CHANDIGARH/LUDHIANA: Barb for barb, retort for retort, deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday tried to return the compliments to his government's biggest rival. "The statement of captain Amarinder Singh (Punjab Congress president) that if voted to power, his party will review though not necessarily reverse the pro-people decisions of ...

LUDHIANA: State Congress Chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said if voted back to power, the Congress government would welcome Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) to come the Punjab. "Given the fact that Badal has no futuristic vision as he remains busy with his sangat darshan programmes, we don't expect him to ...

HISAR: Congress candidate for the Hisar parliamentary byelection, Jai Parkash on Thursday cautioned voters against relying on turncoats, who switch their loyalties during every election. Criticizing INLD nominee Ajay Chautala, Jai Prakash said, "He has changed constituency in every election, but I have been contesting from Hisar only.” Earlier BJP has ...

LUDHIANA: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badalsaid here on Tuesday that the Congress-led UPA, by arresting Anna Hazare and his associates, had murdered democracy, even as he reiterated sup­port to the movement against corruption. Badal made the statement while talking to media persons. He was in the city to visit ailing ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Captain Amarinder Singhon Monday asked the Congress government in Haryana to be more considerate about its "Punjabi brethren" and stop construction Of the Hansi­ Butana toe wall that has been at the centre of a dispute between the two states. He said while Punjab chief ...

SHIMLA NEWS: The government has now initiated a process to prepare a data bank of the land purchased in relaxation of section 118 of the Land Tenancy Act of1972. The revenue department has started the process to prepare the data bank of land purchased in relaxation of section 118 of the ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the new sand mining policy of the Punjab government lacked transparency and was aimed at continuing the monopoly of  the sand mafia patronised by deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal and his brother-in-law Bikram Singh Majithia". Claiming ...

CHANDIGARH: Former minister and BJP leader Balramji Dass Tandon on Tuesday condemned the central government's action against Baba Ramdev on the intervening night of June 4 and 5. Tandon said the action reminded him of the situation that built up in the country before the Emergency in 1975, imposed by ...

GURDASPUR: In his show of commitment to development of Majha, local MP Partap Singh Bajwa has not spared his own party, the Congress, too over alleged apathy of the party's 2002-07 government towards the region. He, however, did criticise the ruling SAD-NJP alliance, speaking at a function Saturday night at ...

CHANDIGARH (Punjab): The Punjab government on Monday issued a notification to regularise the services of 3,200 temporary employees in the public health department. In a statement, the government blamed the previous Congress regime for the delay in issuing this notification. The government claimed that it was committed to the welfare of employees ...

ROHTAK(Punjab News): All-India Krishak Khet Mazdoor Sangthan (AIKKMS) organised a state convention against agriculture land acquisition, increase in petrol prices and electric tariffs, and re-imposition of house tax in rural and urban areas, at Chhotu Ram Park here on Sunday. Anoop Singh Matanhail presided over the convention. Two resolutions were ...

LUDHIANA(Punjab News): Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has announced the setting up of a drug prevention board to wean youth of the state from drugs. Interacting with mediapersons during sangat darshan at Jagraon on Wednesday, Badal Said the board would tackle the menace of drug addiction, which was growing at ...

BATALA: Following some objections raised by Congress leaders over appointment of 25 district coordinators by Amarinder Singh, president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) and senior Congress leaders from Majha have once again come to the support of the PPCC president. They even offered to Captain Singh that they were ...