Chandigarh, September 23:The Congress today staged walk out from the Punjab Assembly to protest against non-availability of kerosene and shortage of sugar at the ration depots in the state.

Faridkot, Sep 23 ; Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU-Lakhowal) today threatened to launch a protest against “anti-people” policies of the Central government and block all rail and road routes towards Delhi on September 30. “All rail and road routes towrads Delhi would be blocked on September 30,” BKU (Lakhowal) president AjmerRead More

Chandigarh September 23: As many as eight states including Punjab, Himachal, Haryana, Sikkim, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Bihar and Kerala joined hands to stop Tobacco Industry Interference in formulation & implementation of public health policies. A “Roundtable consultation on Implementation of FCTC Article 5.3 – Stopping Tobacco Industry Interference in Tobacco control”Read More

Chandigarh, September 23:-Asking Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa to withdraw his petition seeking CBI probe into drug smuggling in the state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court took a strong view saying judiciary could not be used to settle political scores by the politicians. The high court, while snubbingRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 23 : Heavy rains have lashed vast swathes of Punjab and some parts of Haryana since yesterday, raising fears of damage to paddy crop which is ready for harvesting. After untimely rains and hailstorm in March-April this year caused heavy damage to crops in the two leading agrarianRead More

* AS PER SPORTS POLICY, JOBS BEING GIVEN TO SPORTSPERSONS Faridkot, September 22: Punjab Deputy CM Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal has said that Capt Amarinder Singh, who has been rejected twice by the Punjabis, is resorting to tantrums for saving his own existence in politics because he knows that theRead More

CHANDIGARH, September 22: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today dismissed the claims and charges levelled by Partap Singh Bajwa against him as the “schizophrenic symptoms of a failed and frustrated man desperate about his own political survival”. “It is natural for a failed and frustratedRead More

CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22: Mr. Anil Joshi, Local Bodies Minister, Punjab today gave a call for adopting unique public-private-NGO participatory model to make Municipal Solid Waste Management of cities a success. Inaugurating one day national workshop on municipal solid waste management here today in which Mayors/Commissioners of Municipal Corporations and officialsRead More

* PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE RURAL BANKING INFRASTRUCTURE Chandigarh September 22: In continuation of the meeting of Deputy Chief Minister and Minister In-charge Department of Governance Reforms, Punjab with top notch banks in Mumbai to make investments in Punjab and provide financial services to the rural citizens , Mr. Sarvesh Kaushal,Read More

Bathinda, Dera Sacha Sauda followers today lifted their ongoing dharnas across the region after getting an assurance from Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal. The rail route was opened for over 60 trains and the 48-hour blockade from at least five major roads in Malwa was lifted.The SSPs concerned met theRead More