Chandigarh : Divided over the regularisation of services of about 25,000 ad hoc employees, the Council of Ministers tonight formed a Cabinet sub-committee headed by Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal to finalise a policy. This committee – including Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Industries Minister Madan Mohan Mittal, Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi, Health Minister Surjit […]
Mohali : With a total of 1,061 cases, Mohali district has topped the dengue chart in Punjab while Amritsar is at the number two spot with nearly 650 cases so far. According to the district-wise dengue list, the state has recorded nearly 3,100 dengue cases so far this year. However, no death due to the […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today reviewed the preparedness for the inauguration of Punjab State War Heroes Memorial & Museum (PSWHMM) at Amritsar to be dedicated to the nation on October 23, 2016. Presiding over a meeting to monitor the arrangements for organizing a mega event here at his official residence,Badal was apprised […]
AMRITSAR : Reiterating its principle viewpoint to make South East Asia a nuclear–free region, the Dal Khalsa strongly condemned the escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan. Stating over the explosive situation in the subcontinent, party leaders Harpal Singh Cheema, H S Dhami and Kanwar Pal Singh urged the USA and the […]
Dorangla (Gurdaspur) : Eight unknown men spotted near the India-Pakistan border in Gurdaspur recently may have been scouting the area for a possible militant strike, sources in the Border Security Force have said two days after the border guards saw “suspicious movement” in the area. Sources claimed on Tuesday that the images captured by CCTVs […]