DTOs told to arrange over 3,000 buses to ferry people to Amritsar

Wednesday 21 January '09

The swearing-in ceremony of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal for the post of Deputy Chief Minister is keeping the District Transport Officers on toes.

State hurries to take students to Science City before grant lapses

Tuesday 20 January '09

The Punjab government has started taking students of government schools for a visit to Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala.

Control over gurdwara: Villagers stage protest

Monday 19 January '09

Nearly 70 residents of Giddarpindi and surrounding villages staged a peaceful dharna for over an hour in front of the residence of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee member Shingara Singh here.

Leather complex to get another treatment module

Monday 19 January '09

The leather complex in Jalandhar will get the second module of the common effluent treatment plant in November this year.

Leather complex to get another treatment module

Monday 19 January '09

The leather complex in Jalandhar will get the second module of the common effluent treatment plant in November this year.

‘Release’ of gurdwara: Villagers allege ‘harassment’ by SGPC

Saturday 17 January '09

Villagers in Giddarpindi have claimed that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has been deliberately evasive and uncooperative regarding the “release” of their gurdwara from the Sikh body’s authorities.

SGPC takes control of gurdwara, school; villagers fight back

Thursday 15 January '09

The villagers of Giddarpindi are up in arms against the forced control of Gurdwara Dharmshala Tahli Sahib and Shaheed Udham Singh Public School in the village, by the task force of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.

Wanted, a qualified principal

Thursday 15 January '09

The standard of education is abysmally poor in this rich state, and the reasons are not hard to find. Take a look at the colleges training teachers of Punjab, and you won’t have to look any further.

Chandrayaan in Kapurthala: 3D model at Science City a big hit

Monday 12 January '09

The recently-installed model of India’s mission to the moon, Chandrayaan, is attracting a large number of visitors to Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala.

Member of Jalandhar consumer forum held for ‘harassing’ wife

Sunday 11 January '09

Surinder Mittal, a member of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Jalandhar, was arrested by Phagwara police last night on the complaint of his wife for allegedly harassing and hurting her.

DEO’s post a hot seat in Jalandhar

Friday 9 January '09

Seven educationists are in the fray for the post of Jalandhar District Education Officer (DEO), who retired onDecember 31.

Grant to take students to science city will lapse soon

Thursday 8 January '09

The much-publicised scheme of the Punjab government to develop scientific temperament of students has failed to take off even a year after its launch.

Miffed with official goof-up, Phagwara farmers turn bonus cheques to ashes

Wednesday 7 January '09

Feeling cheated by the state government, which allegedly issued cheques for bonus on paddy on wrong names, farmers here today staged a protest.

Rs 3.05 cr spent on function to ‘remember’ Bhagat Singh

Tuesday 6 January '09

How money is wasted on non-productive things can be learnt well from the Punjab government.

Off the beaten track

Monday 5 January '09

Jalandhar has the distinction of housing the largest number of archaeological sites in Punjab.

PTU gets own building

Saturday 3 January '09

The state’s lone technical university, the Punjab Technical University, would finally have a permanent office of its own after being run from rented or make-shift offices for the past about 12 years, since its inception in 1997.

PTU gets own building

Saturday 3 January '09

The state’s lone technical university, the Punjab Technical University, would finally have a permanent office of its own after being run from rented or make-shift offices for the past about 12 years, since its inception in 1997.

Authorities ignorant as Jalandhar DEO lies in shambles

Friday 2 January '09

The state government is not only ignoring infrastructure needs of government schools, but is also not paying attention to the the District Education Office (DEO) for decades.

Securing their future and country

Wednesday 31 December '08

Gurpreet Singh was wandering on the streets of Nawanshahr after doing his Plus Two...

SSA prototype for secondary education soon; survey on

Monday 22 December '08

The usefulness, or the lack of it, of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, launched by the Central government with an aim to provide elementary education to all the children from the age of six to 14 years...

Exporters feel the crunch as payments get delayed

Wednesday 17 December '08

It is now the turn of exporters to feel the heat of the global meltdown.

People here prefer going to govt hospital

Monday 15 December '08

Government hospitals have, for long, been in the thick of controversy and news for all the wrong reasons.

Badals give NRI meet a miss, ruffle feathers

Saturday 13 December '08

Even as the Punjab government looks eagerly towards NRI investment to boost the state economy, the annual NRI convention organised by the NRI Sabha here on Friday turned out to be a disappointment.

Medical claims of teachers not cleared for years

Tuesday 9 December '08

Government teachers suffering from chronic diseases have been repeatedly making rounds of the Education Department for getting reimbursement of medical bills.

Underground LPG pipeline pilot project hangs fire

Thursday 4 December '08

Laxity of officers of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT) has delayed the ambitious underground cooking gas pipeline pilot project by almost two years.