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Even as the Chandigarh administration filed a reply to the Union home secretary over closure of cremation ground while the PM Modi’s visit, but UT admin failed to fix their responsibility. PM Modi’s first visit to the Chandigarh as the Prime Minister to inaugurate the new international airport terminal(IAT) was marked by a virtual lock down as the…[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.

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.

Family members of 11-year-old Vidhu Jain’s, who was burnt alive on September 30, 2013, in Malerkotla, today met Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh in Delhi. They briefed him about the case and the role of the police.

Even as the Central and state governments intend to make Amritsar a world-class city under the National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) and announced crores for maintaining its rich cultural heritage, its existing inheritance has been crying for attention.

ASI Kewal Krishan, posted at Dhar Kalan area, complained of chest pain while on duty last evening and was shifted to a civil hospital here, police said.

He died during treatment, they said.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked the top brass of state government to explore the feasibility of setting a state-of-the-art partition museum in the holy city Amritsar. The proposed museum would depict enormous mental agony and trauma faced by the countrymen in general and Punjabis in particular during country’s partition in 1947.

The race for top state Bharatiya Janata Party post has begun following the announcement of schedule of organisational elections by the party. Avinash Rai Khanna, chief election officer of the Bharatiya Janata Party, yesterday announced to complete the election process by November 20 in all states.

The Punjab Vidhan Sabha is likely to be convened for five days, between September 18 and 22. Effectively, the session will be held only on three days, September 18 and then September 21 and 22.

Aam Aadmi Party’s national speaker and Punjab affairs in charge Sanjay Singh today gave a clean chit to Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on the matter of audio tape leak. He said it was a normal conversation between two of the party’s MPs and that did not call for any disciplinary action against Mann.

The upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state capital on September 11 has rekindled the hope of a fiscal package for the state among top functionaries. The visit has also ignited a debate regarding the transfer of Chandigarh and Punjabi speaking areas to the state. The issue has been hanging fire since late 1960s. The focus will…[Read more]

Punjabi University, Patiala, is in the eye of a storm over re-employment of 76 professors and assistant professors against UGC norms and at the cost of unemployed youth. The state Audit Department has not been clearing the salary of the re-employed teachers for the past few months due to the violation of norms.