Priyanka

The state is all set to initiate ‘Operation Sutlej clean-up’ on the pattern of the Ganga project. This is the first time that any river in the state would be cleaned.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today organised a rally here that witnessed a good response. Top party leaders appealed to the locals to dethrone the “corrupt” Badals. The party managed to put up an impressive show despite being dogged by factionalism. The development came as a setback for Dr Gandhi who recently claimed that he had won the par…[Read more]

Punjab Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon said the problem of waterlogging and salinity in various parts of the state was not only bringing economic devastation for farmers but was also raising serious health concerns among people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Chandigarh on September 11 will also address a rally. Punjab BJP chief Kamal Sharma said the venue for the rally is being finalised and the two options are Sector 34 and Sector 25. The Prime Minister will first inaugurate the international airport, visit the PGIMER and then inaugurate a hosuing…[Read more]

Even as the sifting of the records is still on, the Panjab University authorities till now have detected pilferage of Rs 92 lakh from its pension cell by a daily wager woman employee, Pooja Bagga. Now, the varsity authorities are inquiring to find out whether or not anybody else helped her. “She has already returned Rs 63 lakh. So far, she is…[Read more]

Dengue fever has started extending its tentacles in Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts. While eight confirmed cases have been reported from Jalandhar, five cases have surfaced in Kapurthala.

After having scored a victory in the Punjab University elections, a team of Student Organisation of India (SOI) wing of Shiromani Akali Dal, Malwa Zone will visit Delhi for the campaigning in student elections to be held at Delhi University on September 11th.

Distressed over damage to his cotton crop due to whitefly attack, a 40-year-old debt-ridden farmer of Tandiyan village in Sardulgarh division of the district allegedly set himself ablaze on August 30. He succumbed to his injuries yesterday.

In what has raised eyebrows, the Water Works and Sanitation Department has imposed Rs 20 lakh as fine on a contractor for “incomplete” construction of a water treatment plant even as his certificate for the renewal of registration mentions that the work assigned to him has been completed.

The Aam Aadmi Party today held protests in different parts of the state against the rampant drug menace in the state. Party volunteers held a protest in front of the DC’s office in Jalandhar and Ludhiana. Col CM Lakhanpal (retd), zonal in charge, AAP, Ludhiana, said alleged Punjab had become a safe haven for drug smugglers.

In view of the increasing incidents of snatching and thefts in the past six months, SHOs of all five police stations are reshuffled. The police were facing severe criticism from all quarters over four snatching incidents and 10 thefts in three weeks.Besides, incidents of rash driving and eve-teasing too have gone up in the past six months.

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.

The state government is all set to further change the look of the main entrance to the Golden Temple in sync with the design of its ambitious project Golden Temple Entrance Plaza. For this, the government has evacuated the shopkeepers who were running their business on items like ‘kara’, ‘kangha’, ‘kirpan’ and religious books on either side of the…[Read more]

After a month-long probe into the kidney racket, the Jalandhar police have booked National Kidney Hospital doctor Rajesh Aggarwal and his wife Deepa Aggarwal. The SIT team comprising Alka Meena, ADCP, Headquarters, J Elanchezhian, ADCP, Crime, AS Power, ADCP, and SHO Navdeep today interrogated the doctor couple for around seven hours at Police…[Read more]

Even though the health department is taking a number of steps to promote institutional deliveries (births), non-institutional ones are still taking place in Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s home district Muktsar. Data procured from the district administration revealed that till July end this year, 193 non-institutional deliveries took place a…[Read more]

The Moga-Barnala National Highway-71 was damaged between Baude and Badhni Kalan villages about 20 km from the district headquarters earlier this week, but neither the district administration nor the national highway wing of the Public Works Department have initiated repair work. Local people said the highway stretch had caved in due to heavy…[Read more]

Even as the state government has been holding business summits and offshore industrial meets to encourage investment in the state, at least 10 per cent of the local manufacturers have had to shut down operation in the past two years due to market slowdown and no government help. President of the Jalandhar Focal Point Extension Association Narinder…[Read more]

Narinder Kashyap, general secretary, BSP and Rajya Sabha member, today called the BJP, Congress, Akali Dal and AAP anti-farmer and anti-Dalit at a rally held to seek support for the 2017 assembly elections.

The BJP’s protest against the Congress over disruption of the Monsoon session in the Lok Sabha got a feeble response, here today. Though senior leaders, including union minister Vijay Sampla, Jammu MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, state minister Bhagat Chunni Lal, CPS KD Bhandari and former minister Manoranjan Kalia, attended the rally, the gathering r…[Read more]

The Nagpur-Amritsar and Nagpur-Pune AC trains, whose 12 coaches have arrived at Ajni yard, have been held up for four coaches. However, Nagpur division of Central Railway is optimistic that the trains will start in October for the pre-Diwali rush, said Central Railway divisional railway manager (DRM) OP Singh.