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Land use tweaks, masterplan changes come under ED lens

Chandigarh, Sept. 26 -- A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a note alleged that manipulation of reserve prices of unsold land could have caused a potential loss of nearly Rs.10,000 crore t... Read More


Info panel orders action against 3officials of higher education dept

Chandigarh, Sept. 26 -- In a move that opens Punjab's 136 privately managed government-aided colleges to statewide scrutiny, the Punjab State Information Commission (PSIC) has directed the higher educ... Read More


PSPCL official fined Rs.10,000 for 2-year delay in service delivery

Chandigarh, Sept. 25 -- The Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission (PTAC) has imposed a Rs.10,000 penalty on Kamaljot Singh, deputy chief engineer of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited ... Read More


PPCB seeks penal action against MC, firm; Rs.85L relief still unpaid

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 24 -- The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has sought penal action against the Bathinda municipal corporation and its waste-processing concessionaire, JITF Urban Waste Managemen... Read More


Former ED deputy director Niranjan Singh, ex-DSP Balwinder Sekhon join Waris Punjab De

India, Sept. 23 -- Former Enforcement Directorate (ED) deputy director Niranjan Singh and former Punjab Police DSP Balwinder Singh Sekhon formally joined Akali Dal Waris Punjab De on Wednesday. The t... Read More


Panel puts all DCs on notice as3L e-Sewa applications pending

Chandigarh, Sept. 23 -- The Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission (PTAC) has issued notices to all 23 deputy commissioners over the large number of applications pending beyond the prescrib... Read More


Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur RTOs fined Rs.5k each for driving licence delays

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


Punjab lags in EV transition, is at 16th spot among 17 large states

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


In the dumps: Punjab chokes on 41-lakh MT legacy waste

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


Punjab tweaks farm stay policy, excludes protected, de-listed land

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