Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one-year in prison by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a road rage case from 1988 in which one person was killed. The former Punjab Congress president was earlier let off with a fine of ₹1,000 by the top court. The scope of punishment was enhanced […]
Former Congress leader from Punjab, Sunil Jakhar, on Thursday joined the BJP in Delhi in the presence of party president JP Nadda. Nadda called it a matter of happiness that a leader with such a vast political experience was joining the BJP.Nadda said: “Jakhar managed to establish an identity away from the party,” adding that, […]
Former Congress leader from Punjab, Sunil Jakhar, is likely to join the BJP in Delhi at 1.30 pm. Jakhar has been in Delhi since he quit the Congress. On Facebook LIVE on Saturday, he said “Good luck and goodbye to Congress”. The Congress had last month removed him from all positions for alleged anti-party activities.Jakhar […]
In a major step aimed at conserving scarce natural resources like underground water through Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technology, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday approved Rs. 1500 per acre incentive to the farmers for sowing of paddy through this innovative technology. A sum of Rs.450 crore has been […]
Chitkara University has been recognised as an Institution of Happiness (IOH) at the “Academic Excellence Conclave” organised by QS IGAUGE, the Indian subsidiary of UK-based QS Quacquarelli Symonds, in Delhi. The ‘Institution of Happiness’ status is awarded after a rigorous exercise that covers various institutes from all over India, which began in December last year […]
Asserting that farmers agitation was unwarranted and undesirable, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today asked the farm unions to stop mere sloganeering and join hands with state government for checking the depleting water table in Punjab. In a statement issued here today, the Chief Minister categorically said that staggered program for sowing of paddy […]
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday lashed out at Delhi water minister Satyendar Jain after the latter accused the administration of the neighbouring state of not releasing the national capital’s “fair share of water” amid a severe supply disruption. Speaking to reporters, Khattar said Haryana is “providing full water to Delhi” and it […]
Punjab Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education and Research Minister Dr. Vijay Singla, on Tuesday, directed the health department officials to draft a policy focusing affordable health services to the residents of the state. Today, chairing a high-level meeting at Punjab Bhawan Chandigarh, Dr Vijay Singla said that Chief Minister Sardar Bhagwant Singh Mann led […]
Welcoming the realization on part of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab of the harsh security challenges state is faced with, by seeking additional central security forces, former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today reminded the party of its strong opposition to the central government’s move last year when it decided to extend the […]
Four people, including three firemen, were injured and a fire tender was partially damaged in a massive fire which broke out at the Air Force Station in Kasauli around 6.30 am on Sunday.The fire was noticed by villagers first who alerted the air force authorities. They immediately swung into action and requisitioned fire tenders from […]