Chandigarh Finance ministers of five states—Punjab, Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal and Rajasthan—issued a joint statement on Wednesday on delay in releasing Goods and Services Tax dues that the central government had promised to pay in October. The statement, released after a meeting of Empowered Committee of Finance Ministers held inRead More

Chandigarh Punjab has seen a negative growth in agriculture loans for the first time ever. The loans given by banks have decreased by Rs 299 crore between September 30, 2018 and the same date this year. The loans to farmers, according to data released at a meeting of the StateRead More

Chandigarh Acceding to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s demand, IT giant Google has removed the secessionist, anti-India Mobile Application ‘2020 Sikh Referendum’ from its Play Store with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that this app was not available on GoogleRead More

Chandigarh After several rounds of negotiations, the Punjab Government today reached an agreement with protesting Dalit outfits as it offered Rs 20 lakh compensation and a government job to the wife of a man who died after being allegedly thrashed by a landlord family of native Changaliwala village in Sangrur.Read More

Chandigarh The murder of Jagmale Singh was just one among many cases of atrocities on Dalits in the state. Six such cases are reported everyday in Punjab, which has the highest population of the community in the country. The actual situation may be even worse as these cases are thoseRead More

Chandigarh Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh today directed the Chief Secretary and DGP to ensure speedy probe against those responsible for mercilessly thrashing Dalit youth Jagmale Singh, resulting in his death at the PGI here on Saturday. The victim belonged to Changaliwala village in Sangrur. Patiala Zone IGP Jatinder SinghRead More

New Delhi: The Union government on Friday inaugurated a multi-role broadcasting auditorium and launched a digital version of gurbani and shabad kirtan selected from Prasar Bharti’s archives. The 456-seat auditorium and the digital version were launched by Union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Harsimrat Badal and Babul Supriyo. Harsimrat said it wasRead More

Chandigarh Everyone loves it, when a hot meal is served; that’s the same story here. A gurdwara in Sydney is winning hearts after it provided hot meals to emergency responders, who are fighting wildfires. After containing a fire in South Turramurra on Sydney’s North Shore, the Hornsby Rural Fire Brigade’sRead More

Chandigarh Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to request Pakistan to revise the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries and remove the clause which requires devotees to carry passport to access the Kartarpur Corridor. In a letter to the PM,Read More

Chandigarh To flay the Narinder Modi-led NDA government for its alleged anti-people policies, the Congress will hold dharnas at all district headquarters in the state on Friday. PPCC president Sunil Jakhar said the aim was to make people aware about the socio-economic problems created by the BJP-led government. He saidRead More