Chandigarh – The Rural Development & Panchayats department has placed under suspension Narinder Singh Sandhu, Assistant Professor (SIRD) after two enquiries following allegations of sexual harassment by a female Resource person and appointment of his family members as resource persons without any permission by a competent authority. According to an official spokesmanRead More

Chandigarh, Stating this, a spokesperson of the department said that in a meeting of the State Cabinet held on 2nd September , a decision has been taken to merge the schools running under Zila Parishad with the Education department. He further clarified that Directorate of education, established especially for E.T.T.Read More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab govt. today issued instructions to the Block Development and Panchayat Officers to visit the villages under their command area twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday, to review the development works and submit their report to the higher authority. Stating this here today Sikandar Singh Maluka, RuralRead More

Chandigarh,Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha and former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday hit out at Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa, saying that the latter was neither his friend nor well-wisher. “Why shall I invite him? He is neither my friend nor well-wisher,” retorted the CongressRead More

Chandigarh, Keeping in view the long pending demand of public for affordable housing, the Local Bodies Minster Mr. Anil Joshi has taken a very positive step by giving nod for increase of permissible dwelling units from existing 60 numbers per acre to 75 numbers per acre for multi-storyed housing projects withinRead More

* 10,000 youth would get training in first phase * Presides over function of EPF Pension holders Jalandhar, Emphasising the need to impart Skill Development Training to youngsters, the Union Food Processing Minister Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal today asserted that her ministry has made an exclusive plan to execute thisRead More

* Rs. 23248 crore set aside to ensure timely payment to farmers *24 hours control room set up monitor procurement Chandigarh,  Paddy procurement operations, the biggest ever operations of Asia, for the Kharif Season 2014-15 across the State are set to begin in the state today as state government bracesRead More

Chandigarh, In a move aimed at getting more buyers to enter Punjab’s market to purchase basmati for safeguarding the interests of the basmati cultivators on one hand and encouraging crop diversification in the state on other, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today allowed the incentives given toRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today described the resentment in Badal village against the flawed model of development of the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Sikhbir Singh Badal, as only the tip of the iceberg in the backdrop of a strong undercurrent of anger against the ParkashRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government education department has notified the new time in all government, private aided and recognized schools in the state that would be applicable from 1st October, 2014. According to an official spokesman that new timings of the primary schools would be 9 am to 3 pm whereas for other schools it wouldRead More