Punjab
Badal’s favorite officer owns assets worth Rs 1200 cr
Chandigarh: The Mandi Board Superintendent Engineer Surinderpal Singh who was close to Badal’s during SAD-BJP regime owned assets worth Rs 1200 crore.
Punjab govt to take over loan of farmers: Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today said his government will soon take over farmers' loans and ensure that their mortgaged land or property was not confiscated. "There is no question of backtracking on the debt waiver promise and the government will soon take over the loans of the farmers
For farming sector, Punjab govt constitutes a committee to submit report
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has been working towards mitigating the lot of farming community of the state so as to make them stand on their own feet.
Punjab police seize demonetised currency
Patiala: Punjab police have seized Rs 80 lakh in demonetised currency from the occupants of two different cars on way from Zirakpur to Patiala.
Assembly session: Farmers, drug victims remembered on first day
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday led the house in remembering the farmers who had committed suicide, as well as drug abuse victims, while paying homage to several eminent personalities during obituary references.
Mobile phone found inside jail barrack, Jail authorities on toes
Ferozpur: A mobile phone recovery inside a barrack of Ferozpur Jail stunned the authorities after a special checking drive carried out in the jail premises.
Online single window system launched in Chandigarh
Punjab Governor and Chandigarh administrator V P Singh Badnore today launched an online single window system for ease of doing business in the city
Pak national nabbed while crossing border in Ferozepur
BSF personnel have nabbed an inebriated Pakistani national who crossed the international border in Ferozepur sector, an official said today. Identified as Mohamad Islam (32) of Bashirwala village in Pakistan, the Pakistani national was spotted by a BSF jawan late last night
Assembly Session: SAD MLA’s stage walkout opposing tributes to KPS Gill
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislators led by their legislature party leader Sukhbir Badal walked out of Punjab Assembly on the opening day of the session that commenced today.
Female cop hanging: SC raises suspicion, SIT to probe
Chandigarh: A Special Investigation Team will probe the death of lady constable in Johdan Police station in mysterious circumstances. The Punjab State Schedule Casts Commission has taken suo moto notice to the sensational news pertaining to the death of Amanpreet Kaur and directed the Director Bureau of Investigation to constitute a Special Investigation team to probe the matter.