KERA(Mukatsar Sahib) : Under attack from opposition for rising number of suicide cases in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today for the first time accepted publically that that there is an agranian crisis in Punjab and sought immediate intervention of center governmen to resolve the issue. So far he was denying suicides […]
CHANDIGARH : The Vigilance Bureau today nabbed Constable Manjit Singh red handed, while accepting bribe of Rs.10,000. The spokesman of Bureau said that Constable Manjit Singh posted at Central Jail, Patiala has been arrested on the complaint of Ms. Satpal Kaur. Complainant alleged that Manjit Singh demanded bribe of Rs.3.5 lakh for not torturing and helping […]
Chandigarh : The Supreme Court today upheld the election of Mohammad Sadique as the Congress MLA from Bhadaur Assembly constituency in Punjab, reserved for the Scheduled Caste, in the January 2012 poll. A Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s judgment of April 7, 2015, […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today took a jibe at the ‘Sikhs for Justice’ over its complaint against the Aam Aadmi Party’s political programmes in Canada, months after the party leaders had already addressed meetings there. “It is like locking the stable door after horse has bolted”, he remarked, as […]
CHANDIGARH : The Punjab government has earmarked Rs. Ten crore during the year 2016-17 under Indira Awaas Yojna Scheme. This scheme is aimed at providing houses to the members of Scheduled Castes and Non Scheduled Castes free of cost in rural Areas. The Beneficiaries under the scheme are selected from the list of eligible below […]