Amritsar,  A blast in a tanker from Pakistan carrying chemicals led to panic Wednesday at the integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, 30 km from here. Police sources said that the chemicals-laden truck had arrived Wednesday morning from Pakistan and was near the ICP on the Indian side of theRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spell out to the nation as what new and fresh he had achieved for the country from his just concluded US visit. “Hype and hyperbole apart, the Indo-US strategic partnership isRead More

Chandigarh, Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal would lead the state-wide ‘Mission Swachh Bharat’ as he would inaugurate this programme in a state level function to be held at Talwandi Sabo on October 2, 2014. According to an official spokesperson said that all employees of Punjab would report to theirRead More

Chandigarh, Within days of the re-organisation of its kisan and khet mazdoor cell, the Punjab Congress today submitted a memorandum to the Governor, Mr Shivraj Patil, demanding, among others, waiving of loan of the farmers and the farm workers. The memorandum was submitted by the delegation led by the stateRead More

* Distributes 12 truckloads of relief material * Assures Kashmiris Punjab govt. will extend all possible help to J&K Chandigarh/Srinagar, Punjabis, who have been the biggest contributors in the relief operations in Jammu and Kashmir following unprecedented floods in the State, achieved a new milestone today with SAD general secretaryRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal sanctioned Rs. 70 lac for the up gradation of nine existing burial places and five Madrassas across the state. Disclosing this here a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that this decision was taken by Mr. Badal in a meeting withRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Right to Service Commission today formed a 4 member committee of officers to study two applications of National Informatics Centre including Web-Suwidha and Right to Service Information System. According to an official spokesman the committee comprise off Mr. Rajnish Malhotra, Head SeMT, Mr. Navneet Kukreja, State InformaticsRead More

* Registers an increase of 77,00 REGISTERS AN INCREASE OF 77000 IN A SINGLE YEAR * Punjab receives Rs. 150 Crore in advance for the first time Chandigarh,  The online portal Ashirwad introduced by Deputy CM Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal for hassle free online sanction of post-matric scholarship to SCRead More

Chandigarh, Continuing its consistant compaign to get hold of the corruption in the government offices, the Vigilance Bureau nabbed a constable red handed while receiving bribe of Rs. 10,000. While disclosing this an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that Constable Bhupinder Singh posted at Police Station Bugha, DistrictRead More

Chandigarh, The Chairman of Punjab Schedule Caste Commission Mr. Rajesh Bagha today called upon NGOs to come forward to provide quality education to poor students belonging to oppressed classes and provide them specialized coaching to enable them to crack All India Competitive examinations. He said that it was imperative toRead More