Chandigarh, An official spokesman of the Punjab government said that 49, 57,396lakh MT of wheat had been procured in the state till last evening. The government agencies procured 48, 33,774 lakh MT for central pool. The private traders procured 1, 02,899 MT of wheat. Giving the details of agency wiseRead More

* Sends advisory to all civil surgeons Chandigarh, The Punjab Health Minister Punjab Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani has directed all the civil surgeons to ensure all possible safety measures while administering the Pentavalent Vaccine to the infants. In a statement issued here today, the Minister asked the health officials toRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today appointed eminent Agri-Scientist Dr. G.S. Nanda and Industrialist Mr. A.R. Sharma as the members in the board of management of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr. Badal clearedRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today increased the ex-gratia grant given to the next of kin of workers in the cases of accidental death during duty from Rs. 1.50 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh a . The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Labour Department, Punjab has taken a novelRead More

* Strenuous efforts of the state government has yielded results- Sukhbir Badal Chandigarh,  With the personal intervention of the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal the farmers of the state would get a major reprieve as the payments of their harvest would flow electronically to them from today asRead More

Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary and party MP from Anandpur Sahib Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra today stressed the need for the setting up of regulatory authority to control the fee structure and quality of education in private educational institutions and also protect the interests of students and employees. HeRead More

Chandigarh, Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia has finally reacted against the mischievous and malicious slander campaign launched against him for the last some months by a section of the media despite the fact that that he is above board. He filed a defamation suit yesterday against the editor and reporterRead More

* Glimpses of guru’s grandeur * Punjab readies to bathe in guru’s glow from may 6 * Cm and sukhbir pull out all stops ensure divine grandeur for the event Chandigarh, April 28- Punjab would bathe in the divine glow and spiritual splendour of the Khalsa Panth and its founder,Read More

Chandigarh,  Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for resorting to his characteristic ways of political blackmail. “It is so characteristic of Mr Badal to rake up Panthic issues for personal vested interests”, he remarked, while referringRead More

* Jail mimnister reviews the security arrangement of jails in a meeting with jail superintendents * Yoga and meditation classes for inmates in all jails Chandigarh, Mr. Sohan Singh Thandal, Jail Minister Punjab today issued directions to beef up security in the jails besides accelerating welfare activities to channelize theRead More