Amritsar-Hailing the move to make Punjabi as a language of medium in the Civil Services Examinations, senior IAS officer, writer and member, Punjab Education Tribunal, Jaspal Singh on Thursday said the matter is a moment of pride as it shows the progress and development of our mother tongue. He saidRead More

Chandigarh, March 5 He said the panchayat of Dhaliwal Bet village which falls in his assembly segment has already passed a resolution to this effect. Dhaliwal Bet is the ancestral village of Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal. He had migrated to the US in 1995. Rebel AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira onRead More

Chandigarh, March 5 Punjab’s financial crisis is set to worsen with the public debt likely to reach Rs 3.73 lakh crore by 2024-25, according to the latest report of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. As per projections made by the CAG using Semilog Linear Regression model, the state’sRead More

New Delhi, March 4 More than half of urban Indian adults are putting in less than 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week, an ICMR survey on the national non-communicable disease (NCD) estimates has shown. Rural India is fitter than urban India when measured on most indicators of health, butRead More

Chandigarh, February 28 The third round of COVID-19 vaccination is set to commence across Punjab from March 1, informed Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu here on Sunday. In this round, vaccine will be administered to senior citizens above 60 years age and citizens aged 45 to 59 suffering with co-morbiditiesRead More

Chandigarh, February 28 The Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly, starting from Monday, is likely to witness fireworks, with the opposition deciding to corner the Amarinder Singh-led government over its “failure” to honour its poll promises despite completing four years of its term. The members of the House will assembleRead More

Chandigarh, February 28 Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur on Sunday visited Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in New Delhi. The 23-year-old activist, hailing from Punjab’s Mukstar district, was honoured by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjinder Singh Sirsa and General Secretary Harmeet Singh Kalka. Meanwhile, Nodeep walked outRead More

Chandigarh, February 26 With 628 fresh COVID-19 cases in Punjab, the infection tally in the state rose to 1,81,004 on Friday, while 16 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 5,814, a medical bulletin said. On Thursday, 566 COVID-19 cases were reported in the state. Punjab is seeing an upswingRead More

Bathinda, February 26 Farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws for over six months now. The protests remain strong and united, but since the January 26 R-Day violence, a resentment between a section of leftists and Sikhs was noticed, which if not controlled, could create trouble in theRead More

New Delhi/ Mumbai, February 26 The domestic air traffic is expected to be back to the full pre-COVID-19 level by the summer schedule with the traffic seeing a sharp recovery from the July quarter onwards after the resumption of the services post Unlock 1.0, Minister of State for Civil AviationRead More