* 1,20,000 jobs soon on merit to youth Gurdaspur, April 21: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that 200 skill development centers would be opened soon across the state to make the youth as employment generators not the job seekers. Elaborating the plans of Punjab governmentRead More

Mansa, April 21: Punjab has become the first state of country wherein initiative has been taken to introduce smart driving by opening automated driving test track at 22 district headquarters and 10 sub divisions. The Union Minister for Food Processing Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal said this while inaugurating the automatedRead More

Chandigarh April 21: State of Punjab today finalized plan to spend Rs. 3541 crore on flagship education schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rasthriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan( RMSA) ,Mid-day Meal scheme. Approval for Annual Work Plan/ Budget for these flagship schemes for year 2016-17 was accorded during the Executive CommitteeRead More

Chandigarh, April 21 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the Punjab Congress had all but folded up in Punjab after its President Capt Amarinder Singh had scooted off on a foreign trip along with his coterie after being snubbed by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. In a statementRead More

* TELLS THEM TO “COME OUT OF MOURNING OVER CCL CLEARANCE” Chandigarh, April 21: In a rare instance of his losing cool with the “brazenly anti-Punjab and anti-farmer opportunism and politicking of opposition leaders”, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Congress and the AAP toRead More

Chandigarh, April 20 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to file a caveat in the Supreme Court so that it could be heard before the court passes a judgement on a PIL demanding the return of the Kohinoor toRead More

Chandigarh, April 20- In order to efficaciously monitor the smooth procurement of Wheat at the ground level across the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has asked all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to evolve a three tier mechanism for successful completion of this entire operation. Disclosing thisRead More

* CONGRESS STANDING AGAINST FARMERS ON PROCUREMENT Chandigarh, April 20- Terming that issuance of Cash Credit Limit (CCL) by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a strong vindication of the stand of SAD-BJP alliance that not a single grain of wheat was missing from stocks, the SAD today slammedRead More

* Kejriwal to release youth manifesto in first week of June * Kanwar Sandhu to head Punjab Manifesto Committee Chandigarh, 20 April 2016: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday announced that the party would initiate Punjab dialogue under the banner “Bolda Punjab” on April 23 with various segments of theRead More

* BATS FOR ROPING IN TOP COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIAL GROUPS AS TRAINING PARTNERS TO PROVIDE THE BEST SKILL TRAINING TO YOUTH Chandigarh, April 20: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Skill Development Mission to complete the entire construction work of five upcoming Multi Skill Development CentersRead More