Chandigarh February 19: Aiming to deliver effective core banking services at village level the Punjab Government will install micro ATMs in its all 3535 primary agricultural cooperative societies (PACS) and district central cooperative banks (DCCBs) under its rural financial inclusion plan. Disclosing this Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation Mr DPRead More

Houston, February 19 Indian-American Ravinder Bhalla, who became the first Sikh Mayor of New Jersey’s Hoboken city, has publicly acknowledged that death threats were made against him and his family recently. In a statement issued on Friday afternoon following a security breach at City Hall, Bhalla said the city isRead More

Ludhiana, Feb 17 Punjabi singer Gurjant Singh, 24, who uses the screen name Gurr-Vir Singh, and an accomplice named Surjit Singh, 35, were arrested by the Punjab police’s special task force (STF) on Saturday as 1.5-kg heroin was recovered from their possession — besides a revolver with five bullets, andRead More

Ludhiana, Feb 17: Four persons died of electrocution when they came in contact with a high tension electric wire at Ishwar colony in Dhandari locality here, police said today. The incident took place last night when a family was celebrating birthday of an eight-year-old, Sapna, daughter of Ranjit Singh (27).Read More

Chandigarh, Feb 17 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not meet with Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, according to Canadian media reports. According to sources, Trudeau will not meet with Amarinder, who has publicly accused members of Trudeau’s cabinet of being connected to the formation of Khalistan, a separateRead More

Chandigarh, Bound by personal, religious and political links in Canada, many Sikhs in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe will be keenly following the week-long visit to India of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is scheduled to visit Punjab, among other engagements, from Saturday. Of interest willRead More

New Delhi, Feb 17 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived here on Saturday on an eight-day visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi. “Strategic partnership underpinned by shared values of democracy and pluralism! Namaste to the Right Honorable @JustinTrudeau, Prime Minister of Canada as he arrives onRead More

Chandigarh, February 17 : “In the wake of overuse of social media, there is a need to use it judiciously and sensibly. It is very difficult to make laws to curb the misuse of social media but by creating awareness and imbibing moral values among different sphere of society canRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 17 The court of judicial magistrate (first class) Gurdarshan Singh in Talwandi Sabo on Friday issued arrest warrants against two accused booked in the Maur twin bomb blasts case. Police on February 9 had named Gurtej Singh Kala of Alika village near Dabwali in Haryana and Amrik SinghRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 17 Gangster Ravicharan Singh alias Ravi Deol, who surrendered at a Sangrur court on January 30, was brought on production warrant by the Patiala police in an investigation related to the multi-crore sythentic drug case, in which former Punjab police cop Jagdish Singh Bhola is one of theRead More