* Online applications can be submitted from Sept. 15 to oct.7 Chandigarh,  The Punjab government has started recruitment process of 43 Tehsil Welfare Officers to strengthen the Welfare Department, especially at the Tehsil level for ensuring proper delivery of Welfare schemes to the beneficiaries in the remote villages. Punjab WelfareRead More

Amritsar, Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of Sikhs, has been dispatching relief material, including cooked food, to the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir on daily basis. SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said here today that the religious body has also set up a relief campRead More

Phagwara, The re-appointed president of Punjab unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Avtar Singh Karimpuri on Saturday declared that strengthening of party at the grass roots level will be his first and foremost priority in the state. Talking to newsmen here on his maiden visit after his re-appointment as stateRead More

Chandigarh, Student Organisation of India (SOI) workers on Saturday submitted a memorandum to human resource development minister Smriti Irani, urging her to give central university status for Panjab University (PU). The delegation was led by senior SOI leader Vicky Middukhera. The memorandum stated that PU was one of the oldestRead More

Chandigarh, Nearly 20,000 people associated with the drugs trade have been arrested in Punjab in the last one year alone and drugs seizures in the past 20 months have been over Rs 6,000 crore. The alarming figures are the reason why Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal says thatRead More

Chandigarh,  An official reply obtained under the Right To Information (RTI) Act has revealed a Rs. 62-crore scam, allegedly involving Markfed officials during 2012-13. In reply to an RTI application, Markfed has revealed embezzlement of paddy stocks by rice sheller owners to the tune of more than Rs. 62 croreRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab government has referred the cases of retired Punjab-cadre IAS officers KS Sidhu and Harkesh Singh Sidhu to the Centre’s department of personnel and training for initiating disciplinary action against them for misappropriation of Red Cross societies’ funds. The information was submitted in the Punjab and Haryana highRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab has ranked on top with highest compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 46 per cent in employment generation by the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) between 2008-09 and 2012-13. The revelation was made by a recent study conducted by apex industry body Assocham. “Only three other states,Read More

* Cm to demand special industry package from center govt. * Would open anganwari in every village’ Gohlewala (Talwandi Sabo), Punjab would soon impress upon the Central government for review of the tax holiday granted to neighboring states, which was proving to be detrimental for the growth of industry inRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Dairy Development Board (PDDB) has invited applications for Dairy Training Course in five districts with a view to educate farmers about growing benefits in dairy profession. The farmers can get the scientific and modern training at five centres in the state. Giving Details, a spokesperson said that DairyRead More