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Portfolio reassigned: Cheema gets transport, Ravjot prisons dept

Chandigarh, March 25 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday reallocated the transport and jails portfolios, previously held by Laljit Singh Bhullar, to cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema and Ra... Read More


INDIA WANTS TO ENSURE Hormuz remains open, Modi TELLS TRUMP

New Delhi, March 25 -- India backs restoration of peace in West Asia at the earliest and wants to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open and secure, PM Narendra Modi said when US President Donald Tr... Read More


MP Amritpal writes to speaker,seeks leave of absence from LS

Chandigarh, March 25 -- The Khadoor Sahib MP, Amritpal Singh, on Tuesday wrote to the Lok Sabha speaker seeking condonation of his absence from the Lok Sabha on a day when the Centre informed the Punj... Read More


Randhawa cremated after autopsy conducted at Amritsar med college

AMRITSAR, March 25 -- The autopsy of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (PSWC) officer Gagandeep Singh Randhawa was conducted on Tuesday at Government Medical College, Amritsar, after the family's n... Read More


Farmers block rail & road traffic, seek protesters' release

AMRITSAR, March 25 -- : Farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) on Tuesday laid siege to railway tracks at two places and blocked the national highway in the Majha region ... Read More


CM Mann highlights sports initiatives in 4-yr milestone report

Chandigarh, March 25 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday presented the sports report card of the four years of the AAP government in the state under the "Shandaar Char Saal Bhagwant Mann de naa... Read More


NGT notice to chief secy, 14 others over 'illegal' tree felling

BARNALA, March 25 -- : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Punjab chief secretary and 14 other officials, including deputy commissioner, senior superintendent of police, princi... Read More


Bajwa, Pargat slam AAPgovt over paid online FIRs

Chandigarh, March 25 -- Leader of the opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh on Tuesday, demanded an immediate rollback of the Punjab government's decision to end fre... Read More


Sukhbir vows to channelise Ghaggar to curb floods

SANGRUR, March 25 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday promised complete channelisation of the Ghaggar River to mitigate flood threats. "The SAD is aware that the Ghag... Read More


Breach in drain inundates wheat fields in two Bathinda villages

Bathinda, March 25 -- A 60-ft-wide breach in the Lasara drain impacted the wheat crop in two villages of Bathinda district. Officials said that nearly 70 acres of land in Doomwali and Pathrala, locate... Read More