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Chandigarh, May 17 : Expressing serious concern over the deteriorating condition of the farmers and the unabated farmer suicides, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a one-time debt relief to mitigate the miseries of the farming community. In a letter to theRead More
Chandigarh, May 16: Vigilance Bureau, during its ongoing campaign against corruption, today nabbed a Naib Tehsildar-cum-executive magistrate and his agent red handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 17500/-. Disclosing this an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said Naib Tehsildar Dharminder Kumar posted at Banga, SBS Nagar and his agentRead More
Chandigarh, May 16 After the last date of withdrawal of the nomination papers for the bye-election of Shahkot assembly constituency, now the 13 candidates are in a fray. A spokesperson of the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab said after the last date of withdrawal of the nomination papers, HardevRead More
Chandigarh May 16 Coming down heavily upon the defaulters, Mr. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, the Food and Civil Supplies Minister (FSM) Punjab ordered lodging an FIR against the 2 Millers involved in embezzlement of paddy stocks worth Rs. 12 crore and also placed 3 officials of PUNSUP under suspension for laxityRead More
Chandigarh, May 16 Hit by demonetisation and GST rollout, the state’s small and medium-scale industry is witnessing an economic slowdown. This is evident from the state’s poor revenue growth, which has seen a fall of over 18 per cent from the targeted growth in 2017-18. The state’s total revenue receiptsRead More
Chandigarh, May 16 A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on the appeal filed by the Punjab government against the removal of Suresh Kumar as the chief principal secretary The case was adjourned to July 11 after senior advocate and former financeRead More
Bathinda, May 16 In a sign of deepening farm distress, four debt-ridden farmers allegedly committed suicide in different parts of the district over the past 24 hours. Jagraj Singh (50) of Dhingar village near Rampura Phul ended his life by allegedly consuming a poisonous substance. Village sarpanch Harbans Singh saidRead More
Muktsar, May 16 A former sarpanch of the Congress was allegedly shot dead by some unidentified persons near Kauni village in the Gidderbaha Assembly segment on Tuesday. The deceased, Jaswinder Singh “Chhinda” (52), a native of Kothe Bholewale village, was going on his motorcycle on the Mallan-Kauni road to attendRead More
New Delhi, May 14 Noting that Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI has been active in Punjab and providing all kinds of logistic and financial support, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in its report to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said that pro-Khalistan groups are hiring local criminals to carry outRead More
Chandigarh, May 14 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday issued notice of motion to the Punjab State Election Commission for May 28 on a petition seeking the use of electronic voting machines during polling in the ensuing panchayat elections in Punjab. In their petition against the State ofRead More
