* Says ECI to decide MC elections in January *SAD-BJP to contest elections on same principles Chandigarh, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought immediate intervention of Union Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh for the release of more than 100 Sikh political prisoners lodged in various jailsRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government today issued directions to all the deputy commissioners of the state to verify Old Age Pensioners as per the guidelines of Social Security department. In a communiqué in this regard, DCs asked to tally the list of Old Age Pension beneficiaries with the voters’ list. ItRead More

* Remaining Ludhiana districts to be covered in next 5 days Chandigarh, The Punjab is on a brink of achieving a distinction of 100% coverage of families of state with a bank account under Jan Dhan Yojna as by 10th of this month all districts including Ludhiana would be fullyRead More

* Announces the schedule of 5th World Kabbadi Cup with total prize money of Rs 5.27 crore * Punjab to spend Rs 90 crore for sports infrastructure Chandigarh, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the state government was working in league with other Kabbadi playing nationsRead More

* Appeals people to play proactive role in developmental works * Badala Lays emphasis on ushering in transparency in Governance Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda), In a bid to root out unemployment from state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today called upon the state administration to work proactively toRead More

Chandigarh,  Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil, on Tuesday, said that Chandigarh should not be changed into a trading or industrial city. Rather it should remain an administrative city, he said. As his five year term ends on January 22, Patil told Newsline that those who want toRead More

Chandigarh, The newly appointed Punjab Mahila Congress chief Kittu Grewal and state in-charge Nita D’suza would tour the state to select new office bearers of the organisation. They announced this here today at a news conference saying the list would not be prepared while sitting in the office. This campaignRead More

Hoshiarpur,Hailing the Patiala court verdict in which it had handed over life sentence to four policemen for kidnapping and then killing a Khanna resident in a fake encounter, the Dal Khalsa feels that it would revive the dying hopes for justice in those families whose children were abducted and subsequentlyRead More

Chandigarh, Sukhbir Badal’s raids to check absenteeism, nothing but a political gimmickry to refurbish his devastated public image. He is advised to practise what he is trying to preach said Ex Mla Sukhpal Singh Khaira. In a press statement Mr Sukhpal Khaira said that Yesterday’s surprise raid conducted by theRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today came down heavily on the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, holding his government responsible for the mess into which the state had landed due to utter mismanagement on the food procurement front. “It is your own government atRead More