Chandigarh, In a bid to propel the state government’s ambitious program of Agriculture diversification, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced a slew of incentives viz. bringing the power tariff rates applicable in Dairy, fishery, goatry and piggery at par with Agriculture sector, advancing soft loans to theRead More

Toronto, John Tory’s popularity continues to take a slide from the enormous peak seen following his election but the vast majority of Torontonians say he still makes a better mayor than his predecessor Rob Ford, a new poll has found. The telephone poll of 807 randomly selected residents found thatRead More

New Delhi, A PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is likely to be sworn-in on March one with the two parties sorting out all issues, including differences over AFSPA and Article 370. To give finishing touches to formalisation of the alliance, PDP chief MehboobaRead More

New Delhi, The absence of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the first day of the Budget session on Monday invited criticism from the NCP and BJP, which took a dig at the Congress saying that it has been reduced to 44 seats in Lok Sabha due its leaders skipping theRead More

New Delhi,Accusing the Modi government of antipathy towards farmers, Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday launched a two-day agitation against the controversial land acquisition ordinance here, coinciding with the commencement of the Budget session of Parliament. 77-year-old Hazare and Narmada Bachao movement activist Medha Patekar were joined by hundreds ofRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal asked the Irrigation Department to prepare a master plan for carrying out flood protection works effectively in the state. Presiding over high-level meeting of Deputy Commissioners to monitor the progress of flood protection works here at Punjab Bhawan this morning, Mr. BadalRead More

Chandigarh,Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today gave his nod to constitute a committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary with Principal Secretary Finance and Principal Secretary Cultural Affairs & Tourism as its members to work out a viable revival plan of the closed properties run by the PunjabRead More

Chandigarh,The elections conducted for 6 Municipal Corporations and by-elections of 3 wards of 2 Municipal Corporations today concluded on peaceful note. As per the reports the overall percentage of votes is 69.01% for 6 Municipal Corporations and 54.54 % for 3 wards of 2 Municipal Corporations. Disclosing this here todayRead More

Patna, Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar, at a function at Raj Bhawan here on Sunday. Besides Kumar, 22 ministers were administered oath by Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi. Back in the saddle for the fourth time in the politically important state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar is knownRead More

Chandigarh, Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today tore into the NDA government over the controversial land ordinance, alleging that it was “anti-farmer” and impinged on the right of farmers to preserve their land. “Land acquisition ordinance promulgated by Narendra Modi government is anti-farmer and impingesRead More