CHANDIGARH,  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday ordered a probe into the explosion at a scrap dealer’s site that left one dead and another injured in Patiala. The Chief Minister has also announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs. 1 lakh for the family of the deceased and Rs.Read More

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 28: The Scheduled Caste, Backward Classes & Minority Welfare Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today demanded the release of Rs. 1048.24 crore pertaining to Post-Matric scholarship for SC students of Punjab by the Union Government. After his meeting with the Union Minister for Social Justice and EmpowermentRead More

Chandigarh, April 28: State Vigilance Bureau today nabbed a revenue Patwari alongwith a private person red handed for accepting bribe. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of Vigilance Bureau Punjab said Gurnam Singh, Patwari, posted at revenue halqa Daba Lohara in Ludhiana district and a private person Mandeep Singh wereRead More

Chandigarh, April 28 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said another form of goonda tax had started in Punjab, this time targeted at commission agents and farmers, by forcing them to cough up Rs three to Rs four per bag to shift procured wheat stock to godowns. Stating thisRead More

Chandigarh, April 28 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has dismissed as malicious SAD’s allegation of deletion of chapters about Sikh Gurus from the Class XII history book of the Punjab School Education Board. Lambasting Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders for trying to spread misinformation on a sensitive religious issue,Read More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, April 28 Air India on Saturday announced the introduction of a direct flight from Amritsar to Bangkok from May 14, as part of its efforts to increase and augment services on key routes. Days after announcing increasing the frequency of flights from Delhi to Copenhagen and San Francisco,Read More

Chandigarh, April 28 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said new Power minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar was contradicting his own Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh by claiming the State had not reached power surplus status besides lying that the decision to close down the Bathinda thermal plant was takenRead More

Chandigarh, April 28: Uzbekistan has expressed interest in furthering business and trade ties with Punjab, particularly in the areas of Agriculture, Education and Tourism, amid the improving industrial climate in the north Indian state. Uzbekistan’s ambassador to India Mr. Farhod Arziev met Captain Amarinder on Saturday during a luncheon meeting,Read More

Nangal, April 28 The district police on Friday booked noted Punjabi singer Miss Pooja for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Hindu community by portraying Yamraj as a drunkard in one of her songs. A Nangal court had issued orders in this regard yesterday. Nangal SHO Sunny Khanna said on theRead More

Ludhiana, April 27 A major fire broke out at hosiery factory on Bhadurke Road in the wee hours of Friday. Following the fire in the two-storey building there were multiple blasts owing to the petroleum products stored there The fire at JM Hosiery started around 1.35 am and fire tendersRead More