With the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021 fever engulfing hockey fans around the world, India’s 2016 World Cup-winning star and the Olympic Bronze Medalist Mandeep Singh, in the latest episode of Hockey India’s podcast series Hockey Te Charcha, spoke at length about his journey, the 2016 World Cup triumph and the recent […]
Giving a major relief to large number of people who have purchased plots/buildings in unauthorized colonies, Housing and Urban Development department today decided that no NOC is required for getting sale deed registered for the plots/buildings purchased by way of sale deed in the colonies that came into existence before 08.09.1995. Divulging the details, Housing […]
Acceding the demand of the Punjab Agriculture Minister, the Union Government has assured to expedite the supply of Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and other fertilizers to Punjab and the rakes of DAP will be moved on priority for the state in coming days. Earlier Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha had requested to speed up the […]
Rajinder Singh, a farmer from village Kotbhai of Sri Muktsar district, has turned crorepati overnight as he won the second prize of Rs 1 Crore of Punjab State Dear Diwali Bumper. The results of the bumper were announced on November 8. Rajinder Singh has won this prize for lottery ticket number A-875367. The lucky winner […]
Punjab State Legal Services Authority has launched a short film on the concept of free legal aid and services being rendered by the State Legal Services throughout the State during the Legal Awareness Exhibition organized under the patronage of Hon’ble Chief Justice of the High Court in the premises of the Punjab and Haryana High […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged drug racket being probed against him and others, officials said. They said Khaira, 56, was taken into custody by the central probe agency in Punjab under provisions of the Prevention of […]
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday exhorted governors to act as friend, philosopher and guide in states, while Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the critical role played by them in protecting constitutional values and integrity of the country. Addressing a conference, Kovind pointed out that governors had a very […]
The Mumbai police has recorded the statement of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with an allegation of forgery of caste certificate against him, an official said on Thursday. An Assistant Commissioner of Police recorded Wankhede’s statement recently and is conducting further probe, he said.Wankhede submitted relevant documents to the ACP […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday announced his government would soon get all the cases of corruption and malpractices including the contentious Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) happened during the decade long SAD-BJP regime probed by the Vigilance Department to fix the responsibility of all those involved to derail the state’s economy by looting […]
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed two significant bills related to the Punjabi language introduced by Higher Education and Languages Minister Pargat Singh here on Thursday.Minister tabled bills including ‘Punjabi and Other Languages Education (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ and ‘Punjab State Language (Amendment) Bill-2021’. Punjabi and Other Languages Education (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will ensure Punjabi as a […]