* Cabinet Approves setting up of 1750 rural & 424 urban “Unified service delivery centers” to provide 223 citizen centric services at Doorsteps of People * Cattle pounds to be set up at district level for checking the menace of stray cattle * Major relief to public on property taxRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today ridiculed the way the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has made a special demand to the centre to waive off state’s Rs 1.02 lakh crore debt. He said, it was outrageously ridiculous for the Punjab Chief Minister toRead More

* Says PM will convene meeting of concerned secretaries soon to resolve Punjab’s pending issues Chandigarh, Punjab Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has assured to initiate an exercise to extend fiscal assistance to Punjab besides considering all the demands put forth byRead More

SBS Nagar, Mr Bikram Singh Majithia, Revenue and Public Relations Minister, Punjab today said that Congress party in Haryana would not cross double digit figure with two-time Chief Minister Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda set to break Mr Rahul Gandhi’s record of lowest seats. Speaking on the sidelines of inaugural ceremoniesRead More

* Badal failed to raise the issue of dislocated Punjabi farmers of Kutch: Bajwa Chandigarh,  The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Badal, today lambasted the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, for continuing to deliberately mislead the people by alleging discrimination by the UPA government despite the fact thatRead More

Chandigarh,  Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today reviewed the arrangements of the foundation stone laying ceremony of upcoming world class Jang-e-Azadi Memorial at Kartarpur in Jalandhar district, to be held on October 12. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that a meetingRead More

* Seeks liberal financial package for state * Asks for special term loan waiver and refund of Rs. 2694 crore paid by Punjab for fighting militancy * Comprehensive relief package worth Rs. 2330 crore sought for tackling with Drought * Demand Rs. 5000 crore as a Non-plan grant till reportRead More

Chandigarh, Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Irrigation minister, Punjab, today described the four-day visit of Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, president, Shiromani Akali Dal and Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab, as game changer for the industrial scenario of Punjab as he has been able to secure committed investments of thousands of crores withinRead More

* Show cause notice issued to absent teachers Chandigarh, The education department today conducted surprise checking in 904 schools across the state. During the checking in total 90 teachers were found absent and 97 teachers were the late comers. It was also found that 69 teachers had not been attendingRead More

Chandigarh, Oserving that since RSS and its Hindutava outfits have stepped up their activities with BJP coming to power at the centre and creating horrible communal polarization threatening unity and integrity of India , Comrade M. A.Baby, Polit Bureau Member, CPI(M) called upon the brave and patriotic people of PunjabRead More