Chandigarh : More than a year after the Prakash Singh committee noted that the Moonak canal breach case “points to a grave internal security threat to India’s critical national infrastructure”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today quoted the report while ordering a CBI probe. The direction came even as Haryana attempted to undermine Prakash […]
Hoshiarpur :An 84-year-old NRI based in Hoshiarpur for quite some time has set a new milestone in philanthropy by handing over a cheque for Rs 1 crore to the Red Cross here, in what is probably the largest amount given to the charity by an individual in one go. Piare Lal Saini, who had moved […]
Chandigarh : Deadlock prevailed between Punjab and Haryana over the contentious Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal at the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) meeting presided over by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today, with Haryana terming the issue as “non-negotiable”. Haryana Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar, who was present at the meeting, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal […]
Chandigarh, May 13 : Even as persistent efforts by Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday led to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) enhancing the state’s Cash Credit Limit (CCL) to a total of Rs 20,683 crore, the state government has reported a record payment of Rs 14,053.61 crore to farmers for procurement […]
Chandigarh, May 13 : The Punjab government on Saturday transferred 19 IAS and 43 PCS officers and issued them new postings. Though a list of PCS officers had been prepared for their new postings almost a month ago, different lobbies, including the Congress MLAs in the new political dispensation, were lobbying for postings of their […]