CHANDIGARH: HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi admitted during his cross-examination that he had met chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda during the period prior to the merger of five HJC MLAs. According to the speaker’s orders, Bishnoi said he kept meeting the CM. “When he was specifically asked what issues were discussed by ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) registered 81 cases in the state in 2012. According to VB chief director-cum-DGP Suresh Arora, the bureau arrested six gazetted officers, 32 non-gazatted officers and six private individuals in 38 corruption cases last year. He said the bureau had stepped up its drive against corruption ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court was informed by the Punjab government on Monday that the chargesheet had been field by the police in the Faridkot minor girl’s abduction-rape case before the duty magistrate, Faridkot, on December 26 and further trail commitment proceedings were pending. When the petition field by ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government will provide vocational training to inmates of a Sirsa based deaf and mute welfare centre to make them eligible of gaining employment in district of gaining employment in district hotels. Stating this here on Sunday, Sirsa deputy commissioner J Ganesan said: “The government will provide vocational training ...

CHANDIGARH: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is setting up its data centre at Manesar in Haryana and this captive “Green Data Centre” will be built as per global standards. Stating this here on Sunday, an official spokesman said that data centre would be one of the biggest in the ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday constituted a state-level committee headed by Justice VK Bali (retd) to look into and suggest possible amendments in criminal laws and other relevant laws for speedy justice to victims of heinous crimes against women. Punjab advocate general Ashok Aggarwal would be a ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday constituted a committee to look into the scheduled delimitation of panchayat wards in the state, terming the process “arbitrary”. Talwandi Sabo MLA Jeet Mohinder Sidhu will be its chairman, while former MLA Sukhpal Khaira will be its convener. Stating this ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Industries minister Anil Joshi on Wednesday asked for a high-level inquiry into the depleting fixed deposits of Punjab InfoTech, the state government’s Corporation to promote the information technology (IT) sector, besides discrepancies plots and their cancellation by the corporation. A spokesman said here joshi also requested finance minister Parminder ...

CHANDIGARH: The people’s Party of Punjab (PPP) on Wednesday described the state of the Punjab police as “pitiable” stating that “politicization of police” and “criminalization” of the Shiromani Akali Dal were the factors for such a situation. “Never since the days of terrorism have police personnel been targeted with such ferocity ...

Punjab farmers are richer by Rs 16,028 crore as the state has procured more than 133 lakh tones of paddy till Saturday, a spokesman said. Of the total procurement, government agencies have procured 127 lakh tones while private traders procured the rest. In Sangrur district, Rs 1,968.28 crore has deposited in farmers ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ridiculed the claims of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal that Punjab was the “safety state” in the country warning him against adopting “an ostrich-like attitude”. “Just shutting your eyes on the law and order problem does not mean ...

CHANDIGARH: During the question hour in the assembly, the Punjab government on Thursday clarified that the centrally aided mega project to revive the hand tool industry of Batala was still in limbo with no approval from the Centre so far. Replying to a question on the fate of the proposal for ...

CHANDIGARH: In the absence of the opposition Congress, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to allocate Rs 5,000 crore for green revolution states on the pattern of Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI) in the 12th Five-Year Plan. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal moved ...