Badal for Zero discharge treatment technology for industrial effluents   Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal would take up the serious matter of flowing heavy discharge of industrial effluents and domestic waste into the drains with the Punjab Governor Mr. Shivraj V Patil, who is also the AdministratorRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Government of India (GoI) to review the procedure for fixing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) to make it far more remunerative in order to improve the viability of farming thereby adopting the formula of determining the rental value ofRead More

Total estimated cost 149.33 crore, releases 125.52 crore for this project Chandigarh, The Punjab Government is constructing new 26 Community health Centres with the cost of 149.33 crore in the state out of which 125.52 crore have been released for this purpose. The Punjab Government is strengthening the Health CareRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today demanded that special girdwari should be ordered in the villages which had been affected by heavy rains during the last couple of days leading to severe crop  damage to paddy in Majha, Doaba and parts of Mawa. In a statement,Read More

Chandigarh,It was Punjab prerogative to give free electricity to the agriculture sector but it should also factor its sustainability, union minister of state for power Piyush Goel remarked on Sunday during videoconferencing with journalists from across the country. he minister hinted that Punjab might go for rationalising the power subsidy.Read More

Chandigarh,With a view to increasing the acceptability of Punjabi as the language of the industry, the Punjab government has decided to make it the medium of instruction in vocational courses.  Punjab education minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said here on Sunday that the decision was taken in view of theRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab is among nine states that would take part in a conference being organised by the Indian government at Abu Dhabi aimed at improving the delivery of services for welfare of Indians living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The day-long meet on September 13 is being jointly organisedRead More

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