Priyanka

Nursing education in Punjab is now under the scanner. Not only are the admissions to 66 nursing colleges for the general nursing and midwifery course for 2013-14 suspect, but the authorities have also woken up to the acute deficiencies in the working of some nursing colleges in the state, especially those run by “politically well-connected” people.

While the ruling Badal family is caught in a tight spot following an accident in Ropar allegedly involving one of the buses of its fleet, it faced double trouble near the NH-1 at Rajpura today.Over two different accidents involving buses belonging to Indo-Canadian Pvt Ltd and Dabwali Transport, both owned by the Badals, were reported.

A bus belonging to the Badal family crushed her husband the day when Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal celebrated his birthday, said Manjit Kaur, widow of Swaran Singh who was killed in a road accident yesterday, while talking to The Tribune today. She said they only wanted financial security and secure future for her children.

The Orbit case has taken another turn. An application has been moved in the case by the amicus curiae or the friend of the court for issuance of appropriate direction on framing transparent timetable for buses. Directions have also been sought for displaying bus fares and taking cognisance of decisions taken by the Punjab Government which were…[Read more]

The functioning of Harike Kalan Cooperative Society Limited in Muktsar district is under the scanner as its former secretary and president allegedly sanctioned loans to 19 women on fictitious names under the Mai Bhago Istri Shakti scheme in 2011 and 2012. The issue came to light when four members of the society lodged a complaint in this regard to…[Read more]

A SpiceJet flight with 159 persons on board suffered a tyre burst while it was taxiing for take-off at Amritsar airport this evening. The Mumbai-bound flight SG345 from Srinagar was scheduled to take off at 5 PM, sources at Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport said. Airport Director Venkateshwar Rao said all passengers and crew were safe. He said…[Read more]

The Local Bodies Department is mulling over bringing in a revised water metering policy in the forthcoming Assembly session. Even as a policy to this effect had been finalized two and a half years ago, to check the indiscriminate use of water for domestic and commercial purposes, the Local Bodies Department had failed to get it implemented.

Accusing the ruling Akali Dal of partisan politics, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today questioned the selective invitation to leaders for the function to mark the 350th foundation day of Anandpur Sahib. He said the entire expenditure incurred on the three-day foundation day function should…[Read more]

The Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, on Wednesday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that the May 17 pre-medical entrance test (PMET) was held at a single venue to ensure “effective control and monitoring”.

A relatively high level of water this year in various reservoirs, including the Gobind Sagar at the Bhakra dam, Pong and Ranjit Sagar dam, has come as a relief to the state government, especially in view of prediction of deficit rains.