CHANDIGARH, The Punjab Education Department has initiated a special health awareness campaign for the students of government schools in the state. Divulging the details about this campaign, an official spokesperson said that school students must be aware about the health issues because if the students will be healthy, they willRead More

Chandigarh: In his most scathing attack on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime so far, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal warned the GST council on Saturday that the state may have “no option but to fall out of line” going by the alarming shortfall in its revenue.

Chandigarh, July 21: Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar has demanded the resignation of Sukhpal Singh Khaira as Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the wake of the serious allegations of corruption levied by his own party colleagues. In a statement issued here, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief said onRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Home Department today cancelled the additional charge of the post of AIG/Counter Intelligence, Amritsar assigned to Sh. Sukhminder Singh Mann, IPS, AIG, SSOC, Amritsar on administrative grounds.

Chandigarh, With the tireless efforts of the Punjab Education Minister Mr. Om Prakash Soni to fill all vacant posts in the governments schools, the pending cases of promotion from ETT to Master Cadre, have been disposed of as today Education Department has promoted 2282 ETT teachers to MasterCadre. It wasRead More

Chandigarh, Prof S S Marwaha was today appointed chairman of the Punjab Pollution Control Board. IAS officer K S Pannu was holding this office. Prof Marwaha, dean of central university, Bathinda, was earlier head of biotechnology department at Punjabi University, Patiala

Chandigarh, Former deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced the party would write to Punjab and Haryana high court chief justice Krishna Murari not to approve former judge Mehtab Singh Gill’s name for appointment as Lokpal, saying the judge was a known CongressRead More

Chandigarh,  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has mourned the death of senior ex-IAS officer Kuldip Singh Janjua. The Chief Minister described the former bureaucrat as an able administrator and distinguished civil servant. The 1965 batch IAS officer had served with dedication and professional commitment in various important posts, includingRead More

Chandigarjh, The student wing of Aam Aadmi Party, CYSS will contest the upcoming student elections in Punjab university and colleges of state. In a press statement, AAP student wing and MLA Meet Hayer said that a meeting to finalise the decision of contesting student elections was held under the guidenceRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday wrote to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, seeking cadre protection for Punjab in Chandigarh and his intervention to ensure that the fine balance in sharing of resources and officials in the Union Territory between the states of Punjab and Haryana isRead More