Punjab
Punjab govt's day at glance
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has decided to appoint Senior IAS Navreet Singh Kang as Chairman Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
Stop taking sham high moral ground on SYL after selling off Punjab’s interests, Punjab Congress tells Badals
Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress has lashed out at the Badals for trying to befool the people by taking a sham high moral ground on the SYL issue after brazenly selling off the state’s water rights and failing to protect its interest in the courts for 10 years.
Punjab Police nab gangster after exchange of fire
Ferozepur: A gangster, wanted in over two dozen cases of murder and robbery, was arrested after exchange of gunfire in a village here, police said today.
Punjab Police nab dreaded gangster after encounter in Ferozepur
A gangster, wanted in over two dozen cases of murder and robbery, was arrested after an exchange of gunfire in a village here, police said on Wednesday
Senior IPS Dhillon Transferred & Posted As IG Law & Order
Punjab Government has transferred IG, GRP Gurinder Singh Dhillon , IPS and posted him as IGP Law and Order -1 against a vacant post
No GST on langar, clarifies finance ministry
New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday said free food supplied at community kitchens run by religious institutions has been kept outside the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Punjab state at Glance
The Supreme Court today said the orders passed by it on the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal issue have to be "respected and executed" and the governments of Punjab and Haryana have a duty to obey them. The court also directed the two states to ensure that no agitation take place on the issue. Haryana has been witnessing protests over the SYL issue with main opposition INDL blocking roads and holding demonstrations. "Authorities of both the states (Punjab and Haryana) must remember that decree passed by this court has to be respected and has to be executed," a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said. During the hearing Attorney General K K Venugopal told the bench, also comprising Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar, that the Centre was doing its best to bring both these states to a reconciliatory stage so that decree can be amicably executed. Venugopal told the bench that the Union Minister for Water Resources has conducted a number of meetings with competent authorities of both these states and the Central government was hopeful that there would be a settlement between Punjab and Haryana on the SYL issue.
Phoolka resigns as leader of opposition
AAP MLA and leader of opposition HS Phoolka submitted his resigned to Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha
PGIMER conducts Lung Transplant
After Cheenai and Mumbai, now Chandigarh is another centre where lung transplant facility available for the patients. Specialists at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, began working on the first ever lung transplant on Monday. They were up since Monday midnight, retrieving organs from the 22-year-old donor from Moga, who was declared brain dead at 11 after a hit-and-run accident
78 Indians released by Pakistan return to India
Seventy-seven Indian fishermen and a person from Bihar, who were imprisoned in a Karachi jail, returned to India after being released by Pakistan. Pakistan, in a goodwill gesture, yesterday handed over the 78 prisoners to the Border Security Force (BSF) at a joint check post at Attari/Wagah border