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Smita replied to the topic Why every punjabi youngster wants to study in chandigarh ? in the forum Ask a Questions

Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:50:21 +0000

chandigarh study is the great opportunity for all the youngster not only punjabi students.

Smita replied to the topic Massive earthquake strikes North India in the forum Chandigarh

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:51:27 +0000

An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 hit parts of Chandigarh at 2.40 PM on Monday afternoon.

Smita replied to the topic Shahid Kapoor Goes Back To Punjab For Next Film ‘Udta Punjab’ in the forum Movies, Music and TV

Sat, 24 Oct 2015 05:05:10 +0000

i like to watch all his movies especially chup chup ke..:) now am waiting your next upcoming movie (y)

Smita replied to the topic Smoking not allowed during the Driving in the forum Moga

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:22:45 +0000

Great Job Done By Moga Health Department. Because smoking a risk for health.

Smita replied to the topic Smoking not allowed during the Driving in the forum Moga

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:22:45 +0000

Great Job Done By Moga Health Department. coz smoking a risk for health.

Smita started the topic Patiala DC orders probe into former ADGP’s property deal in the forum Patiala

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 04:30:59 +0000

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]

Smita started the topic Sukhbir & Co ‘counter’ Kairon in the forum Chandigarh

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 04:30:04 +0000

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]

Smita started the topic After cycles, Badal’s photo taken off 108 ambulances in the forum Jalandhar

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 04:29:28 +0000

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]

Smita started the topic Don’t finalise medical admissions: High Court in the forum Chandigarh

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 04:28:41 +0000

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]

Smita started the topic Barricades removed from unsafe bridge in the forum Gurdaspur

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:35:20 +0000

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]

Smita started the topic Don’t finalise linemen’s selection, PSPCL told in the forum Chandigarh

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:34:01 +0000

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. “If the selection has already been finalised, appointment letters be not issued, pursuant the…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Pension, free travel for war widows in the forum Amritsar

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:32:56 +0000

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a monthly pension of Rs2,000 for war widows in the state. He also announced free bus travel for them. The Chief Minister presided over a function held to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Indo-Pak war at Asal Uttar village near Khemkaran, He said the government had already decided to enhance…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Panel formed to investigate spurious insecticide supply in the forum Chandigarh

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:31:24 +0000

The state government today set up a high-level committee to look into complaints of alleged purchase of spurious insecticides and pesticides. The government was under pressure from the Opposition that has been seeking a probe into the matter. Leaders such as former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Aam Aadmi’s Bhagwant Mann and Suchha S…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Specify no. of destitute kids benefiting from schemes: HC in the forum Chandigarh

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:15:22 +0000

The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants to know the number of destitute children getting benefit of schemes in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. A Division Bench of the High Court has also called for information on the total expenditure incurred under the schemes. “The States of Punjab and Haryana as well as the Union Territory of Chandigarh are d…[Read more]

Smita started the topic AAP audio leak row rages on, Patiala MP throws up names in the forum Patiala

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:14:21 +0000

The controversy pertaining to the audio tape leak of the interaction between Aam Aadmi Party’s Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann and party’s suspended leader Dr Dharamvira Gandhi took a new turn with the latter claiming that AAP leaders desirous of being the future chief ministerial candidate might be behind the leak. Dr Gandhi, in a fresh post on his Fac…[Read more]

Smita started the topic One-third tax on cigarettes may go to cancer fund in the forum Chandigarh

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:13:40 +0000

With steady rise in the number of cancer patients in the state, the Punjab government is likely to bring in legislation, making it mandatory for one-third of the tax on cigarettes and bidis to be used to provide aid to cancer patients. The matter is expected to come up for discussion in the Cabinet meeting, scheduled for September 10. The…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Rs 100 crore not enough to make Ludhiana ‘smart’, says Dy CM in the forum Ludhiana

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:13:01 +0000

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has said Rs100 crore sanctioned by the Centre to develop Ludhiana as a smart city is not enough. The state government has already sanctioned Rs600 crore for Ludhiana’s development, he said. Sukhbir, who was in the city today to lay stones of certain projects, claimed by 2020, the residents would witness a sea c…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Crops washed away, border farmers seek special girdawari in the forum Ferozepur

