Chandigarh, Nov.10 : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said the smog in Delhi is not due to stubble burning in Punjab, but is being caused by industrial and vehicle pollution. “The burning of stubble in Amritsar and Gurdaspur doesn’t reach Delhi. There are other causes of huge smogRead More

CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 10: The Forest and Wildlife Preservation Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has ordered immediate commencement of process throughout the state to remove illegal encroachments from the lands belonging to the forest department. Presiding over a high level meeting with the higher ups of the Forest Department hereRead More

Chandigarh, November 10 : Ahead of Goods and Services Council Meet in Guwahati today, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said that the GST network is still not strong. “GST network is still not strong. We hope they look into our suggestions,” the minister said. The Finance Minister said thatRead More

Chandigarh, November 10 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to tell who was right – its Punjab unit led by Sukhpal Khaira or Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying it was continuing to deceive Punjabi farmers with its culture of double speak. In aRead More

Chandigarh, November 10 Punjab Local Bodies and Tourism & Culture Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday formally unveiled India’s first Military Literature Festival (MLF), describing the unique event as a tribute to the armed forces, whose contributions to the nation remain etched in history as iconic events. Addressing a pressRead More

Chandigarh, Nov 9 : A three-day 17th All-India Poetess Conference (AIPC) commenced at Punjab Arts Council campus here on Thursday. Over 350 poetesses from across India and 14 foreign countries, attired in their traditional dresses, took part in the conference. Organised by the AIPC in collaboration with the Punjab ArtRead More

Bathinda, November 9 A truck driver was arrested Thursday for mowing down and killing nine persons, including eight students, near the Chetak Park area here, police said. Dharmendra, a native of Uttarakhand, was booked under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC, Bathinda Superintendent of PoliceRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, November 9 With paddy straw burning taking air pollution to alarming levels in the national capital and northern states, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday took a swipe at his Delhi counterpart, saying “Arvind Kejriwal is a peculiar person who has views on everything without understandingRead More

Chandigarh, November 9- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said it was shameful that a drug accused who was facing grave charges of being the king pin of an international drug racket with Pakistani connections was inviting Congress legislators to join his party to stake claim to form the nextRead More

Chandigarh, November 9 -Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has again written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking compensation for farmers for crop resident management to check the dangerous trend of stubble burning, which has triggered a major smog crisis in the northern belt of the country. He has alsoRead More