Chandigarh, Feb. 4 -- A recent survey by the rural development and panchayats department Punjab has revealed that the government owns 140,441 (1.4 lakh) acres more village common (panchayat) land than... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 19 -- On January 1, Sukhbir Singh Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) visited the residence of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassin Satwant Singh in Gurdaspur.... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 10 -- The Centre has sanctioned Rs.64 crore for the crop diversification plan (CDP) for Punjab, particularly during the kharif season to cut the area under water guzzling paddy and sh... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 1 -- Against the target of providing 32,100 subsidised machines for in-situ (mixing in the soil) and ex-situ (evacuating from the farms) management of paddy stubble during the kharif ... Read More
Chandigarh, Dec. 25 -- As the four municipal corporations in Punjab head for the end-of-term elections in January 2023, the state's local bodies department has started poll preparations by appointing ... Read More
Chandigarh, Dec. 23 -- After banning registration of individual floors in multi-storey residential buildings built with permission for a single house, the Punjab local bodies department has asked the ... Read More
Chandigarh, Dec. 1 -- In a move to strengthen his grip over the party, particularly after its victory in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) election on November 9 that proved a breathe... Read More
Chandigarh, Nov. 29 -- The functioning of the state food and civil supplies department has come to a standstill with the ongoing strike by the across-the-ranks staff and officers entering the sixth da... Read More
Chandigarh, Nov. 19 -- Trucks carrying premium basmati paddy from outside the state brought by Punjab-based exporters are stranded at the Sambhu border in Patiala as the mandi board said it would not ... Read More
Chandigarh, Nov. 10 -- With the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Harjinder Singh Dhami emerging victorious in the SGPC presidential polls on Wednesday, the Badals have managed to stave off a major ... Read More