CHANDIGARH: Punjab governor Shivraj Patilwill administer the oath of office to newly appointed chairman' of the Punjab Public Service Commission, lieutenant general (retired) RS Sujlana, and four other members at the Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh on Monday. SOURCE-HT

CHANDIGARH: Punjab governor Shivraj Patil on Thursday, on the recommendation of the SAD-BJP government, cleared the nomination of chief secretary SC Agrawalas temporary head of the Punjab Right to Service Commission for smooth implementation of the Right to Service Ordinance, 2011, which will come into force from August 16. In his ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab governor Shivraj Patil honoured 42 police personnel with medals for meritorious service at an investiture ceremony on Wednesday. Those awarded were IG B K Garg, IG S S Chauhan, additional commissioner of security (civil aviation) R N Dhoke, SP P K Sinha, SP Kamal Kumar, AIG Makhan Singh, SP ...

CHANDIGARH: A high-level delegation led by Indonesian ambassador Lt Gen Andi M. Galib (retd) on Monday expressed' his country's keenness on directly importing wheat and rice from Punjab, urging chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to pursue the matter with the Government of India. Galib, who called on Badal at his residence ...

CHANDIGARH: The Parkash Singh Badal government has decided to appoint a former judicial officer as member of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), it is learnt. Hardeep Singh Grewal, who was posted in Patiala as Chief Judicial Magistrate, sent his resignation to the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week, seeking ...

ATTARI: Preparation in full swing to welcome the Queen’s Baton Relay for the 19th Commonwealth Games, which enters India through the land border, check-post here on Friday. Apart from Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur, Sheila Dixit, the ...

BATHINDA: Ayurveda has its importance and significance which is gaining ground globally, Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil said at the Arogya Health Mela at Government Rajindra College on Sunday. Steeped in over 5,000 years of medicinal tradition, ayurveda experts are identifying solutions to some of the toughest ailments facing man today, said ...

AMRITSAR: Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil on Thursday said Punjab was one of the most important states for the production of foodgrains. The newly-appointed Governor, who paid obeisance at Harmandar Sahib here on Thursday, said, "The farmer of Punjab has the grit and determination to produce enough foodgrains for the entire Asia. ...