No clarity, farmers stop paying loans

No clarity, farmers stop paying loans

Muktsar : Farmers are confused about the type of loans which have been announced as waived by the state government. In such a scenario, banks are finding it difficult to recover other loans from them. After Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s statement about waiving crop loans of Rs 2 lakh, farmers have stopped paying instalments […]

China plans to launch cargo service to Pakistan through CPEC

China plans to launch cargo service to Pakistan through CPEC

Beijing, July 6 : China is planning to launch a road and rail freight service to Pakistan through the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a move which could raise concerns in India. The new line will start from Lanzhou, capital of northwestern China’s Gansu Province, travelling through Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the […]

New transport policy to end cartels

New transport policy to end cartels

Chandigarh : The Amarinder Singh government today put to an end the monopolistic practices and cartelisation in the transport sector. The government approved a new transport policy to end the monopolisation in plying of private buses by transport companies owned by Akali leaders, besides breaking truck cartels by announcing the Punjab Goods Carriages (Regulation and […]

3 AAP MLAs booked for assaulting woman on Assembly premises

3 AAP MLAs booked for assaulting woman on Assembly premises

New Delhi, July 6 : The Delhi Police have registered a case against three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for allegedly manhandling and abusing a woman on the Assembly premises recently. In her complaint, the woman has accused Oklha AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti and Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh of abusing […]