Chandigarh, May 23: The Punjab Government is all set to commence skill development courses in Government ITIs and polytechnic colleges of the state to give a fillip to the ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ campaign of the state government. Giving this information Technical Education and Industrial Training and Employment Generation Minister CharanjitRead More

Chandigarh, May 22 :  Most parts of Haryana and Punjab reeled under severe heatwave conditions on Tuesday with temperatures soaring past the 44-45 degrees Celsius mark at several places. Hisar and Narnaul towns in Haryana sizzled at 45.5 and 45.3 degrees, making them the hottest places in the region. BhiwaniRead More

Chandigarh, May 22 Punjab Jail Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa suspended four policemen on Tuesday a week after two prisoners escaped from Ludhiana Central Jail, an official spokesperson for the government. An enquiry found Superintendent Jail Shamsher Singh Boparai; Deputy Superintendent Jail Manjit Singh Tiwana; Assistant Superintendent Jail Parwinder Singh; andRead More

Chandigarh, May 22 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the Union Environment ministry had deputed a central team to assess the ecological damage caused by the sugar mill of the family of the chief minister’s Religious Advisor Paramjit Sarna by releasing industrial effluents into theRead More

CHANDIGARH, MAY 22: The Jail Minister, Punjab, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has ordered the suspension of 4 officers in the matter pertaining to the fleeing of 2 prisoners from the Ludhiana Central Jail recently. The minister took the action after an enquiry ordered into the incident found the officers inRead More

Chandigarh, May 22: The Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs for prayer and politics, today constituted a 21-member Sikh Censor Board to clear films relating to Sikh religion. This board will include representatives of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), Sant Samaj,Read More

CHANDIGARH, MAY 22: The Cooperation Minister, Punjab, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, while taking an immediate note of the news item published in news paper on the issue of loan limit cut, sent a team of officers to District Bathinda to review the situation and to take immediate action. Disclosing thisRead More

Chandigarh, May 21 While Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal is asking officials to take austerity measures to revive the Railway, which is running in losses, the parliamentary inspection team visiting the railway station preferred a seven-star property, Sukhvilas, in Mullanpur instead of staying at the VIP guest house located atRead More

Chandigarh, May 22 : Scores of leaders and workers of the INLD and BSP courted arrest here on Tuesday as part of ‘Jail Bharo’ agitation to demand early construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to supply water to the parched areas of Haryana. The Indian National Lok Dal-Bahujan SamajRead More

Chandigarh May 21: Smart Ration Card Scheme, the Aadhaar enabled Public Distribution System is all set to be launched in June, informed Mr. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, the Food & Civil Supplies Minister Punjab. To minimize diversion, leakage, pilferage and to bring transparency in the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) andRead More