Malout: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress, alleging that it had betrayed the peasantry and used them as vote bank to further the interests of “one particular family”. PM Modi said that despite toiling hard, farmers could not think of a comfortable life and thatRead More

Chandigarh; Punjab Education Minister Mr. Om Prakash Soni today said that corruption in teachers’ transfers will not be tolerated at any cost. He announced that any whistle-blower, who gives information with concrete proof of bribe in the teachers’ transfers, will be rewarded with Rs.5 lakhs. He said that transfers are beingRead More

Chandigarh, Less than 24 hours after the matter was brought to his notice, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday cleared a German company’s project for setting up a Rs.100 Crore bio-gas CNG plant, which had been lying in cold storage for the past three years. Though the erstwhileRead More

Chandigarh, Adopting a policy of far reaching effects, The Punjab Government would promote the animal of indigenous breeds like Sahiwal & Gir cows and Murrah & Nili Ravi buffalos, Beetal Goats and Kadaknath Chicken breed. It was disclosed by Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and FisheriesRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has lauded the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, for being top ranked among all the State Agricultural Universities by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It has also been ranked third amongst all the component institutes ofRead More

Chandigarh, Istri Akali Dal president Bibi Jagir Kaur today took strong notice of the Union Territory administration’s decision to make helmets compulsory for women, saying the step was not in consonance with Sikh religion and culture. In a statement here, Bibi Jagir Kaur said a meeting of all women ShiromaniRead More

CHANDIGARH, Continuing with their crackdown on drug smugglers and traders, the Punjab Police, in a joint operation with UP Police, on Monday busted an inter-state gang of drug peddlers. The gang was allegedly involved in smuggling of drugs used to create concoctions by drug addicts in Punjab, and was tracedRead More

Jahan Khelan (Hoshiarpur), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday defended his decision on dope test for government employees and police personnel, saying such tests were also conducted in the Army, as a precautionary measure. The current situation in the state, where addicts were resorting to the use ofRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday made it clear that government employees who are found positive in the dope test would not be punished or sacked but would be provided treatment, with their identity also being kept confidential. Chairing a review meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee setRead More

Chandigarh, The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the July 11 thanksgiving rally being organized at Malout would be a historic one with farmers from Punjab and even those from parts of neighbouring States expressing their overwhelming sense of gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the record increase inRead More