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:34:24 +0000

Sukhchain Singh, a farmer from Nihala Khilcha, is a worried man. His entire crop in Dona Telu Mal was washed away in floods last month when the Bhakra Dam authorities released excess water. Incessant rain upstream had filled the dam to the brim. Sukhchain, who has four daughters and two sons, one of whom is differently abled, said, “I had t…[Read more]

Smita started the topic 38 teachers to get state awards today in the forum Chandigarh

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:33:03 +0000

Punjab Education Minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema today announced the names of 38 teachers, who will be bestowed with prestigious state awards while 14 teachers will be given appreciation letters on Teachers’ Day at a state-level function at the CGC, Landran, on September 5. Five PES cadre officers would also be honoured with appreciation letters f…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Bomb hoax brings Pathankot, Gurdaspur to three-hour halt in the forum Gurdaspur

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:31:34 +0000

All trains running on the Pathankot-Amritsar track were halted for three hours today after calls about bombs being planted on the track were received here. A phone call from the Divisional Manager, Ferozepur, to the control rooms of the Gurdaspur and Pathankot police in the forenoon today claiming that a bomb was planted by militants somewhere on…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Sonia to decide on PPCC chief in five days, says Amarinder in the forum Sangrur

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:29:32 +0000

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will take a decision on replacing Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa within five days. This was stated by former Chief Minister and Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh here today. Sonia’s decision would end factionalism in the Punjab Congress, he said. H…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Farmers harassed as 30,000 tonnes of potato rots in Bathinda cold store in the forum Bhatinda

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 04:23:28 +0000

Around 30,000 tonnes of potato stored in a cold store at Tarkhanwala in Rama block of Bathinda has rotted due to the alleged negligence of the owner, leaving a number of farmers in the lurch. Though the owner has reportedly assured the farmers to return their money or purchase potato bags from other cold stores, farmers are apprehensive. They…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Anganwari centres running from dilapidated buildings in the forum Muktsar

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 04:21:45 +0000

A large number of anganwari centres are running from dilapidated and unsafe buildings in Muktsar district, putting the lives of children at risk. Though the authorities concerned are well aware of the fact, they seem to be least bothered about the situation. “The district has 842 anganwari centres, out of which 208 are in good condition, 28 are b…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Students, transporters clash over bus fare in Mansa in the forum Mansa

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 04:19:38 +0000

Traffic remained blocked on Tinkoni road in Mansa for over an hour today after a scuffle between private transporters and students in front of local police station. Some students of Mata Sundari Girls College and Nehru Memorial Government College boarded a Gobind Transport bus. The students refused to give bus fare, following which a scuffle broke…[Read more]

Smita started the topic A day after ‘pact’, cane growers booked for disrupting rail traffic in the forum Jalandhar

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 04:18:45 +0000

A day after sugarcane farmers, who had blocked rail and road traffic in Jalandhar for seven hours, were assured that an FIR lodged against them for a protest at Mukerian would be cancelled, the Railway Protection Force booked around 3,000 protesters for disrupting rail traffic. The growers were also assured of an early payment of their dues. The…[Read more]

Smita started the topic WW-II veteran’s pension battle: 50 years and still counting in the forum Patiala

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 04:32:33 +0000

While Army veterans are on chain hunger strike to fight for One Rank, One Pension (OROP), a 95-year-old former Risaldar, settled in Canada, has been struggling to get his pension arrears released for the past five decades. Santa Singh represented the 8 Cavalry during the Second World War in Libya (North Africa). A retired Army officer is now…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Badals’ ‘conflict of interest’ echoes in HC in the forum Chandigarh

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 04:31:32 +0000

Two months after the business interests of the Badals came under the judicial scanner with an anonymous writer questioning the permissibility of elected representatives owning commercial ventures, the issue echoed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court once again. As the case came up for resumed hearing, amicus curiae or the friend of the court,…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Trade unions’ stir: Harrowing time for common man in the forum Ludhiana

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 04:27:53 +0000

The strike called by central trade unions gave a harrowing time to the city residents, especially commuters as all Punjab Roadways and PRTC buses remained off roads. The disruption in rail traffic due to a protest by farmers’ bodies came as a double whammy as many trains, including the New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express, were held up for s…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Given word to farmers, govt now tells mills to pay up in the forum Chandigarh

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 04:26:40 +0000

The state government has asked private sugar mills to clear their pending dues of Rs209 crore to the cane growers as soon as possible. With the issue of non-payment of dues snowballing into a major movement, the government, having cleared dues of its seven cooperative sugar mills, is now asking private mills to follow the suit.

