Chandigarh, October 29 Terming the decision to put Punjab’s Rural Development Fund (RDF) on hold as unfortunate, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday urged the Centre to review the decision as the move would badly impact the rural development works in the state. Questioning the timing of the Centre’sRead More

Chandigarh, October 28 A street was named ‘Punjabi Avenue’ to celebrate the contribution of the South Asian community in Queens in the US. The Avenues between 111th and 123rd—which was nicknamed “Little Punjab” as businesses run by Punjabis and the presence of two gurdwaras—has now been co-named Punjab Avenue. ARead More

Chandigarh, October 28 The Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday asked the Punjab government to follow the Kerala pattern and declare the minimum support price (MSP) for fresh farm fruits and vegetables to give a boost to agriculture. In a statement here, former minister Bikram Singh Majithia said the Congress governmentRead More

New Delhi, October 28 Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab were the only ones among 23 states and union territories listed in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to have above average readings in the past three years for PM10, an analysis of the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme tracking hasRead More

New Delhi, October 27 Instead of protecting farmers, Punjab farm bills “limit their competitiveness, disincentivise investment by the private sector in the state and hinder overall development of the agriculture sector”, says an assessment by the Centre of counter-laws passed by the State Assembly last week. Pointing to “multiple contradictions”Read More

Chandigarh, October 27 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre’s proposed move to further slash states’ share in the Divisible Pool of Revenue, a press release by the SAD read. Badal reiterated his party’s demand that the states’ share in this poolRead More

Chandigarh, October 26 Former union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Monday that the third mega food park in Punjab, which is among the top five in the maize sector in the country, would benefit farmers besides resulting in crop diversification. In a statement here, Badal, whileRead More

Bathinda, Eight candidates of Punjabi origin have emerged winners in the British Columbia provincial elections in Canada. All eight belong to the ruling New Democratic Party, which secured an absolute majority with 55 seats in the 87-member House. Three of them — Labour Minister Harry Bains, Deputy Speaker Raj ChouhanRead More

Chandigarh, October 26 Punjab Chief Minister Cap Amarinder Singh on Monday condemned Bir Devinder Singh’s attack on the Governor, saying such denigration of the Constitutional gubernatorial office was totally unwarranted and uncalled for. Given the Covid situation and the need for precautions, especially social/physical distancing, the Governor’s behaviour was notRead More

New Delhi, October 24 Turning table on the Congress for its tirade against the BJP government, led by Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, over the Hathras rape-murder incident, the BJP on Saturday made scathing attacks on the Congress for its leaders’ stoic silence over rape and murder of the minorRead More