Chandigarh Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev as national tolerance day. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the CMhas demanded that the auspicious day be declared national tolerance day for the re-dedication of peopleRead More

Chandigarh Trashing Union minister Harsimrat Badal’s allegations as atrocious and misleading, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said it was the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) that was using a grave issue like drugs to divert public attention from their own responsibility in the matter. Reacting strongly to Harsimrat’sRead More

Jalandhar A 39-year-old migrant labourer, who was allegedly caught raping a 9-year-old girl at Dinesh Nagar colony in Rama Mandi, was beaten to death here on Sunday. The accused, identified as Pappu Kumar, a native of Bihar, took the minor to his house and raped her. Pappu lived some housesRead More

Chandigarh Under the online building plan approval system (OBPS) nearly 4,000 plans have been sanctioned on e-naksha portal till date with more than 8,800 files having been uploaded. In a statement issues here today, Urban Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said about 1,600 architects and engineers had registered themselvesRead More

Chandigarh Even as officiating DGP VK Bhawra has called a meeting of members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the Behbal Kalan and Kotkpaura police firing incidents, to discuss reports about differences of opinion related to the investigation, the key member, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, took toRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev as National Tolerance Day. The Chief Minister has written a letter to the Prime Minister seeking that the auspicious day be declared National Tolerance Day for theRead More

Chandigarh/Patiala The first-ever petrol pump to be run by inmates and jail staff will open at the Central Jail in Patiala. Jails Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa and ADGP-Jails Rohit Chowdhry signed an MoU with the Indian Oil Company at Patiala on Monday morning. The pump will employ inmates with a goodRead More

Bathinda: Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who paid obeisance at Talwandi Sabo gurdwara on Saturday, said employment generation would be on top of her agenda. She said a scheme to encourage setting up of small units requiring investment between Rs 1 lakh and 10 lakh would be launchedRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating his demand for a National Drugs Policy to check the drug menace. In the letter, Singh has urged the PM to advise the Home Ministry, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry ofRead More

Patiala The Medical Council of India (MCI) has given the state government a last chance to appoint teachers to retain 100 MBBS seats in Amritsar and Patiala government medical colleges. The MCI has given just two months to the government to hire faculty for both these government colleges. The governmentRead More