* No announcement on Punjab chief’s replacement New Delhi, The much awaited reshuffle of the Congress Party began on Monday with the appointment of new presidents in five states, including Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana. While Ajay Makan, hitherto Congress general secretary incharge of Communication, has been named theRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today accused the BJP led NDA government of worst betrayal with the ex-servicemen of the country for not granting their long pending demand of ‘one rank one pension’ even in its second budget. He regretted that the Finance MinisterRead More

Chandigarh, In order to promote organic farming in a systematic manner, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced to set up ‘Organic Farming Board’ in the state. An announcement to this effect was made by the Chief Minister, while presiding over the valedictory function of fifth NationalRead More

Patiala,  The Enforcement Directorate today filed charge sheet against 12 persons in the drug racket case in the session court. The case for granting bail to Jagdish Bhola also came up in which ruling has been reserved for March 5. The charge has been filed against Manpreet Singh Kahlon, ManpreetRead More

Chandigarh, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader hit outat Parkash Singh Badal headed government for its non-payment ofincentive money of Rs. 1000 each to new mothers under ambitious “Mata KaushalayaKalyan Scheme” in the state having opted for delivery ingovernment hospitals. She said it is really shameful on the partRead More

New Delhi/Chandigarh, A Delhi court framed charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Monday in a defamation case filed by advocate H.S. Phoolka, who represented the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao framed defamation charges against Tytler, hearing a plaintiff filed by Phoolka. PhoolkaRead More

Srinagar, The 79-year-old Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as 12th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Mufti was administered oath as Chief Minister of PDP-BJP coalition government by State Governor N N Vohra at 11.09 am at Jammu University’s General Zorawar Auditorium in JammuRead More

New Delhi,The much-awaited overhaul in the Congress is all set to begin with the likely replacement of incumbent Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa by Monday. Delhi, too, will get a new party chief. While Congress general secretary in charge of communications Ajay Maken has been picked to head theRead More

Patiala, The verbal attack of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Partap Singh Bajwa and former Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar on Sunday left Preneet Kaur, a Congress MLA and wife of Captain Amarinder Singh, red-faced, as both pointed out that the Congress has given a ‘raw deal’ to late JasjeetRead More

Chandigarh, Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday blamed chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for the finance commission’s refusal to provide debt relief to Punjab despite the state having been identified as a debt-stressed by the commission along with Kerala and West Bengal. “The AkalisRead More