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Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal today assured the Punjab Vidhan Sabha that sick industries in the state would not be sold. Making his concluding remarks on the discussion on demands for grants relating to the Budget estimates, Manpreet said the state government would hike the...

The sanction by the Punjab government came after the Akal Takhat rejected a fresh apology by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief for allegedly denigrating Guru Gobind Singh. More...

Punjab government tonight gave the sanction for arrest and prosecution of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is in conflict with the Sikh clergy, on the charge of hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs. More...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab government on Wednesday night gave the sanction for arrest and prosecution of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is in conflict with the Sikh clergy, on the charge of hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs. More...

Akal-Dera rift: Will it deepen political divide in Punjab? The Punjab government has given the police the go ahead to arrest the chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect Baba Gurmeet Singh Ram Raheem. More...

CHANDIGARH: Shahpurkandi Dam is proposed to be constructed in Gurdaspur district of Punjab with a generation capacity of 168 megawatt (MW), Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Wednesday. More...

LUDHIANA: Punjab government has decided to build state-of-the-art business convention centres at an estimated cost of over Rs 500 crore in Amritsar and Ludhiana. More...

Chandigarh, June 21: The Punjab Government will acquire additional land for the further upgradation of the Raja Sansi (Amritsar) International airport which is presently handling 84 international and 16 domestic flights in a week. More...

The Punjab Government today proposed to raise taz on non-ferrous minerals and state lottery draws, besides imposing a levy on Change of Land Use (CLU) as part of the Rs 29,890 crore budget for 2007-08. More...

Phagwara, June 15: Punjab Government has instructed all SSPs to ensure that no woman was summoned to any police station for interrogation under any circumstance, Punjab Social Security Minister Swarana Ram said here today. More...

Chandigarh, June 13: The Punjab government has ordered reconstitution of district grievances removal committees in the state. More...

Chandigarh, June 12: As part of its crop diversification programme, the Punjab government would supply 33,000 quintals maize seed to farmers, so as to increase the area under this crop. More...

Chandigarh, June 11 (UNI) Putting education on top of the social sector agenda, the Punjab government announced to provide free and quality education to the 'gifted' poor. More...

Chandigarh, June 8: The Punjab Government today finalized a plan to encourage commercial dairy farming by extensively using cross-breed cows to make dairying a financially viable proposition for farmers. More...

Chandigarh, June 6: In a significant step the Punjab Government has decided in principle that all those who have properties, including houses situated within the 'Lal Dora' (inside village boundaries) would be given ownership rights. More...

Chandigarh, June 5: The Punjab government has decided to encourage entrepreneurs to set up Community Radio Stations (CRS) in the state. More...

Chandigarh Jun 5: The Punjab Government has decided to challenge in the supreme court the interim anticipatory bail granted by the high court here to former punjab chief minister captain Amarinder Singh, ex minister Jagjit singh Chaudhry, Bharat Inder Singh Chahal and all those who were given...

Chandigarh, June 4: The Punjab government has decided encourage entrepreneurs to set up Community Radio Stations (CRS) in the state. More...

There was more joy for Punjab boy Achin Bansal, the topper of this year's entrance test for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), as the state government on Thursday announced that it will bear all his educational expenses. More...

Government has extended the Rs 100 per quintal bonus for wheat procured from Haryana and Punjab till June 15 -- a move that may help it buy more of the foodgrain from these states amid reports that farmers are holding stocks in anticipation of higher prices. More...