Chandigarh Before Partition, Vidyawati boasted of a sprawling 11,500-acre estate spread across 35 villages in Gujranwala and Sialkot districts (now in Pakistan Punjab). But the year 1947 changed it all forever. All she was handed over was a barren chunk of land in Karnal district. Down the line, historians recallRead More

Chandigarh The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed the Punjab Urban Transport Fund Bill under which the Local Bodies Department would impose a cess on petrol and diesel at the rate of 10 paise per litre in urban areas. The department would also impose an additional 10 per cent cessRead More

Chandigarh As the second day of the three-day monsoon session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha resumes tomorrow, two bills — The Punjab Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2019, and the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University Bill, 2019, will be tabled as part of the legislative business. Listed on the scheduled areRead More

Chandigarh Punjab on Monday decided to follow the UPSC pattern to increase the number of chances for Punjab Civil Services (PCS) aspirants from existing four to six in the General Category and to nine for Backward Classes, while the SC category students will get unlimited chances. While the age limitRead More

Chandigarh Terming the move to scrap Article 370 as “totally unconstitutional”, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday flayed the manner in which the Centre had imposed its decision on Kashmir. Singh said the democratic fabric of the nation had been “ripped apart with” this “unprecedented violation” of ConstitutionalRead More

Islamabad Pakistan has completed 90 per cent work on the Kartarpur corridor from the zero line to Gurdwara Sahib and plans to inaugurate it on 550th Gurpurb in November, according to a media report. The first batch of pilgrims from India will arrive in Pakistan on November 9. However, theRead More

Jalandhar Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will unfurl the Tricolour at the state-level Independence Day function, which is slated to be organised on the mortgaged property of the government. The venue is Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, which the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT) had mortgaged to Punjab National Bank in 2011Read More

Amritsar As per the Khalsai traditions, the nagar kirtan, which arrived in Amritsar from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on Thursday, started its next leg of journey within India on Friday. A “bir” of Guru Granth Sahib was placed in a beautifully decorated and specially fabricated bus that left for GurdwaraRead More

Chandigarh On the opening day of the session that was wrapped up in 14 minutes, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha paid tributes to eminent personalities who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly. Tributes were also paid to Fatehveer, who had died after falling in a borewell, afterRead More

New Delhi Acrimonious debate on the contribution of political leaders to the freedom struggle preceded the passage of The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Amendment Bill-2019 by the Lok Sabha today with the opposition Congress, TMC, DMK and NCP walking out in protest. The Bill removes Congress president as a trusteeRead More