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Alleging widespread corruption in the disbursal of post-matric scholarship funds in the state, Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) MLA Simarjit Singh Bains today released a helpline number (7009055421) which will help Dalit students who are facing problems in receiving the benefits of the scheme. Inviting Navjot Singh Sidhu into the thirdRead More
New Delhi Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday met Congress veteran Ahmed Patel in the capital and is learnt to have reasserted his stand on cabinet colleague Navjot Sidhu. Sidhu had on June 10 met Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Patel and posted a group picture on TwitterRead More
New Delhi Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has agreed to have a joint meeting with Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to resolve the Rs 31,000-crore food account debt legacy issue of the state. The assurance was given by Sitharaman to Capt Amarinder, who metRead More
Dera Baba Nanak The Kartarpur corridor has hit a roadblock, with the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) putting on hold construction activity after a dargah and a temple were spotted directly in the ‘right of way’ (ROW) of the 3.6-km-long passage.Read More
One of the inmates escaped during rioting at the Ludhiana jail on Thursday. Undertrial Aman Kumar, alias Deepak, booked for theft under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC by the Khanna police, was a resident of Mandi Gobindgarh. Prisoner Ajit Baba was killed and 11 persons — five inmatesRead More
Jalandhar The central and Punjab governments have jointly launched a new project to register the state’s six lakh Basmati growers, an official said. The project, undertaken to help bring down pesticides in the crop to help boost exports, will give each Basmati grower in the state a unique ID. TheRead More
Chandigarh Commemorating the 180th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, a life-size sculpture of the Sikh ruler was installed in Lahore on Thursday. Sculpted by various local artists, the 9-ft-high statue has been installed opposite the haveli of Rani Jindan in the Lahore Fort. The sculpture was commissioned by theRead More
Chandigarh The working and management of jails in Punjab is under scanner following repeated incidents of lawlessness. Days after Mohinder Pal Bittu, a dera follower was killed with an iron rod by two inmates of Nabha jail, all hell broke loose in the Ludhiana jail on Thursday, when a largeRead More
New Delhi The Centre will initiate work on the infrastructure development of Sultanpur Lodhi as proposed by the Punjab Government at the earliest, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri assured Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday. The Chief Minister on Friday called on Puri, the Union Minister of State forRead More
Chandigarh Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered the Finance Department to immediately release Rs118.42 crore to clear pending scholarship funds for SC students studying in 634 colleges across the state. The backlog pertains to 2015-16 and 2016-17 fiscal years, said a government spokesperson. The CM announced his decisionRead More
