RUPNAGAR: The first list of Sanjha Morcha's candidates for the Punjab assembly elections would be released by December 15, said its chairman Manpreet Singh Badal here on Sunday. Manpreet said the election manifesto of the People's Party of Punjab (PPP) would also be released on the same day. He said a Parliamentary ...

RUPNAGAR: A board would be constituted for the recruitment of government school teachers in Punjab education minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan told media persons here on Monday. He said a large number of school teachers retired every year and many posts remained vacant for a long time due to the delay in ...

RUPNAGAR: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Wednesday that PPCC president Capt Amarinder Singh had no knowledge of the Hansi-Butana canal issue. "He is ignorant about it. His PA has been issuing press notes after going through newspapers. He does not even read these press hotes before ...

RUPNAGAR: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday that he would raise the issue of "misuse of central grants" by the Punjab government with the Centre. Amarinder said the funds provided by the Centre for various schemes were being diverted for projects being undertaken in the state ...

RUPNAGAR: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has sought allocation of coal from the union coal ministry for a 700 MW unit of the Rajpura thermal project being executed by engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T). The present capacity of the Rajpura Thermal plant is 2,100 MW. Two units of 700 ...

RUPNAGAR: Eight thermal power units in the state, producing more than 1500 MW, have been closed due to "no demand", thanks to showers in the region. There are a total of 13 thermal units in Punjab. Sources said the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) had closed units 2, 3, 4 ...

RUPNAGAR: Environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal on Thursday threatened to plug the Kala Sanghian drain in Jalandhar if the state government and the Punjab Pollution Control Board, of which he is a member, did not take action to stop release of effluents into the drain. He set May 18 as ...

RUPNAGAR: The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued notice to the Punjab government for July 27 on a public Interest litigation seeking striking-down of its impugned power generation policy. In his petition, a retired power engineer, Sukhninder Singh, said the abandonment of the policy of awarding thermal projects to the ...

RUPNAGAR: Congress Legislature Party leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal on Tuesday asked Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to stop dreaming about ruling the state again. Bhattal was here to console the family of District Congress Committee (legal cell) chairman Vishkaramjit Singh Rehal, who died recently. "Sukhbir is building castles in the ...

RUPNAGAR: SK Sandhu, secretary of the public works department (bridges and roads), Punjab, has been appointed as the first commissioner of the newly created Rupnagar divi­sion. He has been given additional charge of the new division. It is learnt that chief minister Parkash Singh Badal gave his approval for the appointment before ...

RUPNAGAR: The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is overly dependent on short-term borrowings and hence nearing bankruptcy, said All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) chairman Padamjit Singh here on Tuesday. "Not only is the corporation taking loans to repay earlier debt, but the revenue­ expenditure gap is widening by ...

RUPNAGAR: The three-day Shaheedi Jor Mela at Chamkaur Sahib concluded on Thursday with religious processions taken out by the SGPC and Nihangs. Thousands of devotees visited various Gurdwaras of Chamkaur Saliib during the Jor Mela to pay tributes to the two Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh and other Sikhs, who attained ...

RUPNAGAR: The three-day Shaheedi Jor Mela in memory of the two elder Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh and other Sikh martyrs began at Chamkaur Sahib on Tuesday. Thousands of devotees reached Gurdwara Katalgarh Sahib and other historic gurdwaras in town to pay obeisance. Various political parties including the SAD, Akali Dal ...