Chandigarh, The state stands to lose sector and state-specific grants given by the Centre. State Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said the state got Rs 700 crore from the Centre as part of state and sector-specific grants during the current fiscal year. In the light of the recommendations of the 14thRead More

Chandigarh, After the municipal councils and nagar panchayats elections, the SAD-BJP alliance has also swept the polls to the six municipal corporations which went to the polls on February 22. The combine won majority in four — Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga. It touched the halfway mark in Phagwara while MohaliRead More

New Delhi, Fulfiling two major poll promises, the AAP government today announced a 50 per cent subsidy on monthly power consumption of up to 400 units and 20,000 litres of free water per month to all households that would cost the exchequer around Rs 1,670 crore annually. The free waterRead More

Amritsar,  The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has welcomed the move to raise a Sikh army regiment in Britain. On Wednesday, the committee welcomed the announcement by several British House of Commons members in the lower house of parliament that the UK army was considering the proposal all over again.Read More

Chandigarh, The SAD-BJP alliance got a sweeping majority in election to the 122 Municipal Committee and Nagar Panchyats. In a statement released from the party head office the SAD Secretary & Spokesman, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that out of 2044 Wards from the whole of the state the SADRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab BJP president Sh. Kamal Sharma while welcoming the civic elections results in the state has termed the landslide victory of the SAD-BJP combine as victory of the democracy and development agenda pursued by the ruling alliance. Sh. Sharma said that the cooperation extended by the Punjabis and theRead More

* Results cast verdict for pro-people and result oriented policies of the SAD-BJP alliance govt Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today hailed the victory of Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance in the elections of Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in the state. Describing it as a mandate inRead More

Chandigarh,  Punjab Congress today alleged that the Modi government has confirmed its anti-farmer agenda by taking a complete U-turn on the issue of implementation of Dr. Swaminathan Committee report before the Supreme Court. In a press release issued today, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the spokesman of Punjab Congress said, “By shamelesslyRead More

* Arrangement completed, voting from 8 to 5 PM * Total 7006 candidates are in fray, 160 candidates have been elected unopposed Chandigarh, Nearly 28.50 lakh voters would cast their votes to elect the members of 122 Municipal Councils/ Nagar Panchayats on February 25. By election of one ward ofNagarRead More

Chandigarh, Questioning the intriguing silence of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal over the NDA’s proposal to dilute the pro-farmer Land Acquisition Act enacted by the previous UPA government in 2014, the Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said, it will not be allowed at anyRead More