Chandigarh, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab today nabbed an Inspector, Food and Civil Supply Department red handed while receiving bribe of Rs. 3000.                             Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that Inspector Vishal Kumar, Food and Civil Supply Department, posted at Patiala was nabbed on theRead More

Departments directed to collect aadhaar no. of all applicants and feed in their service application Chandigarh, The Punjab government has taken a major initiative of integrating Aadhaar number of applicants with all service delivery applications and all departments have been asked to collect the Aadhaar numbers of applicants and feedRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today appointed Mr. Charanjit Singh Brar as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal and Mr. Paramjit Singh Sidhwan as Political Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister with immediate effect. According to notification issued by State General Administration Department theRead More

A man from Punjab was arrested in Goa Monday for possessing amphetamine drugs, also known as ‘speed’, valued at Rs.3.70 lakh, police said. Police said Vinod Sharma, 52, was arrested from Calangute beach village, 20 km from Panaji, which is known for drug trade. Sharma has been booked under variousRead More

Nangal, The new mining policy, approved by the Punjab cabinet recently, will be implemented by October-end, Punjab industries minister Madan Mohan Mittal told mediapersons here. He said the new mining policy had been framed to ensure the easy availability of sand and gravel to the people at reasonable rates. MittalRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, challenged the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to release the letter written by the Union Finance Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, to the state government last month denying special financial package.   He asserted this was necessary to nail Mr Badal’sRead More

Chandigarh,  Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary, General Administration, Punjab today inaugurated the Punjab Agro Juice Bar at Punjab Civil Secretariat. Speaking at the occasion Mr. Sanjay Kumar said that Punjab Agro is providing quality products at reasonable rates to the people. He said that Punjab Government has set more thanRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress has demanded Rs. 11000 per acre as compensation to the farmers to neutralise the additional cost they had to incur to save their crops from drought and Rs. 25,000 per acre to the farmers whose crops have been damaged due to recent heavy rains.   TheRead More

External agency to conduct survey and independent audit of STPs Asks DCs to submit status report of land acquisition within 2 days Chandigarh,  Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed the local bodies department to ensure coverage of all towns of Punjab with ultra modern sewerage systemRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Government would spend Rs. 20 crore to construct 17391 toilets free of cost in rural areas for the families living under below poverty line. Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka said that he has already given his nod to a proposal to provide sanitationRead More