Chandigarh : Minister for Local Government Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday inducted eight fire tenders in Punjab municipal services at Jalandhar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Faridkot, Dhuri, Sunam, Nabha and Dinanagar. Sidhu said eight more tenders would be inducted next week at Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Amritsar.
Patiala : Patiala’s last queen and Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s mother Rajmata Mohinder Kaur (95) was cremated at Shahi Samadhan here today. Capt Amarinder Singh lit the pyre. The gathering included royals, politicians, bureaucrats, Armymen, police officers and the who’s who of the state and the country. The mortal remains were taken to […]
Chandigarh : The much-awaited state transport policy to check the alleged favourtism to a particular family and a lobby of transporters backed by politicians was notified today. However, its effective implementation will take at least three months. Till then, the controversial permits issued during the previous regime will continue. More than 2,000 of the existing about […]
Chandigarh : At 19, when Pash questioned the aesthetics of Punjabi poetry, an established writer dismissed his poetry as “red rag”. Undaunted, the young poet retorted: “Don’t expect me to talk about your rotten taste.” One wonders, if alive, what would have been his reaction to RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra’s suggestion that his poem be […]
Patiala, July 25 : Mohinder Kaur, mother of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who passed away after prolonged illness at her Moti Bagh Palace residence in Patiala on Monday evening,was cremated at Shahi Samadhan, the royal crematorium, on Tuesday afternoon. A procession with her body kept in a vehicle is due to reach Shahi Samadhan. Capt […]