A team of police personnel from Canada on Tuesday held talks with the top brass of Chandigarh police and CBI here in connection with the bombing of Air India flight ‘Kanishka’ in 1985.
The five-member team is on a visit to Chandigarh and Punjab to probe a few leads in connection with the incident in which […]
The flourishing of new technologies and settlement of foreign companies has left the traditional farmers of Punjab in a financial crisis. Seeing no sign of help from the Government, a number of farmers have committed suicide to put an end to their despair.
Whereas the Government had not taken steps to help these deprived […]
Fujitsu , the provider of customer-focused information technology and communication solutions for the global marketplace, announced the setting up of a brand retail presence in India by opening the first concept store in the country in Chandigarh on Friday.
Twelve more concept stores would be opened in Lucknow, Bangalore, Pune, Cochin, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Indore and […]
To improve the economic profile of farmers of Punjab, protect the ecology of the state, and remove the misconceptions of farmers about the ill effects of transgenic plants on human health, Punjab Agricultural University’s directorate of extension education has embarked on a holistic approach to take care of all the issues by making its chain […]
To help tourists in Amritsar, the Punjab tourism department is developing a reception centre in the city, which will house a multipurpose hall, an information centre, travel agencies, fast food joints and banking services, all under one roof.
Spread over 2 acres (one acre is 4,840 square yards), the centre will cost Rs 3 crore […]
CBI has arrested a senior official of the Ministry of Company Affairs after the agency claimed to have recovered over Rs one crore in cash from his bank lockers and residential premises. Aashish Vajpayee, official liquidator in the Company Affairs Ministry who is now posted in Chandigarh, was arrested on Saturday and produced before the […]
To check the untreated waste water containing highly toxic and hazardous chemicals being discharged in the rivers and canals, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has ordered to close more than 150 industries who were intentionally violating the pollution control norms and operating in Jalandhar and Ludhiana .
Mr Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, chairman, Punjab Pollution […]
If you haven’t been able to come out of Monday’s massive petrol price hike shock, the automated bikes could provide you some succour. While Avon Cycles has launched a battery-operated version recently, Hero Cycles is planning a petrol version targeted at the youngsters. “Offering a clean, hassle-free personal mobility solution to the urban youngster, […]
The Punjab chapter of Bhartiya Kisan Union on Tuesday demanded that the Jats in the state — Hindus as well as Sikhs — be included in the list of other backward classes (OBCs). Most of the Jats in Punjab, who are traditionally farmers, were debt-ridden, Punjab BKU Working President Manjit Singh Kadyan said in a […]
It is not easy for private players to rope in customers, because public sector players are strongly entrenched, says Prasun Sikdar, head of sales, ICICI Life Insurance.
According to Sikdar rural areas of Punjab have immense potential for insurance providers. Private sector insurance players are now making a beeline to tap the potential in semi-urban […]