For months, Dera Sacha Sauda has been a target of hatred and violence because of the controversial attire and mannerisms that its chief Ram Rahim Singh adopted to emulate 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh. Over a dozen people died and an attempt was made on Ram Rahim’s life after clashes broke out between Sikhs and [...]
Punjab government is geared up for the procurement of new wheat crop from April 1 and all the deputy commissioners in the State have been directed to ensure smooth procurment for the expected bumper crop.
Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal while talking to reporters here on Saturday, said he had hold a meeting of all [...]
With the onset of spring season, the menace of honey bee has once again aggravated in the city with reported three incidents during the past one week.
Forty one students of a Secondary School were attacked by a swarm of bees while they were playing in the school ground. The children had to be hospitalised later.
In [...]
In what could be a jolt for industrialists who, were pinning their hopes at the proposed new industrial policy and were expecting showering of some sops for the industrial sector, the much-publicised policy would now be unfolded by the Punjab government after completion of the parliamentary poll process in the state.
While the state government had [...]
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the Rajiv Gandhi Mahavidyalya at Uchana in Jind district in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh said that Gandhi would unveil a statue of Rajiv Gandhi and dedicate the educational institute to the people of the state.
Gandhi is likely to address a public meeting at the college campus [...]
With an aim to provide tourists with the budget accommodation, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) has started working on its pending budget hotel project to be located near Chandigarh Railway Station. The corporation has already invited an Expression of Interest (EOI) for this hotel project, which will be set up under the [...]
The new Punjab DGP, K K Attri, who assumed office on Friday, made a categorical statement on the occasion, saying Central forces will be required in the state for elections. The statement, though, not in consonance with what the ruling SAD-BJP alliance would like to project about the law and order situation in the state, [...]
“Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal’s claim of bringing an International Airport to Chandigarh is totally a farce. The factual position is that in the Chandigarh International Airport project, the Central Government holds 51 per cent of the share and Punjab and Haryana have 24.5 per cent share each.
However, Chandigarh does not have any share [...]
Until some of its junk furniture reached the Christie’s auction house, Chandigarh didn’t realise how rich was the heritage it sat on.
The story of how the junkyard of Chandigarh became the object of interest for Christie’s has more to do with neglect of heritage than its value. Antique dealers from around the world went to [...]
The Shiromani Akali Dal today warned the Congress that the”death knell”had been sounded for the party”not only in Punjab but in the whole of the country”with the announcement of the poll dates.
Asserting that the elections in the state would be completely free, fair and peaceful, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said this”spells [...]