All parties and voters are excited for election poll in Punjab. Due to new rules of election commission no one candidate can spend more than 16(sixteen) lakh for the promotion. If someone found, that candidate will be terminated from the election. Parkash Singh Badal brother's Gurdas Singh Badal has left the Shiromani ...

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab finance minister Surinder Singla on Thursday alleged that "huge financial bungling" was the prime reason behind the Parkash Singh Badal government's decision to buy Microsoft's multi­ crore-rupee software instead of using the software the central government had installed for free in government schools as part of the ...

TARN TARAN: Resentful of the acquisition of arable land in Gobindpura and corruption in various departments of the state government; farmers in Tarn Taran are out in support of the nationwide Jan Lokpal crusade of Anna Hazare. Prominent agricultural trade unions, including the Kisan Sangharsh Committee (KSC) on Thursday declared to ...

CHANDIGARH: The SAD on Friday slammed Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh for his appeal to the state government to move the Punjab and Haryana high court over the contentious Hansi-Butana canal row, a case pending in the Supreme Court. "The matter of the Hansi­-Butana canal as well as the issue of ...

PATHANKOT: Residents of the Dhaki road wore black bands on their arms during a sangat darshan programme by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday to express their resentment against the state government for its failure to repair a three-km slippery stretch of the road. Badal's bodyguards formed a tight security ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: The empowered committee on mega projects on Wednesday gave in principle approval to mega projects worth Rs 6,350 crore in Punjab ­and also cleared two policies for developing integrated sugar complexes and textile parks in the state. The empowered committee, chaired by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, took a ...

BATHINDA NEWS: Maintaining that the Punjab government has nothing to do with the delay in the launch of a proposed train on the Amristsar-Chandigarh rail link, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said it was the responsibility of the Centre to start projects on time. Badal was reacting to the ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday asked the union chemical and fertilisers ministry to implement its proposal to directly transfer fertiliser subsidy to farmers on a pilot basis to resolve Problems in its implementation. In a letter to chemicals and fertilisers minister MK Azhagiri, the chief ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: The Punjab government would spend Rs 62.5 crore this year on the development of border areas in the four border districts of Amritsar , Gurdaspur, Ferozepur and Tarn Taran. Giving Clearance on Sunday, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal issued directions to the authorities concerned to chalk out a ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal here on Friday administered the oath of office and secrecy to three Akali MLAs who were made chief parliamentary secretaries (CPSs) at a ceremony held at Punjab Bhawan. With this, the strength of CPSs in Punjab has gone up to 17, of which ...

PATIALA NEWS: Senior Akali leader and former member of Parliament Lehna Singh Tur, 71, died at his residence here on Tuesday morning after a prolonged illness. Tur, who was elected MP from Tarn Thran in 1979, is survived by two daughters and a son. He was cremated with state honours at ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday expressed profound grief and sorrow over the demise of professor emeritus of -religion and literature Harnam Singh Shan who passed away at the PGI on Thursday. In a condolence message, the chief minister Parkash Singh Badal described Shan as an eminent ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday appealed to the Centre to immediately accede to the demands of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is on a fast-unto­ death against rampant corruption and black money in the country. In a statement, Badal asked the Centre to accord the highest ...