Chandigarh, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asked Irrigation department to upgrade drainage system to check water logging in south western districts of the state. Badal, who talked to affected people in the villages of Sri Muktsar Sahib district, emphasised the need for upgrading, widening and strengthening theRead More

Washington, President Barack Obama is distinguishing the military campaign against Islamic State militants from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says the new fight must avoid what he calls mistakes of the past. Obama says more nations are joining a coalition against the extremists. In his weekly radio andRead More

Chandigarh, State finance minister Parminder Dhindsa slammed his cabinet colleague and industries minister Madan Mohan Mittal for his comments over the special package issue. Mittal on Thursday had told that Punjab had failed to get assistance as the state finance minister had failed to plead its case at the CentreRead More

* Seeks to include Sikh issues in agenda list of PM’s proposed us visit * Says awareness and education campaign of Sikh identity in foreign countries need of the hour to create sense of security New Delhi, President Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh BadalRead More

* Expresses hope that NDA govt. would pay heed towards this genuine demand sympathetically * Bats for ‘Micro planning’ at village level to combat the problem of water logging * Announces to postpone the recovery to cooperative loans from the farmers in wake of HAVOC created due to the rainsRead More

* Congress instigated water conflicts instead of giving packages to both states to develop water saving irrigation systems * Haryana all set to vote INLD-SAD alliance to power to begin a new friendship chapter between two states * In assembly polls people of Haryana would completely root out ‘Congress grass’Read More

Toronto, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has not decided on his future, according to his brother Doug Ford, but the councillor says the ailing mayor could decide to drop out of the mayoral race and run as a councillor in his old ward of Etobicoke North, while Doug Ford would runRead More

British Columbia, Efforts to restart negotiations in the B.C. teachers’ strike that were made Thursday have yet to yield any concrete results, increasing speculation the government has other plans to get the teachers back to work. B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender told CBC News that the striking teachers’ union andRead More

Edmonton, With only a year to go before the next federal election, New Democrats have joined Conservatives in trying to knock Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau off his perch as the front-runner. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair declared open season Thursday on Trudeau, mocking the “getting ready to lead” slogan used inRead More

Chandigarh, Nearly 20,000 people associated with the drugs trade have been arrested in Punjab in the last one year alone and drugs seizures in the past 20 months have been over Rs 6,000 crore. The alarming figures are the reason why Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal says thatRead More