Chandigarh, Assuring compliance of norms and support to Tandarust Punjab Mission fruit traders have met the Deputy Commissioner Amritsar and have requested to organize a formal Ethical Fruit Ripening Training for the fruit traders , informed Mr Kahan Singh Pannu, the Mission Director while sharing the impact of raids under justRead More

Chandigarh, June 12: Deterrent action under Mission Tandarust Punjab is in full swing state-wide. As per the plan chalked out by the mission Tandarust Punjab team, the Anti-Adulteration Drive has been put into full throttle. After a couple of random surprise checks which were meant more or less to sendRead More

Chandigarh, June 12 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said it would not allow the Congress government to scrap the free power facility given to farmers for agricultural operations as well as subsidized power facility given to industry, scheduled castes and below poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries through the backRead More

Chandigarh, June 12: Reacting sharply to Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu’s suggestion on bringing AAP leader Bhagwant Mann into the Punjab Congress, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged all party leaders to refrain from making such public statements. It was the prerogative of the party high command toRead More

Chandigarh, June 12: Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday took serious note of State BJP president Shwet Malik’s statement that the Akali leadership did not raise any contentions on the farmers’ issue with BJP chief Amit Shah, saying it had exposed the hollow claims of both the parties regardingRead More

Chandigarh, June 12: Zero tolerance towards corruption is the new mantra of the state government. Taking the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh’s crusade against corruption to a new level, the Finance Department has unearthed a Rs 19.29-crore embezzlement of public funds. This huge financial irregularity was detected during the auditRead More

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 12: The Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister, Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary today held a meeting with the Anganwadi Employee Union leaders in her office here at the Punjab Civil Secretariat in which she gave a very patient hearing to the demands put forward by the union leadersRead More

Chandigarh, June 12 Nearly six months after the names of 11 advocates were cleared for elevation as Punjab and Haryana High Court judges, one of the collegium members is now believed to have raised objections. Available information suggests Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal, without consulting the other collegium member Justice SuryaRead More

Chandigarh, June 12: To ensure holistic and planned urban development, Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Mr Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa today gave nod to new building rules, which were approved by the cabinet and will be applicable across the state, outside municipal limits. He further revealed that these rulesRead More

Chandigarh, “Breaking the stalemate, Punjab finally gets first approval for RIDF from NABARD in two years. It has taken immense efforts and persuasion at departmental and personal level to get the things going”, said Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, PWD Minister Punjab while disclosing that the National Bank for Agriculture and RuralRead More