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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...

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. 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...

A farmer from Nayagaon village has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court claiming that the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sanjeev Gupta, his family members and others have threatened him as they want to grab his land in the village. The petitioner has also apprehended threat to...

The strength of united action can fetch big gains. This is what the potato farmers of Doaba region in Punjab have discovered. Launching an organisation called the Potato Growers' Association, a body based in Jalandhar with around 5,000 members, they put forward a united front, giving them...

Punjab is all set to be the first state in India to make registration of travel agents compulsory. Any agent found working without a licence, or accused of duping anyone will risk confiscation of property. The proposed Punjab Travel Agent and Human Trafficking Act is aimed at reining in the...

Various survey results pointing to at least 17 per cent rise in opium production in Afghanistan this year have sent the securities agencies in the state in a tizzy. Security agencies here feel that Afghanistan's huge opium production and its geographic proximity puts Punjab in a danger zone. The...

By Ravinder Singh, Amritsar, Oct 21 : Jasvir Gill, co-founder of Start-up Farms International Inc. (SUFI), dreams to make Punjab as an educational and IT hub by vastly improving the situation in rural areas. More...

By Ravinder Singh Amritsar, Oct 21 (ANI): Jasvir Gill, co-founder of Start-up Farms International Inc. (SUFI), dreams to make Punjab as an educational and IT hub by vastly improving the situation in rural areas. Gill, a software engineer, migrated to the US from Punjab in 1988. In 1980s there...

New Delhi - Indian police on Monday said they suspected that Muslim militant groups and separatist Sikh militants were behind the bomb blast in a cinema hall in the northern state of Punjab which claimed seven lives, officials and news reports said. ... More...

At a time when disinvestment of public sector undertakings (PSU) is the buzzword, Punjab has decided to add one more PSU to its kitty-the Punjab Media Corporation. In view of strong opposition from the state finance department and some cabinet ministers, the proposed media corporation may now...

In order to provide speedy implementation of industrial projects, Punjab government will soon implement the industrial facilitation rules, 2007. This will help to ensure smooth functioning of the existing industries in the state as well as give a push to new industrial units. VK Janjua, director...

The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee has asked every Sikh to get married in the gurudwara with a day baraat. Lavish parties and farmhouse bashes might be on their way out. More...

Italy: Homage to Indian soldiers killed in WW II Nearly 6,000 Indian soldiers died in Italy during World War II and many of them lie buried in five war cemeteries around the country, including Cassino - the site of the one of the major battles fought against the Germans towards the end of...

Among north Indian states, Punjab seems way behind as far as growth in revenue from value-added tax (Vat) is concerned. The state registered 10.3% growth in Vat revenue, compared with 22% growth in Haryana and about 25% in Himachal Pradesh in 2006-07, according to information collected from the...

The Punjab government has taken a tough stand on the issue of allocation of funds to different states for the revitalization of short-term credit system as per the recommendations of the A Vaidyanathan-led Task Force on Cooperative Credit System which has pegged the rehabilitation package at Rs...

The farmers in Punjab seem to be reaping the benefits of growing Sharbati variety of paddy as it is setting their cash registers ringing. With the private buyers purchasing Sharbati at higher prices than the MSP(minimum support price) of Rs 650 per quintal, the farmers overwhelmed. Notably, some...

With the inauguration of second multi fruit and vegetable processing plant at Alamgrh, Punjab is all set to herald a juice revolution in a big way in order to encourage crop diversification and to find suitable alternative for wheat - paddy cropping pattern. Subodh Kant Sahai Union minister for...

NEW DELHI: Sambhaji Kadam and Dalip Kumar steered Indian Army to an exhilarating one-point win over the last year’s finalist, Punjab Cagers, and cruised into the final of the 35th all-India Master Prithvi Nath Sharma memorial basketball ... More...

Haryana, carved out of Punjab and known as its poor cousin, has edged past the state on most parameters of economic development. Data from Haryana and Punjab finance and statistical departments make an interesting study. Punjab, known as the most prosperous state for decades, thanks to highest...