Chandigarh Accepting the demand by various state government employees’ unions, the Punjab cabinet on Monday decided to increase its share in the New Pension Scheme, in line with the decision of the Centre, with effect from April 1, 2019. The Cabinet also agreed to give the benefit of the Death-Cum-RetirementRead More

Jalandhar, November 30 A Punjabi family, currently settled in Connecticut, has been pleading with the US embassy in Delhi to issue a visa to a relative who can donate kidney to a member suffering from renal problem. Emreen Bharara, 22, whose father Gurvinder S Bharara (56) hails from Ropar, hasRead More

Lahore, November 30 The opening of Kartarpur corridor was the brainchild of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and it would hurt India for ever, a top Pakistan minister claimed today, contradicting his government’s assertion that the initiative was that of PM Imran Khan. Railways minister Sheikh Rashid, considered PMRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid’s disclosure that Kartarpur Corridor was the brainchild of their Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had exposed Islamabad’s nefarious intent behind the initiative.Even as he expressed serious concern over this admission by the Pakistan minister,Read More

Chandigarh For the first time since it was established more than a century ago, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has an all-women Bench. The exceptional distinction came as Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha administered oath to six judicial officers from Punjab and Haryana, taking the total number of womenRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre not to reduce the number of firearms permissible on a licence from three to one in Punjab in view of the sensitive location and troubled history of the state. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ChiefRead More

Chandigarh The Centre has given its approval for the establishment of a new Government Medical College at Kapurthala after a request by the Punjab Government. The existing local Civil Hospital would also be upgraded, a press release by the Punjab Government said. The letter according approval has been received byRead More

Amritsar Gobind Singh Longowal was re-appointed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief amid ruckus at the general house meeting at Teja Singh Samundri Hall here. Longowal’s name was proposed by former SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur and was endorsed by Alwinder Pal Singh Pakhoke, nephew of SAD (Taksali) chief RanjitRead More

Chandigarh The political drama in Maharashtra and murder of Jagmail Singh in Sangrur echoed in the Vidhan Sabha during a special sitting of the Assembly to celebrate the Constitution Day today. Legislators, cutting across political spectrum, spoke how the formation of Devendra Fadnavis-Ajit Pawar government was against the very tenetsRead More

Chandigarh On the day the Supreme Court severely criticised the Punjab Government for its failure to stop farm fires, the state surpassed past records of fire incidents. This year, Punjab has recorded more incidents of stubble burning than the last two years. As per the data released by the PunjabRead More