Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- The Centre has initiated the process to secure Geographical Indication (GI) registration for the traditional Amritsar shawl, offering the city's Rs.1,700-crore shawl industry a ... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 18 -- In a decision that has brought all 18 private universities in Punjab under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, the Punjab State Information Commission has rul... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 14 -- Punjab's ambitious plan to bring two lakh hectares of farmland under agroforestry over the next five years faces a critical challenge - ensuring farmers receive a fair share of ... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- Punjab has deleted 2,89,334 ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, between 2021 and 2025, according to data tabled by the Union ministry of consumer aff... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- Punjab government's plan to desilt and remove excess material from Beas and Ravi riverbeds across four districts, aimed at improving flood management and restoring eroded land, ... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- The Centre's Rs.25.91-crore plan to develop border tourism at Attari appears to be moving at a slow pace, with only Rs.2.59 crore-barely 10% of the sanctioned amount-authorised ... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- The Punjab State Information Commission (PSIC) has directed the state personnel department to disclose information regarding departmental inquiries handled by retired additional... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- More than 53,000 houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) in Punjab have yet to be completed and handed over to beneficiaries even as the Centre ... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA on Friday questioned the rural development and panchayats minister over the alleged auction of gram panchayat land in Ludhiana's Maloud area, even of... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 7 -- Even though Punjab has so far rolled out the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS)-based automatic e-challan system in only three cities-Mohali, Jalandhar and Ludhiana-the... Read More