HDFC Bank gets green nod for Rs 194-crore Mohali project

New Delhi, October 27 : Private sector lender HDFC Bank has been given green signal for setting up of a call centre cum residential training centre in Mohali district in Punjab at a cost of Rs 194 crore, a government official said on Friday. The proposed commercial project, to come up in a build-up area […]

Civic polls: Minister, officers lock horns

Chandigarh : The delay in releasing funds for development projects, especially in election-bound civic bodies, is resulting in tension between Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and the bureaucracy. The minister is reportedly keen on getting early grants for completion of works in the four Municipal Corporations and 34 municipalities. Official circles were on Wednesday […]

Sidhu attacks Majithia, says he must pay for ‘misdeeds’

Majitha : Senior Congress leaders, including Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and Dera Baba Nanak MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, today launched a crusade against SAD general secretary and MLA Bikram Singh Majithia on his home turf. The assembly of Congress leaders is being seen as an attempt to mount pressure on Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, […]

Now, SAD district chief, son booked for murder attempt

Muktsar : The Malout city police today booked SGPC member and SAD’s Muktsar district chief Dyal Singh Kolianwali, his son Parminder Singh, nephew Pardeep and two other Akalis for an alleged attempt to murder Gurmeet Singh, an aide of PPCC secretary Shubhdeep Singh Bittu, on Sunday night. The FIR comes a day after four Congressmen […]

Pay through nose for conversion

Chandigarh : Residents will have to pay up to 50 times more for conversion of residential property from leasehold to freehold as Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore today approved the revised rates for conversion as proposed by the Estate Office. The new rates will come into effect from the day of the notification, which […]