Mansa, February 28COMMUNIST PARTY of India National Secretary Shamim Faizi today claimed that the

Jalandhar/Ambala, February 27BSNL LAUNCHED its 3G (third generation) service in Jalandhar in the first phase of the exercise in Punjab on Friday. Chief General Manager Telecom, Punjab, P.K. Paliwal said the advantage of this service would be for customers requiring high-speed data transfer through the mobile phone. The 3G service ...

Jalandhar, February 28Use STD with '0', no change in call costANNOUNCING THAT rates for SID would be slashed with effect from March 1, P.K. Paliwal, Chief General Manager, BSNL Punjab circle, today said the facility of dialing '95' as suffix for calling within the circle would be withdrawn from tomorrow. ...

Chandigarh, February 28AMRITSAR AND New Zealand's Waitakere today became sister cities as part of efforts to boost economic cooperation between Punjab and the prosperous pacific nation.A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by CEO of Waitakere city council and Additional Commissioner, Amritsar Municipal Corporation, in the presence of Punjab Deputy Chief ...

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Ferozepur, February 28FARMERS TILLING government land along the Indo-Pak border today staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here to protest against the "high price" being charged to give them ownership rights to the land.Recently, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had announced vacant land across the border ...

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Nakodar, February 28THE SUDDEN and forced discharge of waste water into the sewerage stretch down Nakodar

Chandigarh, February 28RAISING ONCE again Punjab's "resentment over injustice" in the river waters sharing issue and the denial of Chandigarh and other Punjabi

Chandigarh, February 28EXCESSIVE USE of chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture and traders using harmful substances to lend artificial appeal to fruit and vegetables has come under judicial scrutiny.The Division Bench of Chief Justice T.S Thakur and Justice Hemant Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana Court has set up two ...

Barnala/Bathinda, February 28AT LEAST 10 people were killed and 27 injured when two buses collided near Cheema Jodhpur village on the Barnala Bajakhana road tonight.The accident occurred at around 8.30 pm when a PRTC bus trying to overtake another vehicle collided with a Vishal Transport Company bus near the local ...

Chandigarh, February 28Says Central forces needed for LS PollsChandigarh, February 28Says Central forces needed for LS PollsK.K. ATTRI, a 1971-batch IPS officer who took over as Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) today, said there was a need to deploy Central forces in the state during the Lok Sabha elections ...

Hoshiarpur, February 27THE LONG-AWAITED construction of a new bridge across Bhangi choe has finally started, much to the relief of the city residents. However, contrary to the earlier plan of constructing it on the causeway -- a few meters from the existing site - the PWD has opted for the ...