Chandigarh, May 14 Just about a month after former CM Parkash Singh Badal refused to furnish information on incidents of sacrilege in the state during his tenure, Justice Ranjit Singh Commission has made it clear that the course adopted by him was “neither legal nor valid in any manner”. TheRead More

Chandigarh, May 14 The order by the Supreme Court of India asking mining contractors to surrender the quarries allotted to them through the now discarded policy of reverse bidding is likely to put the plug on mining of gravel. It will lead to its shortage and subsequent price hike forRead More

Chandigarh, May 13: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has exhorted the industry to partner with the state government in implementing its social welfare agenda by contributing a part of their CSR budget to the recently launched Social Security Fund. He was interacting informally with some of the state’s leadingRead More

Chandigarh, 13 May Mr. Arvinder Singh Bains, Registrar, Cooperative Societies Punjab informed today that the Board of Directors of the Hindu Urban Cooperative Bank, Pathankot has been placed under suspension and put on notice to explain as to why action should be not be taken against them as they haveRead More

Chandigarh, May 12 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today demanded a judicial probe into the brutal murder of Kabaddi sportsperson Lakshmi Devi, saying the district police was siding with goons at the instance of Congress leaders leading to barbaric acts of violence against small the marginalRead More

Chandigarh, May 12 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday welcomed the suggestion for deployment of paramilitary forces for the Shahkot bypoll, saying it would deprive the Opposition, particularly the Akalis, of the chance to accuse the state government of interference in the wake of their imminent defeat inRead More

Chandigarh, May 12:  The Chandigarh International Airport was closed for all air traffic on Saturday until May 31 to carry out runway expansion and repairs, officials said here. “No civil and military flights will operate from Chandigarh from May 12 to May 31,” a Chandigarh International Airport Ltd (Chial) spokesmanRead More

Jalandhar, May 12 Only 29 students from government schools have made it to the merit list of the PSEB Class X exams, the results of which were declared recently. The names of 401 students figure on the state merit list. Further, no government school student from 10 districts could produceRead More

Jalandhar, May 12 A week after he lodged an FIR against Congress candidate for Shahkot bypoll Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia, Mehatpur SHO Parminder Bajwa was arrested amid high drama at the district courts on Friday. Bajwa has been booked under Sections 353 and 186 of the IPC for allegedly obstructingRead More

Amritsar, May 12 Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh is caught in a difficult situation on the issue of attack on Bhai Amrik Singh Chandigarh at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Southhall (UK), on May 8. The SGPC, the SAD (Delhi) and the Panthic Talmel Sangathan have shown solidarity withRead More