Smita started the topic Depot holders twist rules to cheat beneficiaries in the forum Bhatinda

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:14:29 +0000

Depot holders in Bathinda are supplying loose and adulterated wheat to the beneficiaries of the Atta-Dal scheme and are also asking them to cough up extra charges for gunny bags, thereby openly flouting regulations. Beneficiaries, who fail to furnish their Aadhaar cards, are also being denied the supply. Although the government has clearly laid…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Cane crisis far from over, mills to get 40% loan to clear dues in the forum Chandigarh

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:12:27 +0000

Punjab will get just 40 per cent of its total requirement of finance for clearing dues of sugarcane growers, in the Rs6,000 crore package for cane growers approved by the Union Government in June. While almost all sugar mills in Punjab – nine cooperative and seven private — have already paid 80 per cent of the dues to the farmers, together the…[Read more]

Smita started the topic SAD-BJP worn out, AAP fledgling, state needs visionary leader: Capt in the forum Faridkot

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:26:44 +0000

Veteran Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh today launched his “Mission-2017” campaign in Faridkot district. The former Chief Minister and his supporters projected him (Amarinder) as the best-suited candidate for the chief minister’s post for the 2017 Assembly elections. Making indirect reference to his rivals in the party, Amarinder said only…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Another Punjab BJP leader held in drug-trafficking case in the forum Ferozepur

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:25:40 +0000

The BJP, which has been hitherto confronting its coalition partner and long-term ally—the SAD — on terror links and drugs, seems to have been caught on the wrong foot with its several leaders getting booked in similar cases over the past sometime. In the latest development, BJP (Rural) Minority Morcha district president Jarnail Singh (alias Jud…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Act against pvt mills refusing to buy cane, farmers tell CM in the forum Chandigarh

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:45:01 +0000

Under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Rajewal), thousands of farmers held a demonstration here today to seek action against private sugar mills allegedly playing foul with sugarcane growers in the state. In a memorandum submitted at the office of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, BKU leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said that action should be…[Read more]

Smita started the topic In Moga, wheat left to rot in open; staff in dock in the forum Moga

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:32:15 +0000

Around 54,400 bags of wheat stored in open plinths by the Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation (PAFC) at Nihalsinghwala in Moga district were damaged due to rain and adverse weather conditions. Insiders in the PAFC revealed that the huge quantity of wheat got damaged due to negligence of a few staff members against whom an inquiry had already been…[Read more]

Smita started the topic ED officer’s claim on transfer shocking: Majithia in the forum Muktsar

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:30:15 +0000

Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said that it was amusing for him that Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Niranjan Singh yesterday blamed him for his transfer. “It is amusing to me. The officer did not even think that the matter is sub judice,” said Bikram Majithia on the submission of ED Assistant Director’s counsel in the high…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Mills taking loans on cane growers’ behalf face probe in the forum Chandigarh

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:27:15 +0000

Agriculture Minister Tota Singh today asked Financial Commissioner (Development) G. Vajralingham to inquire into the cases where private sugar mills have taken loans on behalf of cane farmers. “It is a serious matter and strict action should be taken in case anybody is found indulging in such practices,” he said. He urged the private sugar mil…[Read more]

Smita started the topic SGPC move to appoint chief secy draws flak in the forum Amritsar

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:21:08 +0000

The SGPC move to appoint Harcharan Singh as its chief secretary has drawn strong criticism from several quarters, including some SGPC executive members from the opposition, besides Sikh organisations and intellectuals. Mangal Singh, SGPC executive member, questioned the decision, saying, “The SGPC already has an army of secretaries. There are t…[Read more]

Smita started the topic DA up by 6%, but arrears piling up in the forum Chandigarh

