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The Punjab government, whose new industrial policy is being framed by international agency, Unido, has decided to "delink" agro processing units from the purview of the proposed industrial policy and come up with a separate agro industrial policy. The decision follows a recent meeting between...

The Punjab government, whose new industrial policy is being framed by international agency, Unido, has decided to delink agro processing units from the purview of the proposed industrial policy and come up with a separate agro industrial policy. The decision follows a recent meeting between...

A sikh student of Indian origin has been expelled from school in Britain for refusing to take off her iron bangle. More...

This Diwali could well be a dark one for Punjab with Ropar and Bathinda thermal plants on the verge of closure due to paucity of coal stocks. Sources say the two thermal power plants, responsible for the majority of power produced in the state, are left with coal stocks for only two days. Though...

This Diwali could well be a dark one for Punjab with Ropar and Bathinda thermal plants on the verge of closure due to paucity of coal stocks. More...

In a major move that is certain to boost investors sentiments, the Punjab government s empowered committee on mega projects, under the chairmanship of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, on Tuesday cleared industrial projects worth Rs 1,345 crore. Disclosing this, a spokesman of the Punjab...

The Congress-led UPA Government's much flaunted National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is gasping for breath in Punjab. Not a single person has benefited from the scheme since April 1. The scheme was first introduced in the districts of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur...

Vodafone Essar has come out as the fastest growing telecom provider in the last year-and-a-half in one of the fastest growing telecom GSM subscriber market in Punjab. The company has notched a growth of 127% in its subscriber base during March 2006 and September 2007 followed by Bharti Airtel...

Punjab has decided to spare apex cooperative institutions, Markfed and Milkfed, from the disinvestment axe. More...

Punjab has decided to spare apex cooperative institutions, Markfed and Milkfed, from the disinvestment axe. The decision follows reservations expressed by cooperation minister Kanwaljit Singh. "How can one disinvest consistently profit-making cooperatives", he told the media recently. "The...

The land records of Punjab will be fully computerised by July 2008. The government has engaged Microsoft to perform the task that suggested the model being implemented in Andhara Pradesh fro digitalisation. Incidentally, Andhra Pradesh was the first state in the country to achieve 100%...

The land records of Punjab will be fully computerised by July 2008. The government has engaged Microsoft to perform the task that suggested the model being implemented in Andhara Pradesh fro digitalisation. More...

Public sector lender Punjab National Bank on Monday posted a 6.63% cent rise in net profit at Rs 538.48 crore for the quarter ended September 30, against Rs 504.99 crore for the same period last fiscal. More...

One person stood out among the latest batch of smartly turned out cadets that graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy - the country's first Sikh army officer Harcharan Singh. Singh, who was conspicuous due to his green turban and beard, marched in step with his fellow cadets before the...

One person stood out among the latest batch of smartly turned out cadets that graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy - the country's first Sikh army officer Harcharan Singh. More...

The Punjab government on Thursday issued guidelines for clearing mega projects, hotels and agro-processing and housing schemes. Manoranjan Kalia, industries and commerce minister Punjab, said that the investors can submit their applications on prescribed format for industrial park...

The Punjab government on Thursday issued guidelines for clearing mega projects, hotels and agro-processing and housing schemes. More...

Punjab government has failed to bring out the promised "White Paper" on economy seven months ago. With no White Paper on economy, confusion prevails about the state of the economy as the chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the finance minister view differently most of the economic issues. The...

Punjab government has failed to bring out the promised "White Paper" on economy seven months ago. More...

Punjab government has failed to bring out the promised White Paper on economy seven months ago. With no White Paper on economy, confusion prevails about the state of the economy as the chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the finance minister view differently most of the economic issues. The...