Patiala, Cabinet minister Surjit Singh Rakhra has become a major hurdle in resolving the civic amenities issue of four districts and 22 municipalities in the state. The minister is backing six village panchayats from Patiala that are opposing the Rs 150-crore solid waste management project to be set up atRead More

Chandigarh, Supreme court judge Justice TS Thakur on Saturday criticised the Punjab government for spending enough on dental health schemes for construction workers. Coming down on the state government’s schemes for the welfare of construction workers: “Out of Rs 750 crore collected as cess in Punjab, you have not spent evenRead More

Ludhiana, Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains, both MLAs, were detained by the police today while they were agitating along with their supporters against the sand mafia. They have launched the campaign against Akali government’s alleged misrule under the banner of Team Insaaf.

Dhuri (Sangrur), April 10Congress candidate for Dhuri Assembly byelection Simar Pratap Singh Barnala today filed a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner against the election observers appointed by the commission in the constituency.Simar alleged that despite various types of violations of the code of conduct by the ruling party, the electionRead More

Chandigarh, April 10: Leading Health provider of United Kingdom ,Healthcare UK today evinced its interest to set up knee implant manufacturing facility, first of its own kind in Country in the Shivalik foothills of Punjab with knee transplantation facility in upcoming Medicity in New Chandigarh. The Industries and Commerce Minister,Read More

Chandigarh April 10: The Punjab Mandi Board has set up 1814 procurement centres for the procurement of wheat and if required, more such centres could also be established. Chairman Punjab Mandi Board Mr. Ajmer Singh Lakhowal said that the Punjab government had asked the Centre for movement of 68 lakhRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Vigilance Bureau, in its anti corruption campaign during the month of March has been successful in nabbing 9 officers red handed while receiving the bribe whereas fresh vigilance inquiries in 7 different cases has also been initiated. Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson of the Vigilance BureauRead More

Jalandhar/Amritsar, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today revoked the expulsion of its 23 leaders from Punjab, in a development that invited sharp reactions from a section of the leadership in the state.Sanjay Singh, AAP political affairs committee member and national spokesman, sent an e-mail to Punjab convener Sucha Singh ChhotepurRead More

Dhuri, With SAD (Amritsar) candidate Surjit Singh Kalabula managing to secure considerable support during campaigning, the Dhuri Assembly bypoll is likely to witness a triangular contest between the SAD, Congress and the SAD (Amritsar). The campaigning for the April 11 byelection, necessitated after the resignation by Congress MLA Arvind Khanna, concludedRead More

Dhuri, A truck carrying sports kits with pictures of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was today allegedly seized by Congress activists at Jahangir village, 16 km from here, in the bypoll-bound Dhuri Assembly constituency. After the recovery, the Congress activists were quick to approach the poll officials and demandedRead More