Chandigarh, Sep 20 : Border Security Force troopers killed two drug smugglers in an encounter near the international border with Pakistan in the Ajnala sector of Amritsar, BSF sources said on Wednesday. They said around five kg heroin was recovered from the spot. Search operation in the area was on.Read More

Chandigarh, Sep 20 : A three-member Punjab Police team took custody of the two prime accused in the sensational Jassi honour killing case earlier on Wednesday. The team is on way to India. The accused, Malkiat Kaur and Surjit Singh Badesha, mother and maternal uncle of Jassi, are likely toRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 20 – Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday approved the name of Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar as the party candidate for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll agreeing to the recommendation of state Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Jakhar took over as the state chief in May and isRead More

Chandigarh, September 20 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the various Kisan Unions who are proposing to hold a dharna at Patiala from September 22 to seek prior permission for the same from the Deputy Commissioner or else their gathering “would not satisfy the test of being legal”.Read More

Chandigarh, September 20 The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to notify the crop loan waiver scheme announced by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in the state assembly in June this year. Besides taking over the entire eligible loan amount of the farmers covered by the debt waiver scheme,Read More

Chandigarh, September 20 : The Shiromani Akali Dal lashed out at the Congress government for making announcement of loan waiver of the farmers for 10th time in 6 months and said that with empty coffers government was making latest announcement only to mislead the farmers with an eye on GurdaspurRead More

Chandigarh, September 20: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today approved the appointment of Chief Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) Mr. Pawan Garg as Member Secretary of the Board with immediate effect thereby relieving Mr. Babu Ram consequent upon the expiry of his term. Disclosing this here today, aRead More

Chandigarh, September 20 Enrolment in pre-primary classes for the next academic session is all set to start in government schools across Punjab this month, with the state cabinet giving its nod to the proposal, announced earlier by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in a bid to strengthen the school systemRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 20 : The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday refused to grant a stay on the arrest of the trustees of Ryan International School over the murder of seven-year-old Pradhuman at its Gurugram branch in Haryana. The court also issued a notice to the Haryana government toRead More

Amritsar, September 19, 2017 – The Vice Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Prof. Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu has established the Centre for Data Analytics and Research (CDAR). The objective of this Centre is to provide necessary support to the researchers and academicians of the University by strengthening the analyticalRead More