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Punjab government on Thursday announced to raise compensation for families of debt-ridden farmers, who committed suicide, from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh.The state has enhanced amount of compensation given to debt-ridden farmers, who have committed suicide, to Rs three lakh from earlier amount of Rs two lakh,” an official spokesperson of the…[Read more]

Expressing concern over poor language skills of English teachers of government schools, Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Thursday constituted a core group of experts to work out a long-term strategy to improve their English.Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said the core group consisting of heads of 17 District…[Read more]

Actress-turned-politician Kirron Kher today said she is planning to get a Media and Film City for Chandigarh.”I am trying to bring a hi-tech Media and Film City in Chandigarh, and this may happen soon. Chandigarh has tremendous untapped potential as a Film city to cater to the Punjabi and Bollywood film industry.Presently, the directors have to go…[Read more]

Punjab government will give incentives to the Medical Officers (MOs) opting for border area postings after appointment, Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani said here on Wednesday.Presiding over a meeting of the Civil Surgeons, he said that “the government will offer incentives to the Medical Officers who have opted for placements in the Border…[Read more]

Rains on Wednesday lashed few parts of Punjab and Haryana, with maximum temperatures remaining far below normal level in most parts of both the states.Union Territory Chandigarh had a high of 36.8 degrees Celsius, a MeT department report said today. Among other places in Haryana, Ambala, Hisar and Karnal settled at 35.2 degrees Celsius, 32…[Read more]

Which is the smallest District in Punjab?
(A) Moga
(B) Mansa
(C) Fatehgarh Sahib
(D) Bhatinda

The Punjab government on Tuesday said there is no shortage of urea for the ongoing crop season, asking farmers not to be worried as the state has arranged adequate quantity of the fertiliser to meet their demands.State agriculture minister Tota Singh reviewed the preparation of agricultural department and supply of urea in a video conference with…[Read more]

An undertrial allegedly managed to escape from custody after his court hearing here following which three police personnel were arrested for dereliction of duty, an official said on Tuesday.Undertrial prisoner Supreet Singh alias Harry, lodged in Central Jail Amritsar, was brought to the court here for hearing in a criminal case yesterday, Senior…[Read more]

Journalists performed yoga asanas here to mark the International Yoga Day in Chandigarh. Over 25 journalists and their families participated in a special camp held at the Chandigarh Press Club premises.

Chandigarh-based Aryans Group of Colleges has rolled out a scheme to attract students from Uttarakhand state as well. The state’s governor Krishan Kant Paul launched a special scholarship scheme for Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh. This scholarship is for needy and deserving girls of Uttarakhand and other hilly areas under “Beti Bachao, Beti…[Read more]

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Monday assured its consumers that Punjab is power surplus and there would be no power cuts in the state this summer.Addressing a press conference here, PSPCL chairman cum managing director KD Chaudhri expressed happiness over the power corporation having supplied over 10,500 MW power on June 20. He…[Read more]

Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to inform people about the number of families of farmers he had visited since 2007 in the state who had committed suicide.Bajwa, in a statement, asserted that with the two successive visits of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to Punjab, the sham…[Read more]

The decision of the Chhat Bir zoo authorities to not to allow visitors inside the lion safari after 5 pm has been disappointing visitors. A large number of people, who come to visit the zoo from the far-flung areas, return disappointed as the zoo authorities have restricted the entry to the safari after 5 pm from June 14 onwards. Pradeep Kumar, a…[Read more]

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said that it is a matter of pride for India that Yoga has been internationally recognized by more than 170 countries across the globe and is being celebrated in varied manner worldwide.

A SpiceJet flight with 159 people on board suffered a tyre burst while it was taxiing for take-off at Amritsar airport on Sunday evening.The Mumbai-bound flight SG345 from Srinagar was scheduled to take-off at 5 pm, official sources at Guru Ramdas international (Rajasansi) Airport said.As the aircraft moved on the runway, one of its tyres burst…[Read more]

Faridkot district police today claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of seven members and recovered a 2-day-old infant who was allegedly being sold to Panchkula based couple for Rs 2.80 lakh. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the buyer when he allegedly reached the bus top to take the infant here yesterday. The gang of seven members,…[Read more]

A leakage in the water supply line from the Kajauli waterworks resulted in a severe water crisis in the city.Though the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation had claimed that there would be low pressure water supply for two days — June 18 and 19 — taps in the city went dry early in the morning.The situation was worse in southern sectors where there was…[Read more]

Punjab and Haryana will get widespread rainfall with moderate winds next week and farmers have been asked to withhold the sowing of pigeon pea, the wather serveice of a leading agricultural varsity said on Friday.There is possibility of change in weather from June 21 night. Widespread rainfall with moderate winds will occur in the region between…[Read more]

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was on Friday greeted with slogans of ‘Rajnath Singh Go back’ and ‘Stop discrimination against Sikhs’, while addressing the 350th foundation day of Sri Anandpur Sahib.The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) activists shouted slogans against the Union Minister as soon as the leader stood up to address the function…[Read more]