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

Sangrur, Rahulinder Singh Sidhu, president of the Sangrur Lok Sabha Constituency Youth Congress and son of Lehragaga MLA Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, was today detained by the police — along with his supporters — for some minutes at Lehragaga. He was protesting at a post office at Lehragaga against the recentRead More

Patiala, With the induction of 25 new buses into Pepsu Road Transport Corporation’s (PRTC) fleet at Faridkot tomorrow, the corporation has met its target of getting 250 new buses in six months. Moreover, against its sanctioned fleet of 1,075 buses, it will have 1,111. After many years, the corporation hasRead More

Chandigarh, September 21- Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today expressed shock and dismay at the manner in which the opposition tried to downplay the bravery shown by the Punjab Police in tackling and eliminating the threat posed by Pak trained terrorists in Deenanagar on July 27, 2015. ReactingRead More