Chandigarh : The last five years of the SAD-BJP government saw public debt increase by almost Rs10,000 crore every year. This was the time when then Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal made claims about ‘Progressive Punjab’. The outcome of the financial mess is that Punjab is now under debt of more than Rs1 lakh […]
Faridkot, March 30 : The Medical Council of India (MCI) has allotted 46 more postgraduate (PG) seats to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, the highest ever to a medical college in the region in one go. The MCI has allotted a total of 51 new PG seats to Punjab as five seats […]
Honolulu, March 30 : A federal judge in Hawaii indefinitely extended on Wednesday an order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s revised ban on travel to the United States from six predominantly Muslim countries. US District Judge Derrick Watson turned an earlier temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by the […]
New Delhi : Noting that it had an open mind towards modifying its December 15 order banning liquor vends within 500 m of state and national highways across the country from April 1, 2017, the Supreme Court today asked states to suggest a way out to balance conflicting rights involved in the matter. “We are […]
New Delhi : Thousands of farmers from Punjab on Thursday took out a protest march to Parliament here, demanding to stop the import of food crops, especially wheat, which are being sufficiently produced by farmers.The protest is being held under the aegis of Bharti Kisan Union Ekta (Dakaunda), Azad Kisan Sangharash Committee and Krantikari Kisan […]