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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...

Expressing concern over the depleting water table of Punjab, Centre for Agriculture and Rural development (CARRD) has decided to carry out an indepth study to analyse all facts and suggest the remedial measures to combat this problem. In a statement issued here today, Dr Joginder Singh...

In a unique effort by the industrialists and the state and Central governments, the first hazardous waste disposal site in north India is coming up at Nimbuan village in Punjab, 30 km from here. This disposal facility, which is spread over 20.64 acres acquired by the Punjab Pollution Control...

Justice has not been done to the needs of private aided colleges, says union Punjab and Chandigarh COllege Teachers' Union (PCCTU) has criticised the maiden budget of the SAD-BJP government presented by Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal. In a statement issued here today, the union termed it...

After Bharti, ITC and Reliance, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) group is all set to enter the agricultural sector in Punjab. The group is ready to start its potato seed production through its company, Mahindra Shubhlabh, for which Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Nawanshahr districts have been picked up...

The Punjab BJP is up in arms against state in-charge and party vice-president Sahib Singh Verma for cutting what they call a private deal with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and ensuring that two Delhi-based bureaucrats close to him were appointed non-official members of the Punjab State...

The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has beaten its counterparts, Haryana and Punjab, on the issue of online booking of tickets for its Volvo/ Deluxe buses. While it is nearing a year since this facility has been provided by the HRTC, the other two will probably take another year to go...

The Supreme Court today dismissed the special leave petitions filed by the Punjab Government challenging the anticipatory bails granted to former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and others by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the alleged Rs 3000-crore Ludhiana City Centre scam. The...

The Bathinda police today quietly moved a local court to seek arrest warrants of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh a day before the Sant Samaj leaders threatened to court arrest to protest against the Punjab Government's failure to take him into custody for parodying Guru Gobind...

IN a bid to fight hazardous affects of chemical pesticides, Punjab has taken up an ambitious project to produce and sell neem-based pesticide to farmers. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) has begun the pilot project, in which more than 70 tonnes of neem fruit will be...

In a bid to counter hazardous effects of chemical pesticides, Punjab has taken up an ambitious project to produce and sell neem-based pesticide to farmers. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) has begun the pilot project, in which more than 70 tonnes of neem fruit will be...

The Amateur Athletic Association Chandigarh has finalised the annual calendar of the various athletic events to be organised during the session 2007-2008 in its executive body meeting held a few days ago at the Chandigarh Golf Club. Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, the president, AAAC disclosed in the...

THE Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), which conducts examination of lakhs of students in the state, is reportedly charging Rs 100 from students seeking provisional marks sheet. The result of Class XII of the PSEB was declared on June 6 but the marks sheet for the same has not been given by...

Lauding the efforts of the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association, R P S Pawar, principal secretary, Sports, Punjab said the government is poised for the upliftment of the game that has seen Punjab emerging as a leading state in Rifle shooting in the country. Accompanied by Pargat Singh, Director...

Sets ablaze kiosks of dera followers It remained a highly volatile day in Cheema Mandi village, few kms from Sunam, as a mob of Sikhs went on a rampageafter a scuffle between two dera followers and a Sikh, who was injured. Heavy police force and a platoon of BSF had to be deployed in the...

It seems relations between Arun Jaitley's successor and in charge of Punjab BJP Sahib Singh Verma and party president Rajinder Bhandari are getting sour. The state unit of the party is struggling to get to terms with Verma's style of functioning, BJP sources say. On more than one occasion in the...

New York, June 13 (IANS) A young Indian American Sikh entrepreneur has been awarded the Rising Star award by a US magazine for his contribution in the area of political consulting in the country. More...

Leading Indian American hotelier and community leader Sant Chatwal has been honoured by Sikh Council on Religion and Education for his contribution to humanitarian causes worldwide. More...

The great Indian retail revolution seems to be catching on. First it was corporate houses and now it's the enterprising Punjab farmer. Baljeet Singh Dosanjh, a farmer based in Doaba, has joined hands with other growers to launch Veggie Wonders, a retail chain of fresh food items. The maiden...

Punjab's Jails, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Hira Singh Gabria has stated that the Punjab government is committed to improving the quality of education in the state and asked the private educational organisations to come forward to open branches of their already established public...