Ludhiana, Dec 3 : Days after a Congress leader questioned the process to elect party President, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday came out in support of Vice President Rahul Gandhi, saying he has a “vast political background” and the country needs his leadership. “I have always been sayingRead More

Chandigarh/02: December: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today condemned the Punjab School Education Board’s decision to depict personal details of students on their Detailed Marks Certificate (DMCs) in English and Punjabi in the descending order, stating such decisions were further diluting the importance of the official language in its homeRead More

Chandigarh, Dec 2 : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday said that it will conrest the municipal elections in Punjab later this month on the party symbol and also released its first list of 29 candidates. Punjab AAP president and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann said that the party hasRead More

Chandigarh, December 2 Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Sukhpal Singh Khaira, on Saturday expressed “remorse” over the swear words used against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh after the resolution was passed. “I express remorse and I withdraw those remarks (made against the CM),” Khaira said. Lashing out at the ChiefRead More

Chandigarh December 2—The Shiromani Akali Dal took up the matter of non availability of Voter lists in the different Municipalities of Punjab with the State Election Commissioner Mr Jagpal Singh Sandhu and urged him to take strict action against the erring officials. In a statement released to the press fromRead More

Chandigarh, December 2 : The Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP coalition will contest the present Municipal elections as per old formula of seat sharing and where new wards have been created they will be divided as per existing arrangement ratio. This decision was taken at a meeting of the JointRead More

Chandigarh, December 2: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered a high-level probe into the functioning of the three Skill Development Centres set up in the medical colleges of Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot, after he was informed that these facilities, set up at a whopping Rs 18 crores,Read More

New Delhi, December 2 In a relief to Punjab’s Leader of Opposition and AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the Supreme Court today stayed a Fazilka court order summoning him in a drug smuggling case. Acting on Khaira’s petition, challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order rejecting his plea againstRead More

Chandigarh, December 2: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking reversal of the ministry’s decision to cap educational expenses paid to children of martyrs of those disabled in action. Perturbed by the decision, which would reportedly impact around 32000 students in various institutionsRead More

Chandigarh, November 30: Conceding a major demand of the Aggarwal community, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced his government’s decision to set up an academic chair and scholarship in the name of legendary king of Agroha, Maharaja Agrasen, at Punjabi University, Patiala. The demand was put before theRead More