Chandigarh, October 4 The Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development of the NITI Aayog, headed by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, has underlined the need for reorienting and strengthening the role of state skill development missions (SSDMs). In its report submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, theRead More

Faridkot, October 4 Four unidentified persons have reportedly shot a kabbadi player in Jaitu town of the district. The victim, Amandeep Singh (22), succumbed to his injuries at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital. Jaitu DSP Jagdish Bishnoi said investigations were on. Sources said rivalry between two gangs led toRead More

Jalandhar, October 3 Congress Legislature Party leader Sunil Jakhar on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the sale and supply of spurious pesticides that led to massive damage to cotton crop due to whitefly attack. He said mere transfer of bureaucrats was not enough. “Now that Agriculture Minister Tota SinghRead More

Jalandhar, October 3 Suspended Aam Aadmi Party MPs Dr Dharamvira Gandhi and Harjinder Singh Khalsa today supported a section of volunteers who will hold a gathering here on October 4 to deliberate on rising dissidence in the party. The MPs blamed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for growing unrest amongRead More

Abohar, October 3 The official purchase of paddy began at the new grain market here today. Balluana SAD MLA Gurtej Ghuriana and Arhtiya Association president Pramil Kalani inaugurated the purchase. Pungrain officials offered Rs 1,450 for paddy. However, farmers and arhtiyas alleged millers were yet to be allocated duties forRead More

Faridkot, October 3 Facing a ‘financial crunch’, the School Education Department has declined to pay the bill for broadband connection in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) labs in all high and senior secondary schools. In a letter to District Education Officers (DEO), the Deputy State Project Director, ICT, askedRead More

Hoshiarpur, October 3 Dal Khalsa and Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) today termed the constitution of the committee by Jathedars to look into the “pre-scripted drama” to exonerate Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh as a “diversionary” tactic or eyewash to defuse anger among community members. On Gurmeet RamRead More

Jalandhar, October 3 If you feel insecure travelling in a bus, especially due to a few unfortunate cases such as the Moga molestation, you have an option of boarding the new Shan-e-Pepsu bus. A part of the new PRTC fleet being run on the “kilometre scheme”, these heated ventilated &Read More

Chandigarh, October 2: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today challenged the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal to go in for mid-term poll and seek a fresh mandate in the wake of struggles launched by almost every section of society in the state, especially the farmers whoRead More

Khadoor Sahib (Tarn Taran), October 2- Terming that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was, is and would ever remain committed for the cause of the farmers’, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that the state government would lift every single grain of Paddy in a smoothRead More