Abohar, October 27: The Local Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister, Punjab Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu today said that the step motherly treatment meted out to Abohar during the past decade would be rectified and development would be carried out full steam. He further said that whereas Abohar got 420thRead More

Nabha, October 26 It was double shocker for the family of a 42-year-old arhtiya, who was shot dead by an unidentified youth in the new grain market on Wednesday night, after his mother also died on hearing the news of her son’s murder. The police are still groping in theRead More

Chandigarh, October 26 After a defeat in the Gurdaspur byelection, knives are out between state BJP president Vijay Sampla and RSS state unit incharge Dinesh Kumar. Kumar is the state general secretary (organisation) of the party, who is appointed by the national leadership in consultation with the Rashtriya Jan Sangh.Read More

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, October 26: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he personally felt that Bikram Singh Majithia and some other Akali leaders may have been involved in drugs trading and trafficking in the state, but was waiting for evidence to act against them. Replying to questions at aRead More

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, October 26: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has categorically denied overruling the recommendations of the Advocate General to set up a regulator for the universities in the state, saying the move was in line with the legal advice given by the AG and was aimed at strengthening theRead More

Mohali, October 26 An unemployed youth of Bulandshahr in UP mercilessly stabbed veteran journalist KJ Singh and strangulated his nonagenarian mother Gurcharan Kaur after a tiff with Singh over sitting suspiciously in a park close to Singh’s house on the night of the crime, police claim. Mohali SSP Kuldeep SinghRead More

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, October 26: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday unveiled a slew of development works for Jalandhar, announcing an immediate grant of Rs 363.43 crore for the implementation of various ongoing and new schemes in the city. The Chief Minister, who was on first visit to the cityRead More

Chandigarh, October 26 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said while condemning the registration of a cross case against SGPC member Dyal Singh Kolianwali, his son Parminder and nephew Pardeep, said it was unfortunate that the State police had become a puppet in the hands of Congress leaders andRead More

Chandigarh, October 26: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has constituted a State-level Committee to prepare for the 550th anniversary celebration of the Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 2019. Dr Manmohan Singh has been requested to be the Patron-in-Chief of the 36-member Committee, chaired by theRead More

Chandigarh, October 25 The Finance Department of the Punjab Government has made it clear that the pension scheme which was applicable before January 1, 2004 will be implemented in the same manner for the employees/officers who were recruited between January 1, 2004 to July 8, 2012 in those Public SectorRead More