Tohra (Patiala), The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today ruled out any possibility of interlinking the rivers as it was practically not feasible because Punjab has not even a single drop of surplus water. Talking to the media persons on the sidelines of the 11th Death anniversary ofRead More

Chandigarh,The Reserve Bank of india today sanctioned cash credit limit of Rs. 14640 Crore for the ensuing procurement of the food grains in Punjab setting in motion the procurement process for Rabi Marketing Season 2015. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the government said that the procurement was toRead More

Amritsar,  Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has warned against any political patronage to the culprits responsible for driving cable operator Jaswinder Singh Jassi to suicide. Expressing sympathies with the bereaved family, Capt Amarinder, in a statement issued here, said, “The culpritsRead More

Toronto, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who is openly gay, is urging businesses upset by a so-called religious objections law in Indiana to set up shop in her province. The Indiana law, which takes effect July 1, does not specifically mention gays and lesbians, but critics say it is designed toRead More

New Delhi/ Chandigarh, President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the coveted Padma Vibhushan Award to the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that SardarRead More

Amritsar, The executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today adopted its Rs. 993. 24 crore budget for 2016-16 which is higher by Rs 88 crore as compared to that of the last year. Its President Avtar singh Presided. The budget estimates were present by its general Secretary SukhdevRead More

Chandigarh, Slamming what he described as the day and night robbery by the toll plazas in the state, People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today demanded this must stop and if at all the issues involved were legal, the rates should be rationalised. “What has come as aRead More

Chandigarh, A day after skipping the Dhuri byelection meeting called by Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa, the Captain Amarinder Singh group on Monday held the former responsible for the division in the party. The severe criticism comes from nowhere else but the home district of Bajwa, as Gurdaspur DistrictRead More

Abohar,  The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, hailed by the Centre as the largest and most ambitious social security and public works programme in the world, benefitted none in 6,104 of 13,054 villages in Punjab this financial year. The Centre had released Rs 189.48 crore toRead More

Toronto, An admission from Canada’s defence minister that he doesn’t know how an expanded ISIL mission into Syria will end is proof that Conservatives lack a clear exit strategy, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair suggested Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after the NDP caucus meeting, Mulcair zeroed in on comments Jason KenneyRead More