CHANDIGARH, May 13: Senior Congress leader and Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh today asked the Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia to make the farmers ambassadors for promoting and producing solar energy in the state. Referring to Majithia’s statement saying the students will be made the energy ambassadors, Rana reiterated hisRead More

Chandigarh, May 13:  The Punjab and Haryana High Court today pulled up Punjab and Haryana governments for not clearing sugarcane arrears. The arrears amount to about Rs 730 crore in Punjab and Rs 900 crore in Haryana. The finance secretaries and other officials concerned appeared in the high court. TheRead More

UNION GOVERNMENT MUST DO JUSTICE WITH THE STATE BY RETURNING BACK ITS CAPITAL * TERMS PUNJAB MODEL OF LAND ACQUISITION WAS THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY * APPOINTMENT OF TARA SINGH AS THE CHIEF OF MANAGEMENT BOARD AT TAKHT SRI HAZUR SAHIB HAS HURT THE SIKH PSYCHE Rakhra (Patiala), MayRead More

Chandigarh, May 12- The Punjab and Haryana High Court today set aside the appointment of 54 secretaries of the market committees in Punjab and directed the state government to prepare fresh merit list by excluding additional five marks given to the students having studied in rural area schools. A numberRead More

“STUDENTS TO BECOME AMBASSADORS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY” * TO ROPE IN 40 LAC STUDENTS IN COMING THREE YEARS FOR SENSITIZING PEOPLE ABOUT ENERGY SAVING * PUNJAB TARGETS TO ACHIEVE ENERGY SAVING OF 20 PERCENT IN DOMESTIC SECTOR IN NEXT FIVE YEARS * ANNOUNCES CASH PRIZES FOR FIVE BEST PERFORMING SCHOOLSRead More

* NRI’s VYING TO INVEST IN SOLAR ENERGY SECTOR * BIKRAM MAJITHIA INAUGURATES 1 MW SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT SET UP BY AN NRI AT VILLAGE LALLIAN KALAN Lallian Kalan (Jalandhar), May 12: Renewable energy is fast emerging as Sun rising sector for Non Resident Indians (NRI’s) due to investor friendlyRead More

ALLOCATES RS. 6764 CRORE FOR WELFARE OF SCs * EACH DEPARTMENT TOLD TO APPOINT NODAL OFFICER TO MONITOR THE USAGE OF SC PLAN FUNDS Chandigarh, May 12: The Punjab Government today set aside Rs. 6764 crores under SC Sub Plan, the largest allocation since independence for the welfare of ScheduledRead More

DEVOTEES PAY RICH TRIBUTE TO GURU SABHIBAN IN DHARMIK DARSHAN YATRA Malout (Sri Muktsar Sahib), May 12 ; The initiative of Punjab government and Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Dharmik Darshan Yatra today headed towards Sri Muktsar Sahib after ardas was conducted at Malout in the morning hours. Thousands ofRead More

RAKHRA REITERATES COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION TO STUDENTS OF THE STATE Chandigarh, 12 May : The Punjab Government today released Rs. 69.56 crore to 136 private aided colleges of the state with a view to strengthen higher education sector in the state. Disclosing this here today, Mr. SurjitRead More

Chandigarh May 11: Health Minister Punjab Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani has directed the drug inspectors and the chemists in Punjab to ensure the availability of essential and generic dugs only at the rates fixed by the government. Issuing fresh guidelines to the drug inspectors, the Minister said that various stepsRead More