a press statement released here, Sukhpal Khaira Said that t he letter shot off by Mr. Badal toRead More

* CS reviews the progress of E-district, SSDG, eoffice, HRMS & other e-governance projects Chandigarh, In a big step forward to provide the basic citizen centric services to the inhabitants of Punjab at their doorsteps in time-bound and hassle free manner, various flagship e-Governance projects like e-District, State Service DeliveryRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government today promoted four superintendents grade-1 as under secretary.  Divulging the details, a spokesman said that Mr. Gurnam Singh, Mr. Rakesh Bhatia, Mr. Hans Raj and Mr. Harbhajan Singh has been promoted as under secretary in pay band of 15600-39100 + 6600 grade pay. The probation periodRead More

Chandigarh, The novel experiment of Punjab Labour department to provide vocational education to rescued child labour in 127 special schools in three districts is proving a great success. The union government has appreciated the Punjab’s experiment and replicating the same in other states suffering from the menace of child labour.Read More

* To focus on research to increase green cover Chandigarh, The upcoming Rs. 23.29 crore Forest Complex being set up at Ladowal, District Ludhiana is all set to give a boost to research and Agro Forestry to achieve the target of increasing forest cover to 15% by the year 2020.Read More

* More than seven lakh sehajdhari sikhs will play a decissive role in Delhi elections Chandigarh, Delhi elections have been a focus of minorities as the population of Muslims, Sikhs and Christians mainly become a vital factor for winability. Though Punjabis and Sikhs constitute 30 percent of the vote bankRead More