Daljeet

Punjab Government on 31 August 2013 declared Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala as Smoke-Free districts in the state. The declaration was made based on the study conducted by PGIMER, which revealed the absence of active smoking in more than 96.4 percent of public places in Kapurthala and 91.3 percent in Hoshiarpur districts. The PGIMER was entrusted with…[Read more]

Poor performance of candidates in the PPSC Combined Competitive Examination, 2013,authority reduce the qualifying marks per paper from 33 per cent to 25 per cent.
The minimum aggregate % required to passing in the examination continues to be 45% for general category and 40% for SC and ST.

Three labourers died during cleaning a septic tank at a marriage palace in Fatehgarh Korotana in the Dharamkot sub-division of the district today. The victims have been identified as Jujhar Singh, Jugraj Singh and Jagsir Singh of Ghal Kalan village. The marriage palace owners had hired them to clean the tank.

Following a meeting of the Sikh high priests here today, the Akal Takht directed the SGPC to investigate all the aspects of Baba Wadbhag Singh controversy. They also decided that in future Akal Takht will not be approached directly for consideration over various issues. They said the matter would be routed through the Dharam Parchar Committee.

Hours before the court pronounces the quantum of sentence, the six accused in the DSP Balraj Singh Gill murder case attacked three persons in the Central Jail here today.

Just about 10 days after a Single Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled out re-examination for PMET 2015, a Division Bench today made it clear that the admissions were not to be finalised for the time being.

The Patiala Deputy Commissioner has ordered a high-level probe to ascertain if “a criminal case can be lodged” against former Additional DGP Gurcharan Singh Bhullar for allegedly “conniving with three patwaris” to sell his property at Stadium Road in Patiala. The three patwaris who connived to give false clearance to the property by “tamper…[Read more]

It was a three-man army of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, Agriculture Minister Tota Singh and Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia against Food and Civil Supplies Minister Adaish Pratap Kairon in today’s Cabinet meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Upset over “interference” in his department, Kairon repor…[Read more]

Photographs of CM Parkash Singh Badal have finally been removed from 108 ambulances. Despite facing a strong onslaught by the Opposition, the ruling SAD-BJP government had held on to those pictures for long.
On Independence Day, the Punjab Government distributed cycles to students under the Mai Bhago Scheme without the earlier flagship picture of…[Read more]

Just about 10 days after a Single Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled out re-examination for PMET 2015, a Division Bench today made it clear that the admissions were not to be finalised for the time being. Fixing September 17 as the next date of hearing, the Bench of Justice SS Saron and Justice Shekher Dhawan asserted: “In the m…[Read more]

Putting all speculation of a split between the Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP to rest, the national vice-president of the BJP and party’s in charge of Punjab affairs, Prabhat Jha, said the alliance between the two parties was the “strength for the nation”.

Two years back, octogenarian Jaskaran Singh (name changed on request) was detected with last-stage cancer. The doctor advised him to make his last will as he had a few months left.

Issuing notice of motion to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and another respondent for October 15, Justice Amol Rattan Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today made it clear that the selection of linemen shouldn’t be finalised.

Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhinav Trikha has ordered an inquiry into the Batala Municipal Committee’s (MC) faux pas of removing barricades from the six-decade-old Hansli bridge after the PWD authorities had declared it unsafe about three months ago. Overhead iron barricades were installed to minimise the flow of traffic. However, about t…[Read more]