Chandigarh, June 15: The Punjab Government has declared gazetted holiday on the occasion of Kabir Jayanti on June 28, 2018. An official Spokesperson said that Punjab Government has issued a notification in this regard and all the offices of Punjab government, Boards/Corporations and other Government/Educational institutes would remain closed onRead More

Chandigarh, June 15 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the party helpline to stop forceful destruction of standing paddy on dictatorial dictates by the Congress government had already started delivering results with farmers consolidating at hundreds of places to thwart re-plowing of their transplanted paddy fields by governmentRead More

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 15: “The next generation is sure to be impacted by environmental issues of today and to avoid the perils of leaving behind a dilapidated ecological system, making concerted effort from now onwards is the need of the hour.” These views were expressed by the Local Government, Cultural AffairsRead More

New Delhi, June 15: Dr Jaspal Singh, former vice-chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, has been appointed member of National Minorities Commission.

Chandigarh, June 14 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today established a helpline to come to the aid of beleaguered farmers whose standing paddy crops are being destroyed on the orders of the Congress government, even as it asked its senior as well as district leadership to forcefully oppose thisRead More

New Delhi, June 14 All NRI marriages solemnised in India would need to be registered within seven days, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said on Thursday. If the NRI marriages are not registered within seven days, the passports and visas would not be issued. Last week, Women andRead More

Shahkot (Jalandhar), June 14: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced development projects to the tune of Rs 2140 crore for Jalandhar and Shahkot, as a gesture of gratitude to the people for ensuring the Congress candidate’s landslide victory in the Shahkot bypoll, which he said had laidRead More

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 14: Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Minister for SC/BC Welfare has directed officers of the Welfare Department to restart one-time settlement (OTS) scheme for the debtors of the Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation. Presiding over a review meeting of the corporation’s debt schemes, Mr. Dharamsot saidRead More

Chandigarh, June 14 A newborn child of a 15-year-old rape victim died in GMCH-32 on Thursday. The victim had given birth to the seven-month-old child through C-section on Tuesday. Minni Bharadwaj, investigating officer of the case, confirmed the death of the newborn. She said ever since the birth, the conditionRead More

Chandigarh, June 14 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked Jails and Cooperation minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to first look at his own functioning as well as the example he was setting by receiving congratulatory messages from prisoners in jail besides consulting gangsters on how to conduct jail reformsRead More