SUKHBIR BADAL AND MAJITHIA ALSO MOURNS THE PASSING AWAY OF PRESIDENT’S WIFE Chandigarh, August 18: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Suvra Mukherjee (74), who passed away in an Army hospital at Delhi thisRead More

TEACHERS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS AGAINST OPEN DEFECATION IN MORNING ASSEMBLY CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 18: The Punjab Education Department today clarified that it has not issued any instructions regarding appointing teachers as nodal officers to check Open Defecation. Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister issuing clarification on this issue said that whileRead More

CHANDIGARH, August 18: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today condoled the death of President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Ms Surva Mukherjee who passed away today. In a statement issued here today Capt Amarinder expressed his profound grief over the death andRead More

Chandigarh, Aug 18 : Punjab Government has set up a committee for the purpose of selection of an institute for training of youths under the ‘Hunar Se Rozgar Tak (HSRT)’ programme. Disclosing this here today, Tourism Minister Sohan Singh Thandal said this committee has been mandated to select institute forRead More

Chandigarh, August 18- Ten persons are feared dead in a landslide near Manikaran gurdwara in Himachal Pradesh while some others are suspected to be buried. According to reoprts, seven dead bodies have been recovered so far and the relief and rescue operation is underway. Local residents, devotees present in the

* THREE NEW MERITORIOUS SCHOOLS TO COME UP AT FEROZEPUR, SANGRUR AND GURDASPIR * CM’S EFFORTS YIELDED POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATION SECTOR- KAMAL SHARMA Ghudda (Bathinda), Aug 17: In order to strengthen the primary education at grass root level the Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today reiterated hisRead More

Chandigarh, August 17: Former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today lashed out against former chief minister and Deputy Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party Capt. Amarinder Singh terming his stand on the GST Bill as anti-party. In an informal interaction with the media persons here,Read More

Modi too has betrayed Punjab Chandigarh, August 17: People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today called upon Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to publicly admit that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had ditched Punjab before urging him to undo the discrimination meted out to the state over theRead More

* Awarded for curbing copying and doing high-quality work in education Chandigarh August 17-Shruti Shukla a celebrated educationist adds another feather to her cap when she was conferred with state award on 69th state level Independence Day at SAS Nagar. Also, a recipient of the state award from education departmentRead More

CHANDIGARH, August 17: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today advised Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal to better keep her opinion to herself particularly when it had neither been solicited nor required. The former Chief Minister observed, Ms Bhattal at best does not understand the urgency andRead More