PATIALA: Expressing concern over the scheduled hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row in former chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, senior politician Bir Devinder Singh said on Sunday that -such an eventuality could bring unrest in Punjab. "I am of the considered opinion that peace in Punjab ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the party endorsed the stand of late CM Beant Singh's family that the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana should be commuted to life imprisonment. Amarinder also offered sup­port and cooperation to the state government, whether legal or ...

CHANDIGARH: Deputy Commissioners (DC) and district superintendents of police (SP) in Haryana will now be entitled to get a Maruti SX4 sedan as their official car. The DCs and SPs were earlier entitled to Maruti Dzire cars, which were rather small in comparison. As per a circular issued by the ...

BHIWANI: Former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala on Tuesday promised to increase retirement age of state government employees after the Indian Nation Lok Dal returns to power in Haryana. SOURCE-HT

KARNAL: Representatives of Brahmins, Jats and Jat Sikhs are among those from 15 communities who have asked for inclusion in the backward classes (BC) category in Haryana. If granted, the status would make these communities eligible for reservation in college admissions and government jobs, apart from a host of other benefits. The Haryana ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Monday sought a month's time from the Punjab and Haryana high court to submit its final report about the constitution of a state human rights commission. The counsel for the state told the division bench headed by Justice MM Kumar that the meeting to discuss ...

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday advocated greater say for the state government in urban development projects implemented with the Centre's assistance. While the plan for Haryana towns of the national capital region (NCR) proposes to develop Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh and Sonepat on a par with Delhi, the Haryana ...

CHANDIGARH: The state government has constituted the right to education and protection authority (REPA) to ensure compliance of right of children to free and compulsory education (RTE) Act 2009. A school education department spokesperson said students or their parents or guardians could lodge complaints relating to the act on toll free ...

CHANDIGARH: A large number of posts of teachers are vacant in Punjab schools, which include 420 posts of principals, 312 of headmasters, 3,723 of lecturers, 1,599 of vocational masters, 103 of vocational teachers, 2,145 of master cadre and 692 of classical and vernacular cadre. Apart from this, 102 posts of block ...

AMRITSAR: The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union has slammed the state government for not disbursing funds under the 95% deficit grant-in-aid scheme to government-aided colleges of Punjab. As the grant under the scheme is meant for payment of salaries to teachers and other employees, delay in its release has led ...

BATHINDA: The state government of the Shiromani Akali Dal failed to use 70% money from the Centre, Vijay Inder Singla, Member of Parliament from Sangrur, has claimed. Blaming the state government for the increasing influence and supply of drugs in Punjab, the MP said its promises of employment to the youth ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has roped in consulting firm Mott MacDonald for carrying out a fresh survey of industrial units, including micro, small, medium and large enterprises. Stating this, a senior official of Haryana Industries Department said the consulting firm, with which MoD would be signed soon, would submit its final ...

CHANDIGARH: Eight projects under the urban infrastructure development scheme for small and medium towns approved by the Central government with an investment of Rs 164 crore are being implemented in Haryana. The state government has spent Rs 89 crore already under the scheme. A spokesman of the Urban Local Bodies department ...