Advantage Congress? BSP base diminishing in Doaba

Friday 3 April '09

The influence of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which used to have a good base in Doaba, is on a downswing in Punjab. The party is fighting elections on all the 13 Lok Sabha seats on its own.

Jalandhar youth stabbed in Glasgow

Thursday 2 April '09

A 30-year-old merchant navy officer from Jalandhar, Kunal Mohanty, was stabbed to death in Glasgow in Scotland, on March 27.

Jalandhar’s political profile: Cong bastion that made SAD happy in Assembly polls

Thursday 26 March '09

A congress bastion even during the dark years of militancy, the Jalandhar Parliamentary constituency witnesses a straight fight this time between SAD candidate Hans Raj Hans and PPCC state president Mohinder Singh Kaypee.

PTU V-C served notices for poll code violation

Saturday 21 March '09

The District Electoral Officer (DEO)-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, has served notices to the Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Technical University for the two reports of alleged violation of the model code of conduct by him published in the media.

Anandpur Sahib: Race for Cong ticket between Bittu, Channi

Tuesday 17 March '09

With little possibility of Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni not throwing in the hat from the newly-created Anandpur Sahib Parliamentary constituency...

‘PTU V-C, Sidhu violated poll code’

Monday 16 March '09

District Congress Committee president Arun Walia and state secretary of the Congress Committee Varinder Sharma today filed two complaints with the Chief Election Commissioner...

Smoking ban goes up in smoke in Jalandhar

Monday 16 March '09

In theory, the nationwide ban on smoking at public places came into effect on October 2, 2008, but its implementation remains dismal at best.

Seven years on, senior teachers await promotions

Monday 16 March '09

Due to the long-pending promotions of principals of Government Senior Secondary Schools in Punjab, many institutions have been headless for years.

Cop arrested for securing job on fake identity

Tuesday 10 March '09

A havildar in 7th Battalion of the Punjab Armed Police, Jalandhar, has been arrested for faking his identity to get recruited in the Police Department and working on the basis of documents of his deceased brother for about 21 years.

First biotech farm of state comes up in Dasuya

Tuesday 10 March '09

After pioneering Green Revolution in India, Punjab is ready with the state’s first spirulina bio-tech farm at Dasuya in Hoshiarpur district.

Scholarships for meritorious students

Monday 9 March '09

The Centre has decided to give a scholarship of Rs 1,000 a month to students with 80 per cent or above marks in Class XII to encourage them to excel in higher education.

Centre for students from abroad soon

Thursday 5 March '09

To attract students from abroad, Punjab Technical University (PTU) will soon open an International Students’ Facilitation Centre (ISFC).

62 schools have less than 15 students; may face closure

Friday 20 February '09

In yet another assertion of the poor state of education in Punjab, it has come to light that 62 government primary schools in the state do not even have 15 students each.

‘Power guzzling’ bus stands for power-starved Punjab

Saturday 14 February '09

In power-starved Punjab, where citizens and industry face 10 to 12-hour power cuts daily...

Model schools proposed for 21 backward blocks

Monday 9 February '09

The Punjab government has submitted a proposal to the Central government to open model senior secondary schools in 21 educationally-backward blocks.

Scholarships to promote girls’ education

Friday 6 February '09

Director General of School Education (DGSE) Krishan Kumar has launched a new initiative under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to promote education for girls of poor backgrounds and Backwards Classes.

Silence in Nawanshahr may hit SAD hard

Tuesday 3 February '09

The hush hanging over the political milieu of Nawanshahr may affect the SAD’s prospectus in the coming Lok Sabha elections in Anandpur Sahib segment...

No ‘net-working’ in schools

Monday 2 February '09

The students of government schools of the state have been away from the cyber world for quite some time now.

Another daring escape by an undertrial in Kapurthala

Saturday 31 January '09

Perhaps inspired by yesterday’s sensational escape of a notorious criminal near Ludhiana, another criminal managed to escape from police custody today.

Woman cop faces net attack for crackdown on eve-teasing

Thursday 29 January '09

Some may call it poetic justice: the woman who has struck fear into the hearts of hooligans and eve-teasers in Jalandhar colleges....

Feeling ‘sidelined’ by SAD, BJP leaders to meet Cheema

Monday 26 January '09

Alleging step-motherly treatment by alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal, district BJP leaders have decided to meet Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema...

Two more dead on ‘killer’ Jalandhar-Amritsar highway stretch

Saturday 24 January '09

With the death of two persons in road accidents on Friday morning, the number of people crushed to death by truckers on a single stretch of the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway in the past three weeks has reached seven.

2 Punjabis shot dead in Manila

Saturday 24 January '09

Two youth from Jalandhar were shot dead in Manila on Friday afternoon, while another was seriously injured.

Out of tune: radio lessons go off air

Friday 23 January '09

When it was floated, people had said, “What an idea sirji!” But the state government discontinued radio classrooms last month...

NREGA a non-starter in Jalandhar

Thursday 22 January '09

All is not well with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), under which, 100 days’ guaranteed employment is provided in villages.