RUPNAGAR: Jaypee group on Sunday alleged that certain vested interests are trying to mislead people over the proposed 30-MW captive power plant being set up by it at new cement plant at Bagheri village on the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border in Himachal Pradesh. Addressing a press conference here, head of Bagheri Cement ...

JALANDHAR: Despite directions for setting up anti-ragging committees by August 28 from Punjab Technical University (PTU) to its affiliated colleges, the latter have yet to respond with the steps taken, even as four months have passed since, Supreme Court orders in this regard. While the academic session started on August 17, ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government would construct a ID-bed Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Sri Bhaini Sahib in Ludhiana district under the National Rural Health Mission during te hcurrent fiscal. An assurance to this effect was given at a meeting of the Kuka Martyrs Memorial Trust, chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh ...

LUDHIANA: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim were on the hit list of suspected KCF terrorist Balbir Singh Bhootna alias Beera, his interrogation has revealed. Sources said Bhootna, along with five others, including his wife, had gone to Harmandar Sahib in April and ...

Over a dozen projects Announced By Badals In Bathinda Last Year Yet To Take Off: Govt Cites lack of Funds BATHINDA: There was a stone­ laying spree in the district last year on, but a drawn out lull has followed in its wake. The list of projects for which foundation stones were ...

JALANDHAR: Lok Bhalai Party president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia has sent another request letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to intervene in the matter of Police Clearance Certificates (PCC) for the over 5,000 illegal immigrants living in Spain. In his letter, Ramoowalia states that immigrants are anxious over the bleak prospect ...

Chandigarh: Choice Hotels India has announced the opening of its property "Comfort Inn GSK" on Albert Road in Amritsar.The hotel, managed by Choice Hospitality India, is built in contemporary style with all modern amenities, said CEO Vilas Pawar in a statement on Wednesday.It is the first Choice property in Punjab ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has formulated a policy regarding acceptance and management of donations from the public to further strengthen the health system in the state.Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that all donations would be accepted by the District Health and Family Welfare Societies headed by the Deputy Commissioners ...

SUNAM (SANGRUR): At least five persons were injured in a Police lathi charge mounted to free employees of a bank trapped in a siege laid by protesting farmers here on Wednesday.Even as around 200 cops tried to break through the siege, the nearly 2,000 farmers, including women, refused to give ...

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KAPURTHALA: A teenaged girl in the second-year B.Sc course at a Kapurthala college dared to level false charges of rape against her father to hide her immoral behaviour. She had a change of heart when the police caught her lie and she lost nerve at the sight of her relatives.The ...

CHANDIGARH: After hearing arguments on a petition alleging irregularities, Justice Pramod Kohli of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday ordered re-examination of the Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET), conducted by Maharshi Dayanand University, at two centres in Rohtak city within a week.The High Court also issued directions not to ...

NANGAL: Central Electricity Authority (CEA) member S.M. Dhiman is reportedly, a frontrunner for the post of Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).Dhiman is a power engineer and is working as Member Grid Operation and Distribution in the Central Electricity Authority.BBMB Member Irrigation M.K. Gupta presently holds additional charge the post ...