Gurdaspur: At least six border villages across the Ravi river remained cut off following flooding of the Basanter Nullah. The affected villages are Ghania ke Bet, Kassowal, Puranawal, Lallowal Gunia, Saharanpur and Mansore. The flood waters also breached an embankment on the Indian side after the flow of water increasedRead More

Ludhiana : Accusing Congress of misguiding people by spreading “false propaganda” that the Centre was not providing funds to Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asserted that the Narendra Modi government has never denied financial aid to the state. “The UPA government knew that they will not beRead More

Chandigarh-  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday urged the central government to review the procedure for fixing the minimum support price (MSP) for crops to make it more remunerative and improve the viability of farming. Dwelling on the formula to be evolved for fixing the MSP, Badal saidRead More

Chandigarh,  With union finance minister Arun Jaitley categorically rejecting higher financial assistance to Punjab and arguing that its devolution was already high, the state government’s claims stand exposed, opposition Congress party said Friday. Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa in a statement here said the tall claims of the ParkashRead More

Administrative complex to be completed by January Amritsar,  Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today set the deadline to complete the Bus Rapid Transit System project till March 3, 2015 at the cost of 333 crore  which would include 7 corridors at important geographical points in the city.Read More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Government has issued the posting/transfer orders of 5 IPS officers of 2012 batch as ASPs, besides shifting 22 PPS officers of DSP rank. According to an official spokesman Harjinder Singh PPS has been posted as DSP/SD Khanna, Ranjit Singh as DSP/Dharkalan, Harjit Singh as ACP/Crime, Amritsar, RavinderpalRead More

Chandigarh,  The first phase of   protest action programme launched by  Four Left Parties – CPI, CPI(M), CPM Punjab & CPI(ML) Liberation against the draconian black law “  Punjab Protection Of Government And Private Properties Damage Act  – 2014 “ enacted by the Badal  government and for settlement of other burning demands ofRead More

* Step aimed at ensuring quality control of all civil works Chandigarh,   The Punjab government today constituted a special team to conduct thorough technical audit and physical verification of works of Municipal Corporation and Municipal Councils, Improvement Trusts, Panchayats, Water Supply department, Sewerage Boards in district Amritsar in otherRead More

    Vigilance bureau to complete inquiry and submit report within two months Chandigarh,  Cracking a whip on all those erring government employees, who have got Permanent Immigration/ Green Cards of foreign countries, the Punjab Government today asked the Vigilance Bureau to conduct a thorough inquiry in the whole case andRead More

Web based sarathi online project launched in a Fatehgarh Sahib Major Initiative by transport department to bring transparency Driving test centers to be established in every district  Chandigarh, The Punjab Transport Department today took a path breaking e-Governance initiative by launching Online Version of the Web Based SARATHI application forRead More