Chandigarh, December 8: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said his government was committed to ensuring that serving and veteran defence personnel get due respect and recognition, and hoped that other governments would follow suit. Speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Military Inspection by Vir Sanghvi- An InteractiveRead More

Chandigarh, December 8 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked the State Election Commission (SEC) to reconsider its decision not to countermand elections at four places where Akali candidates were not allowed to file their nomination papers even as it conveyed to the Commission that its decision to extendRead More

Chandigarh, December 8: To provide better employment opportunities to the youth of Punjab, the state government has decided to start new short term courses of skill development and entrepreneurship. While confirming the development, Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi said that along with the commencement ofRead More

Chandigarh, December 8 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today called off the indefinite Dharnas initiated by the party to protest against registration of false cases against its leaders and workers as well as denying them the right to file their nomination papers for elections to localRead More

Chandigarh December 8: State Vigilance Bureau today arrested ASI Sanjeev Kumar (No. 572/W) involved in the of fake recruitment of six persons in IT and Telecommunications wing of the Punjab police who had collected illegal gratification of Rs 28.50 lakh to hand over ‘jobletters’ to them. Disclosing this here todayRead More

Amritsar, December 7: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he would go in for cabinet expansion after the declaration of the Gujarat poll results, on December 18, but ruled out appointment of a deputy chief minister, for which the Congress has no convention. The Chief Minister wasRead More

Chandigarh, Dec 7 :  The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday carried out searches at over half a dozen places in Chandigarh against hawala traders and seized over Rs 1.5 crore in cash, as also several incriminating documents, an official said. The official said searches were carried out at the premises ofRead More

Manawala (Ferozepur), December 7 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today demanded immediate withdrawal of false cases registered against SAD leaders who were attacked and shot at by Congress goons in the presence of the local police, even as he disclosed that Bathinda Range IG M SRead More

Amritsar, December 7 Senior Punjab Congress leaders, Captain Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar and Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Thursday released a Vision Document for the state’s urban development, with infrastructure development, fire-fighting system upgradation, water and sewage management, parking management and e-governance topping the agenda. The policy document, drafted keeping inRead More

Amritsar, December 7: Ambassador of Czech Republic, HE Milan Hovorka, on Thursday met Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in Amritsar to discuss investment opportunities in Punjab, particularly in the field of manufacturing. Hovorka, who was accompanied by a high-level delegation, evinced interest in investing in Punjab in the backdrop ofRead More