Amritsar, Sep 20 : A number of villageS situated along the 553 km long Indo-Pakistan border in, Punjab besides, lacking basic facilities have a very low sex ratio Valtoha Block of Tarn Taran district situated near the international border has a sex-ratio of 865 which is far below the ratio in...
Chandigarh, Sep 19 : The Punjab government today gave its clearance to the ambitious Adarsh School Scheme to be launched in the state on September 28, the birth centenary of Sheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh.
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Chandigarh, Sept 19 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today appealed to the Punjab Government to complete its portion of the long-pending Baddi-Chandigarh link road.
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Chandigarh, Sep 19 : Punjab today took a lead in suggesting to the Union Government to levy cess on advertisement revenue earned by private television channels and devolve 70 per cent of cess to all the states to enable them to finance their welfare communication programme.
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Chandigarh, Sep 19 : After reviewing the fiscal crunch of the state electricity board, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission today recommended a hike in power tarrif for all categories of consumers, including for the agricultural sector which is being supplied power free of cost...
Chandigarh, Sep 18 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Punjab planning department to prepare a detailed state-wide master plan comprising human development indicators, infrastructural development status and productivity factors.
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Khadoor Sahib, Tarn Taran, Sep 18 : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today ruled out the possibility of use of POTA in Punjab, as complete peace, communal harmony and brotherhood prevailed here.
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Chandigarh, Sep 18 : The Punjab government today suspended Amritsar Medical College, principal, Dr Jaswinderpal Kaur Shergill in the controversial 'kidney removal case'.
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Chandigarh, Sept 18 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Punjab planning department to prepare a detailed state-wide master plan comprising human development indicators, infrastructural development status and productivity factors.
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Islamabad, Sep 18 : Pakistan's Punjab province is close to being declared polio-free as no case has been reported for over a year - the culmination of an effort that began in 1994.
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By Karan Kapoor, Ludhiana, Sept. 17 : Punjab is now emerging as an international hub in education and training, as it is opening new avenues for students from foreign countries.
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Fatehgarh Sahib, Sep 16 : As many as 47 Pakistani nationals who had completed their quantum of sentence were still languishing in jails across Punjab.
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Chandigarh, Sept 17 : The Union Forest Ministry today assured total support to Punjab in its forestry related programmes to enable the state to increase its forest cover from 6.3 per cent to 15 per cent by the end of this year.
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Chandigarh, Sep 17 : The Punjab government today said in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it proposes to float a loan of Rs 1000 crore of ten years tenure.
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Chandigarh, Sep 17 : The Punjab Government has directed the Mandi Board to make amendments in the provisions of the composition of the Board of Directors (BoDs) to enhance its existing membership of non official members from eight to ten to make it broad based for taking pragmatic policy...
Chandigarh, Sep 16 : The Punjab government has sought the opinion of senior police officers on the role of the media in crisis where damage, destruction of property and loss of life or injuries occur.
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Chandigarh, Sep 16 : Vitesh Kapoor of Amritsar and Lovepreet of Ropar claimed the sub-junior boys and sub-junior girls singles titles, respectively in the inaugural Emaar Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament being organised by the Mohali District Table Tennis Association at the Sector 23...
Hoshiarpur, Sep 16 : To overcome the problem of unemployment and to provide job opportunities to the youths between the age group of 18-40 years, the Punjab government has established the Punjab Youth Employment Generation and Training Board (PYEGaTB).
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Jalandhar, Sep 15 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced to amend rules for reservation in promotion for sportspersons in the state.
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