CHANDIGARH: The farmer organisations holding rail block agitation for the last four days to seek compensation for damaged cotton crop have extended their agitation for two days, till Monday (October 12). Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has cllaed the farmer bodies for talks on Monday at 4.30 PM. The farmers of Malwa region are protesting […]
CHANDIGARH: The Civil Hospital Amritsar was adjudged the Hygenically best hospital under the Kayakalap, a campaign launched under Swachh Bharat , in the state and was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 50 Lakh. Civil hospitals Pathankot and Bathinda bagged second and third positions respectively and got cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh each. The […]
CHANDIGARH : The Punjab InfoTech would conduct special training courses of 3 months duration for the 4400 candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category in the 2015-2016 session. This initiative has been launched to ensure that the SC candidates get the opportunity to develop professional skills as per the demands of the industrial sector.Rajesh […]
CHANDIGARH: In response to a petition filed by the National Scheduled Castes Alliance (NSCA) regarding the Scheduled Castes scholarship scam in Punjab, the Chairman of the National Scheduled Castes Commission, Dr PL Punia has decided to investigate the matter. In this connection Dr Punia has asked the chief secretary, Punjab, to send him an action […]
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana High Court today rejected the plea of Bashinder Singh father of drug lord Jagdiash Bhola to hold CBI probe into the synthetic drug racket. Bhola now in custody of Mumbai Police had named Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia as kingpin of the racket.The High Court bench headed by Justice Suya Kant […]