Chandigarh, November 23: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the Excise Department to explore the possibility of setting up a wholesale liquor corporation for the distribution of liquor, as a step towards ending monopolistic practices in the trade and earning revenue for the state exchequer. The decisionRead More

Chandigarh, November 23 The Bahujan Samaj Party has suffered a major jolt ahead of the Municipal Corporation (MC) elections in Punjab, with the former state chief of its youth wing Amrik Bagri from Jalandhar joining the Punjab Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here on ThursdayRead More

Patiala, November 23 While appreciating the initiative of Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Manjit Singh GK leaders of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to logically and forcefully oppose the move of the Management of Dayal Singh Evening College, Delhi to change its original name to a new name, asRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered immediate release of funds for the uniforms of fire department personnel in a bid to improve the functioning of the department. He also asked the minister to assess how an insurance cover can be provided to the firemen. The Chief Minister’sRead More

Ludhiana, The Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested the owner of a multi-storey plastic manufacturing factory which caught fire and collapsed on Monday, killing 13 people including six firemen. Police Commissioner R N Dhoke said Inderjit Singh Gola, the factory owner who had gone underground, had been arrested. Divisional Commissioner ofRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday unveiled the draft Punjab Startup and Entrepreneurship Development Policy 2017, underlining his government’s strong commitment to aggressively supporting women startups. In his inaugural address at the ‘Road to GES’ programme ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017, slated to be heldRead More

Amritsar: Dal Khalsa has urged Sikh Diaspora to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur as ‘Human Rights and Religious Freedom’ day as the Guru attained martyrdom to protect the oppressed class irrespective of their religion and caste. The organization re-affirmed that Guru Teg Bahadur was in fact “dharamRead More

Chandigarh,  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today launched an e-labour portal to enable workers to access various services offered by the Labour Department in an easy and hassle-free manner, including direct payment into their bank accounts of benefits under welfare schemes. The portal is an online platform for industries andRead More

Chandigarh, November 23 : The Haryana Cabinet on Wednesday decided to grant Rs 10,000 monthly pension to senior citizen journalists. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar made this announcement while addressing a press conference here. “The Cabinet has decided to provide Rs 10,000 per month as pension to the media professionalsRead More

Chandigarh, Nov 21 : The Punjab and Haryana High Court appointed an amicus curiae today to help it decide the maintainability of a public interest litigation seeking setting up of the institution of Lokayukta for the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The PIL filed by advocate Hari Chand Arora, seeking issuanceRead More