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The Punjab government has notified instructions to withdraw the policy of according five additional marks to the candidates belonging to the rural areas in the direct recruitment of government jobs. Announcing this here today an official spokesperson for the Personnel Department said with the issuance of notification regarding the withdrawal of…[Read more]

Gun shots fired by some youths outside the district and session courts complex this afternoon scared the people. The people present in the complex first thought the gun fires an act of gangsters but later it came out as a result of a dispute over the eviction of a house between the land lord and the tenet.
Both the sides clashed in the courts…[Read more]

District police has busted a gang of robbers by arresting its four members from Bhalwan village and recovered Rs 10.76 lakh, 13 mobile phones, four motorcycles and one car from them. Addressing a press conference here today, Inspector General of Police, zonal-1 Patiala range P S Gill said, By arresting the four members of the gang yesterday,…[Read more]

Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today announced that not only will all the false FIRs, registered against the Congress workers during the last nine years, be cancelled, but a commission headed by a retired High Court judge will be set up to identify people and officers responsible for these false cases, once Congress…[Read more]

A local court today sent notorious gangster Jagdeep Singh alias Jaggu and his accomplice Shamsher alias Shera to ‘three day’ police custody. Meanwhile, SSP Amritsar rural, Jasdeep Singh told UNI that 80 per cent of Jaggu’s gang who are involved in more than 25 cases, including that of looting and drug smuggling has been neutralised and the remai…[Read more]

Akali leader and sarpanch Bhupinder Singh was allegedly shot dead by his brother outside a gym in South City area this morning, police said. Police said the Akali leader was shot dead from a close range when he was waiting in his SUV for opening of the gym. The victim received three bullets in his head, chest and stomach. People rushed critically…[Read more]

As many as 1,000 protesting teachers of Education Gurantee Scheme (EGS) held a rally here to mark the release of their eleven colleagues from Bathinda jail today. Addressing the rally, Ms Kulwant Rani and Mr Davinder Singh Gill, leaders of EGS teachers, said their peaceful struggle would continue until and unless their demands, including…[Read more]

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely here today expressed deep concern over the present plight of farmers in the state as well in the country. Mr Jaitley while addressing a rally at Ranjit Avenue here said agriculture profession is slipping into loss day by day which is deep concern. He said in the last cabinet meeting, first time in the history of…[Read more]

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the SAD-BJP alliance was not merely a political alliance but a social alliance aimed at strengthening the bonds of peace, communal harmony, amity and brotherhood in Punjab. Speaking on the occasion of state level function to launch three major development projects at Ranjit Avenue here, Mr…[Read more]

At least four to five people dressed in police uniform looted cash van of Axis Bank carrying approximately Rs two crore, while the van was on its way from Ludhiana to Abohar police said today. According to police, the incident took place at 1230 hrs. The gang had laid a Naka at Jagraon 25 km away from Ludhiana. They stopped the van and enquired,…[Read more]

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal reviewed the arrangements for the supply of different varieties of quality wheat seed to be procured from the farmers on subsidised rates during the forthcoming Rabi season. Presiding over a meeting with the State and National Seed Producing Agencies besides the local seed growers at Punjab Bhawan today…[Read more]

Civil surgeon R L Bassan today said that strict action would be taken against the errant medical staff responsible for the death of a four-day-old infant due to their staff’s negligence. The infant died in the civil hospital on Sunday after he was not attended by the hospital staff even as the parents made frequent requests to the staff on duty. T…[Read more]

One person was shot and injured by his cousin at Nathpur village under Qadian police station this afternoon. According to police, Rajbir Singh allegedly opened fire on his cousin Satnam Singh when his sisters son Navdeep Singh refused to return his Rs. 2000 from he borrowed from Rajbir Singh. The bullet was hit in his head and he was shifted to…[Read more]

Punjab govt has released Rs 117.70 crore for the urban development to the local bodies which include Muncipal Corporations, Councils and Panchayats. Stating this here today, Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi said this grant had been released as first instalment for 2015-16 by the 14th Financial Commission to the urban local bodies under the non…[Read more]

Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today warned Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal against playing Khalistan agenda for partisan interests and own political survival. Reacting to recent his transfer of convicted khalistan terrorists to punjab, he said. “Please behave responsibly in the interest of Punjab as we…[Read more]

The Punjab government today formed an SIT team to investigate the incident of death of Swaran Singh, a resident of Behrampur Zimidara village after he was hit by a bus driver of Dabwali Transport company belonging to Badals. SIT team comprising, ADGP Iqbal Preet Sahota, IG Nageshwara Rao and DIG RK Jaiswal will now investigate the case and hand…[Read more]

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of legendary Poet Sardar Anjum who passed away at a private hospital in Mohali after a prolonged illness.
Sardar Anjum breathed his last at a private hospital in Mohali yesterday after battling for life for more than a one month. In a condolence…[Read more]

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today accused the Punjab Congress of trying to get the prestigious AIIMS project, slated to come up in Bathinda, cancelled by putting it into litigation. Condemning the nefarious attempts of the Punjab Congress to deny access to cover treatment to the people of the Malwa region, Ms Badal said,”such a policy c…[Read more]

Punjab Congress president, Partap Singh Bajwa today demanded the registration of a case against all the directors of the Dabwali transport company whose bus allegedly hit a man near Ropar toll plaza this morning killing him on the spot. Today’s incident is a classic example of hit and run as the bus driver didn’t even bother to stop after cru…[Read more]

Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today asserted that Punjab did not have a single drop of extra water to spare for other states like Haryana. Come what may, we are not going to let anybody take a single drop of water, he warned, while addressing a public rallies at Attari and Majitha organised by Tarsem DC and Laly…[Read more]