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Over speeding and driving under the influence of liquor are two traffic offences that seem to figure low on the priority of Punjab Police. This, when the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released in July shows that the number of fatal accidents in Punjab has seen a 22% jump in 2014 as compared to the previous year. In the most…[Read more]

Barely a week after the release of 22 Punjabi youths from a jail in Miami, US, come reports of 68 more Indian youths, mostly Punjabis, being confined in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Tacoma contract detention centre in Seattle, Washington state.
This came to light after North American Punjabi Association executive director Satnam Singh…[Read more]

Barely a week after the release of 22 Punjabi youths from a jail in Miami, US, come reports of 68 more Indian youths, mostly Punjabis, being confined in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Tacoma contract detention centre in Seattle, Washington state.
This came to light after North American Punjabi Association executive director Satnam Singh…[Read more]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ tomorrow to create skilled manpower at grass-root level by providing them vocational, technical and skill development education, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said here. Presiding over convocation at Global Institutes here, Jaitley said the ambitious…[Read more]

Upon the request of Member Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has agreed to hold seven assessment camps from August 17th to August 23 for the benefit of differently-abled citizens in Ludhiana Parliamentary Constituen. Ravneet Singh Bittu said, the venue of the camps will be finalized in a day or…[Read more]

Punjab Chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization held an inflammatory workshop for women at Hyatt, Ludhiana to give them insightful knowledge about managing finance independently, specifically from the standpoint of a women. The session was conducted by Rima Hinduja from Fintelligence Training and Consulting who is an authority on the topic. Vishal…[Read more]

The city police have been receiving 36 complaints of missing mobiles every day for last two years and a single phone has not been recovered by city police. Hindustan Times has received information under Right to Information Act 2005 from commissionerate police from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2015. The details revealed that a total of 26561 mobile…[Read more]

Dissociating himself from the issue of implementation of Sikh rehat maryada (code of religious conduct) and Nanakshahi Calendar at Takht Hazur Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra, president of the Takht’s management board Tara Singh shifted the onus of all religious affairs on Jathedar Baba Kulwant Singh. A BJP MLA from Muland assembly constituency in…[Read more]

Bajrangi Bhaijaan to Baby When content ruled the box office A good-hearted Hanuman Bhakt takes on the responsibility of taking a lost, mute Pakistani girl (played by Harshaali Malhotra) back to her country to reunite with her parents. And his entry into Pakistan (in the film) would not have gotten him the kind of applause in theatres that Bajrangi…[Read more]

Punjab minister for higher education and languages Surjit Singh Rakhra welcomed the students of first batch of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) to be set up in the state, in Amritsar, at the auditorium of Guru Nanak Dev University.
The minister, while launching the IIM, said, “Inaugurating an IIM in Amritsar is a benchmark event in the h…[Read more]

MLA and chief parliamentary secretary Navjot Kaur Sidhu of BJP is on a collision course with the alliance partner SAD (Badal) just like her husband and former MP Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Navjot alleged that the Badal government has crores to dole out in Bathinda parliamentary constituency, represented by Punjab chief minister’s daughter-in-law…[Read more]

The Statistics Day was celebrated by Economic and Statistical Organization, Punjab, the nodal development for Statistics of Punjab Government at Chandigarh. This day is celebrated every year at the national and sub-national level in recognition of great contribution made by late Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis in the field of statistical development and…[Read more]

The Punjab Government today extended the last date of pending instalments of properties of Improvement Trusts and for the regularisation the connections of water and sewage supply to 31 July 2015.
Mr. Anil Joshi said that keeping the view of public interest, Local Government department has decided to extend the date. He said that for the…[Read more]

The Punjab animal husbandry department has chalked out a special program to prepare online directory (herd book) of the best cattle breeds in the state. Disclosing this here today Animal Husbandry Minister Mr. Gulzar Singh Ranike informed that department has initiated the work on this special program, brainchild of Punjab Chief Minister Mr.…[Read more]

The Punjab Congress today challenged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the monstrous proportions the drug menace had assumed in the state and counselled him to stop resorting to utter lies as the data with his government on this problem contradicted him. The party put into the public domain the data on the drug menace in the state since 2007…[Read more]

A couple committed suicide by hanging themselves at their residence in New Ashok Nagar locality, falling under Salim Tabri police station in the city this afternoon. The deceased were identified as Tarsem Singh and his wife Baljinder Kaur. Mandeep Singh (20), son of the couple, informed the police about incident. Police recovered a suicide note…[Read more]

Commissionerate police today booked Focal point police post incharge Gopal Singh under prevention of corruption act. Bimal kant, SHO PS division no 8 said that a case under prevention of corruption act in addition to a case of beating five migrant youths mercilessly had been registered on the directions of the police commissioner here. All the…[Read more]

Punjab, which produces a major share of the country`s foodgrain, is all set to tap solar power in the agricultural fields in a big way, aiming to generate 1,000 MW, up from the current 225 MW, by 2017, a minister has said. “We are far ahead of many states to get investments in clean energy. Our aim is to tap 1,000 MW solar energy either from…[Read more]

Amritsar and Patiala were tied on the first innings as Patiala chasing Amritsar 1st inning total of 250 were also bowled out for 250 in the Punjab Inter-District Under-23 Cricket Tournament for Umesh Kumar Trophy today.
Patiala, resuming at overnight 153 for 5, lost their overnight opening batsman Harinder Singh for 78 through a run out by Vinay…[Read more]

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked the local bodies and development authorities to look into the issues of real estate developers and come out with needful recommendations to resolve their genuine grievances. The Deputy CM gave this directive when a delegation of realtors called on him at his residence with a demand…[Read more]