Chandigarh, Sept. 20 -- : The Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission (PTAC) has imposed a Rs.5,000 penalty each on the Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) of Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur over de... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 19 -- Punjab has ranked 16th among 17 large states in the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) 2025, scoring only 39 out of 100, down from 44 in 2024. The state remains in the "emerg... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- Punjab's long-festering legacy waste crisis continues to cripple its urban local bodies (ULBs), with 41.11 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of old municipal garbage awaiting remediation... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- In a significant policy reversal following the intervention of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Punjab government has amended its Farm Stay Policy, 2026, excluding land p... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 17 -- Punjab's 300-unit free power scheme has enabled nearly 90% of state's domestic electricity consumers to receive subsidised power, with a large majority getting zero bill. At th... Read More
CHANDIGARH, Sept. 15 -- With demand for silk products rising, the Punjab forest department has expanded its sericulture initiative to Hoshiarpur after Pathankot, launching a project in the Dasuya fore... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Punjab has raised concerns before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the management of the Bhakra and Pong reservoirs, arguing that shrinking storage capacity, rigid reserv... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Amid continuous factional feud within the Punjab Congress, the newly appointed party state in-charge Sachin Pilot on Friday sought to project the 2027 assembly elections as a d... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 11 -- Coming down heavily on the district administration, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the Sangrur deputy commissioner to personally appear before it on November 18... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 10 -- The proposed desilting of the ecologically sensitive Harike Wetland has run into a regulatory hurdle, with the Punjab wildlife department objecting to any such activity within ... Read More