PATIALA: While the official machinery was preoccupied with the election process, the land mafia was busy constructing illegal buildings in the city. At least 35 such buildings came to notice during Patiala municipal corporation joint commissioner Nazar Singh's first field visit after the polls on Wednesday. The land mafia hurriedly completed these ...

PATIALA: Following the Election Commission of India's directions to the Punjab chief electoral officer to maintain a record of voters, who decide not to vote, after his/her electoral roll number is duly entered in the register of voters in Form 17 A and taking signature or thumb impression of the ...

PATIALA: Terming the high voting percentage as an "indicator of change", Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh, on Monday, expressed his gratitude to Dera Sacha Sauda for supporting the Congress. Predicting a "clear" Congress victory, he said the party would cross the 70-seat mark this time. Amarinder and other members ...

PATIALA: In a statement that can sour SAD BJP ties ahead of the assembly elections, Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal has termed as wrong the remarks on Operation Bluestar in a book by LK Advani. The BJP high command is already angry with the Punjab leadership over the "maltreatment" meted out ...

PATIALA: Punjabi University archers proved their mettle by winning three gold medals on the second day of ongoing all India inter-university games here on Friday. Lily Chanu clinched gold medal in 70m compound round event, while Parveena and Ramandeep Kaur walked away with the top hono.urs in 50m and 30m ...

PATIALA: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh and Punjab Youth Congress president Ravneet Singh Bittu condemned the assault on BDPO Rajinder Gupta, and asked the police to immediately act against the culprits. "Our officers are there to serve the people and not to be manhandled and beaten up ...

PATIALA: The Punjab Public Service Commission will conduct the main examination of the civil services entrance from September 14 to October 10. The commission finalized the schedule after a marathon meeting chaired by Brig DS Grewal (retd) here on Friday. It was ensured that the exam dates did numbers to candidates. ...

PATIALA: The Punjab Civil Services 2009 main exam has been postponed again as the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has not completed the necessary preparations for conducting the examination. The exam was scheduled to take place on September 2, a date fixed by PPSC after it postponed the exam on June ...

PATIALA: India Bulls has made a fresh request to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for more time to submit the detailed project report (DPR) of the Gobindpura thermal project in the state's Mansa district. The PSPCL on August 20, 2010 had allotted the 1,350 MW coal-based power project to ...

PATIALA: The cash-strapped Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) will raise a loan of Rs 7,000 crore for its proposed 1,320-MW Mukerian thermal power plant under public sector. The Power Finance Corporation (PFC), a Central undertaking, has agreed to finance 90% of the cost of the plant. The remaining funds will ...

PATIALA: Targeting PPCC president Capt Amarinder Singh on the Hannsi-Butana canal issue, Punjab irrigation minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon said on Wednesday that instead of issuing statements from AC rooms, Amarinder should have visited the site to know the ground reality. "He is giving statements that the government should approach the high ...

PATIALA: Sleuths of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) raided 145 units manufacturing plastic carry bags across the state early on Sunday and found 115 indulging in malpractices. The Punjab cabinet had decided to ban the manufacturing and distribution of plastic carry bags that fail to meet provisions of the Plastic ...

PATIALA: The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy has become such a prestige issue for the competing universities that they are leaving no stone unturned to bend the rules and have their way. Sportsmanship has been relegated to the background with all universities indulging in cheating and submitting wrong claims. This came ...