* Show cause notice issued to absent teachers Chandigarh, The education department today conducted surprise checking in 904 schools across the state. During the checking in total 90 teachers were found absent and 97 teachers were the late comers. It was also found that 69 teachers had not been attendingRead More

Chandigarh, The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has rescheduled its three day Open hearing / Camp sitting at Chandigarh to consider the pending cases and to discuss important human rights issues relating to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh from 29th to 31st OctoberRead More

Chandigarh, Mr. Sohan Singh Thandal, Jail Minister today reviewed the working and progress of all the drug de addiction centres set up in jails of the state. While presiding over a high level meeting of the jail department, he asked the Mr. Jagjit Singh Inspector General, Jails to prepare aRead More

* Describes his death as great loss to Sikh Panth Raikot (Ludhiana),  Punjab Revenue and Information and Public Relations Minister, Mr Bikram Singh Majithia today deeply mourned the demise of Veteran Akali stalwart Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi at village Talwandi Rai of the district today. Jathedar Talwandi had passed awayRead More

Chandigarh, A delegation of Punjab Motor Union under the leadership of Sh. Avtar Henry today met Transport Minister Sh. Ajit Singh Kohar and submitted a memorandum of demands. Delegation demanded the relaxation in Motor Vehicle Tax, exemption in diesel VAT, 50 percent deduction in Bus Stand (Adda)fees with their otherRead More

Chandigarh,  In a bid to make government schools clean and green, the Education Department, Punjab, will be starting ‘Sohna School Campaign’ from September 26 to October 31, 2014. This campaign would start from Government Senior Secondary School Mothawal (District Kapurthala) where a State Level Function would be organised by theRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab government has ordered posting/transfer orders of the 7 IPS/PPS officers with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said that Mr. Dinkar Gupta, IPS, ADGP/Security and additional charge of ADGP/Law & Order has been given further additional charge of ADGP/Provisioning. Besides this, Mr. Gaurav Yadav,Read More

Chandigarh, Oserving that since RSS and its Hindutava outfits have stepped up their activities with BJP coming to power at the centre and creating horrible communal polarization threatening unity and integrity of India , Comrade M. A.Baby, Polit Bureau Member, CPI(M) called upon the brave and patriotic people of PunjabRead More

Jalandhar, Parkash Singh Jandali, who was recently expelled from the BSP, has lashed out at party chief Mayawati describing her style of functioning as “dictatorial.” Addressing mediapersons here today, he accused Mayawati of promoting sycophants and ignoring honest and dedicated party workers. “Mayawati has wavered from the path shown byRead More

Patiala, Tardy police inquiry into a liquor haul from the house of an Akali councillor’s father has put a question mark on the integrity of police functioning in the case. Moreover, “dilly-dallying approach” by inquiry officer Prithpal Singh Thind, superintendent of police (city), in the case has further strengthened rumorRead More