Chandigarh, September 14 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked the Congress government not to sprinkle salt on the wounds of suicide victim families by handing over invalid compensation cheques to them, even as he asked the government to give Rs ten lakh compensation and a government job toRead More

London, September 13 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced the global launch of his government’s unique `Connect with your roots’ (CYR) programme from London (UK), which he said would apprise Indian origin youth in other countries of the ground realities in Punjab and wean them away fromRead More

Chandigarh, September 14 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked Tourism minister Navjot Sidhu to quit his post immediately if he could not protect the rich heritage and culture of the State, even as it asserted Sidhu was deliberately denigrating Sikh monuments by cutting off money supply for evenRead More

CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 14: The Scheduled Caste, Backward Classes & Minority Welfare Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has today demanded the release of Rs. 1269 crore pertaining to various welfare schemes of Punjab by the Union Government from the central pool. After his meeting with the Union Minister for SocialRead More

Chandigarh, September 14 : Acting Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab today reviewed all the necessary preparedness for the smooth and peaceful conduct of Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency bye election through video conferencing. Mr. Manjeet Singh Narang IAS , acting Chief electoral officer Punjab, Manpreet Singh Chhatwal IAS Additional CEO Punjab, Mr. VKRead More

Chandigarh, September 14 : Aiming to institutionalize strict surveillance and implement preventive practices in the offices, the State Government will execute Punjab vigilance guidelines soon so that corrective measures could be enforced effectively to weed out corruption in the state. Announcing this here today, Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar SinghRead More

CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 14: Mr. Brahm Mohindra Health & Family Welfare Minister, Punjab today announced that TB menace would be totally eliminated from the state by 2025 and to achieve this goal, Punjab Government has in principal decided to provide nutritional supplements to the patients of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) TB,Read More

Hoshiarpur: Sikh youth associated with Dal Khalsa and Akali Dal Mann today staged a spirited protest against noted columnist Kuldeep Nayar for drawing false and imaginary comparison between Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale and convicted rapist godman Gurmit Ram Rahim. Led by Sikh Youth of Punjab (SYP) the youth took outRead More

Chandigarh, September 13: The Punjab Government today issued Transfer/Posting of 2 PCS officers with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson said that Mr. Dalwinderjit Singh transferred as Joint Director, (Administration), Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board, Chandigarh and in addition Land Acquisition Collector, Improvement Trust, Ludhiana and Mr.Read More

Chandigarh, September 13 : The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal has called a meeting of the Core Committee of the party on September 18th at 4.00 pm at party head office in Chandigarh to discuss preparation for Gurdaspur bye poll and prevalent political situation in the state.Read More