HOSHIARPUR: Following in the footsteps of Manjit Kaur, a resident of Chakkowal Shiekhan village, who refused to accept free bicycle under Mai Bhago scheme, two more students have said no to the freebie. Hapreet Kaur and Jasdeep Kaur of Dhadde Fateh Singh have told the principal that they would not accept ...

CHANDIGARH: Software developed by NIC, Haryana, would soon be available for monitoring 36 citizen-related services identified by the government to be delivered within a specified time frame. The services will be launched at the tehsil level in Yamunanagar district on Monday. A spokesman said citizens could get information on Internet about the documents ...

BATALA: Local BJP MLA Jagdish Sahni, while distributing eques worth Rs 20.5 lakh to 23 village panchayats of Qadian block, said that the SAD-BJP alliance will contest the next assembly elections on the basis of development work done by them. He advised his audience to keep in mind the performance ...

BATHINDA: The echo of the slap has gone far but wide of the police ears. More than 24 hours since the Akali sarpanch of Daula village was quick to slap a young education guarantee scheme (EGS) teacher waiting to see her MP, the Gidderbaha police are slow to register a ...

AMRITSAR: Extending his support to the concept in the yet-to release movie 'I Am Singh', which highlights the trials and tribulations of Sikhs, the victims of mistaken identity, in the US after the 9/11 tragedy, MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has said he supported the theme. He added the government too ...

ROHTAK: The inordinate delay in completing the new administrative complex project has log escalated its cost by Rs 10 crore. The work on the project nm began in June 2007. It was sup- by posed to be completed in two years at a cost of Rs 14 crore. But having missed ...

AMRITSAR: Eight new colleges are being opened in Punjab to enhance the quality of technical education being imparted in the state. Chaudhary Surjit Kumar Jiyani, minister for technical education, industrial training and transport, stated this during a function organised at Mai Bhago Government Polytechnic College. He said that the government ...

HISAR: Two days after two youth, riding on a motorcycle, fired at an apparel showroom and gave death threat to ills owner Sanjay Arora if he did not pay them Rs 50-lakh, shopkeepers in Jambeshwar Market here demanded from the government to arrest the assailants immediately. The traders closed their businesses ...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana finance minister HS Chattha on Monday announced to improve the assured career progression (ACP) of government drivers of staff cars and jeeps. An official release said while drivers would now get ACP after 10, 20 and 30 years of regular satisfactory services, 20% cadre posts of drivers would ...

ROHTAK: The satellite survey of land will be conducted in Rewari district under the land records manual programme to address land related disputes in the district. While stating this on Sunday, an official spokesman said the land survey so conducted would be tallied with the land records since 1957 and discrepancies, ...

GURDASPUR: Farmers blocked traffic on the Batala-Shrihargobindpur road at Udhanwal village on Monday against the alleged non-purchase of paddy at the procurement centre at Udhanwal for a week. The ghoman SHO had to persuade the farmers to lift their sit-in. After that the Marked men started purchasing the crop. The ...

CHANDIGARH: Government agencies and private millers procured about 58,974 tonne of paddy till Monday compared to 3, 75,348 tonne procured last year. Government agencies bought 35,448 tonne (60%) and private traders 23,526 tonne. Amritsar leads with 11,034 tonne of paddy purchase followed by Tarn Taran with 11,469 tonne and Faridkot with 6,130 ...

CHANDIGARH: The Gurdwara Election Commission on Wednesday issued fresh directions to the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pardesh and the Chandigarh administration for peaceful conduct of the SGPC elections on September 18. As per the directives, movement of vehicles near the polling stations would be banned except for those of ...