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:34:46 +0000

Poor fiscal health of the state government seems to be the reason behind the partial release of dearness allowance to the government employees for the past year-and-a-half. It now seems to be a norm to release only a portion of the DA while keeping the arrears pending. The government today cleared the proposal to grant 6 per cent DA to its…[Read more]

Smita started the topic More trouble for state BJP chief, another aide booked in the forum Ferozepur

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:24:51 +0000

Another close aide of state BJP chief Kamal Sharma, Arvinder Singh Chinna alias Pothi was today named as an accused in the FIR 158 dated August 5, lodged at the City police station. The FIR pertains to the bribery case against some local BJP leaders and their aides. Poth is reportedly an OSD (officer on special duty) to Sharma. Sources said Pothi…[Read more]

Smita started the topic ‘Anti-farmer’ policies: BKU launches 5-day protest in the forum Moga

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:21:49 +0000

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta) and the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union today launched a five-day agitation in district headquarters of the Malwa belt in Punjab to protest against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the Centre and the state government. They staged protests at Moga, Barnala, Bathinda, Mansa, Sangrur, Faridkot, Fazilka, Ferozepur, and…[Read more]

Smita started the topic PAU rejects ideal nutrient ratio thesis in the forum Chandigarh

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:18:22 +0000

Rejecting the assertion that NPK (nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium) nutrient ratio of 4:2:1 is an ideal combination for an agrarian state such as Punjab, an expert from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today said the ideal combination and ratio was dependent on the quality of the soil of a particular area or region. “There cannot be a f…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Waste management project hits political roadblock in Patiala in the forum Patiala

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:35:13 +0000

The failure on part of the Patiala Municipal Corporation to implement the solid waste management project in the city, despite being open defecation-free city, pushed Patiala to 304 on the list of 467 cities in the country and eight among 16 cities in the survey conducted by the Union Urban Development Ministry. The solid waste management plant…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Rs 6,000 crore to clean the mess in the forum Chandigarh

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:29:02 +0000

The state’s SAD-BJP government is banking on BiPaSa (Bijli, Paani and Sadak) to help it stake a third chance at forming the government. For this, the state government has earmarked Rs 6,000 crore, only for regeneration of its cities. However, even as the Punjab Government was giving a final shape to its urban regeneration proposals, the ranking o…[Read more]

Smita started the topic No end to trouble, Aam Aadmi leaders in fresh war of words in the forum Patiala

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:26:41 +0000

Aam Aadmi Party’s state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur’s warning to Patiala MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi to abstain from criticising the party least he too may be expelled has led a fresh war of words between the two leaders. Both leaders have been at loggerheads since long and are often seen challenging each others’ credentials. Chhotepur’s stateme…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Sr Assistant posts: Candidates allege irregularities, seek probe in the forum Chandigarh

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:22:54 +0000

A number of candidates for the posts of Senior Assistant in the General Administration have sought a high-level probe into the tests held in January and June this year. Alleging irregularities, the candidates have sought cancellation of the recruitment process and sought action against the guilty. Independent MLAs from Ludhiana, Simarjit Bains and…[Read more]

Smita started the topic State offers to set up industrial park for South Korean investors in the forum Chandigarh

Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:29:43 +0000

The state today offered a plug and play industrial park adjoining the international airport, Mohali, exclusively to prospective South Korean investors for setting up their ventures in the state. Announcing this here today during a high-level interaction with a South Korean delegation which was presided over by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh…[Read more]

Smita started the topic Govt not to use photos of Badal, other leaders in ads in the forum Faridkot

Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:27:57 +0000

The Punjab Government has issued orders to all departments in the state not to use photographs of the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister or any other minister in public advertisements, on stationery, cards, vehicles or in any other form. Balwant Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of General Administration (DGA), Punjab, issued directions (vide…[Read more]

Smita started the topic French firm to install pollution scanner at Golden Temple in the forum Amritsar

Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:25:01 +0000

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has allotted contract to a French company to install air pollution monitoring system at the Golden Temple. However, the ambitious Union government project is running behind the schedule. While accepting some delay in the project, Dr Charanjit Singh, deputy director, Public Relations, PPCB, said, “The air p…[Read more]