Chandigarh, December 20 – Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today requested the civil aviation ministry to restart direct flight service between Amritsar and Birmingham for the benefit of pilgrims and NRIs visiting the historical city of Amritsar and other places in Punjab. The Union minister has written aRead More

Chandigarh December 20: Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested Piara Singh, Secretary posted at Assistant Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) office Hoshiarpur. The special court sent him for five days vigilance custody for further investigations. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of Vigilance Bureau said Vigilance had already nabbed an ASI RameshRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, December 20 : Lok Sabha member from Gurdaspur, Sunil Jakhar, on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the violation of his Oath of Secrecy with his public statement about an alleged conspiracy against the nation. Speaking in the Lok Sabha amid Opposition protests against the derogatory remarksRead More

Chandigarh, December 20: The Punjab has given its go-ahead to the closure of the inefficient power units in Bathinda and Ropar with effect from January 1, 2018, without any job losses for the employees. A decision to this effect was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the Council ofRead More

Patiala, December 20: The Patiala police have arrested Inderjit Singh Sandhu, a close accomplice of notorious gangsters Vicky Gonder, Prema Lohoria and Neeta Deol from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. He was one of the masterminds in the Nabha jailbreak case and was instrumental in providing logistics, managing financesRead More

New Delhi, Dec 20:  Four followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh have been arrested for indulging in arson after he was convicted of rape in August, police said on Wednesday. They set fire to two empty coaches stationed at Anand Vihar station yard to avengeRead More

Chandigarh, December 20: In order to effectively check the menace of pollution, including that resulting from stubble burning, the Punjab Cabinet today approved the creation of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change. The move will also help strengthen the system of environmental clearances given to industries, thus bringing greater accountabilityRead More

New Delhi, December 20 : A high level delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) led by party President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today met Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood and sought immediate intervention of the Pakistan government to stop attempts being made to convert Sikhs to Islam in theRead More

Chandigarh, Dec 20: Reiterating the demand of Congress Party for PM Narendra Modi`s apology for his Pakistan related comments against former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President and Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur Mr. Sunil Jakhar said that if Prime Minister really had some authentic inputsRead More

Chandigarh December 19: Aiming to provide quick and transparent disbursement of debt relief to state farmers the Punjab government is intending to provide monetary assistance to beneficiaries through direct benefit transfer or RTGS into their bank accounts. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the state cooperative department said theRead More