Meltdown: Dollar dreams also hit

Saturday 29 November '08

The global meltdown has come as a deterrent for people of Doaba region, known to be the most desperate for going abroad in search of a better future.

Global recession, local impact: real estate feels the crunch

Friday 28 November '08

The meltdown being witnessed around the world is having a significant effect on the state’s real estate business.

Victims of travel agents allege nexus with police

Friday 28 November '08

Accusing the police of conniving with travel agents who have duped several Punjabi youth of lakhs, some ‘victims’, who held a press conference here today...

Raising questions in Parliament: Akali MPs rank lowest, BJP scores well

Tuesday 25 November '08

Our Members of Parliament are rather shy of speaking in the august house.

Teachers to get rap on knuckles for poor performance of students

Tuesday 25 November '08

Teacher's would be taken to task for the poor performance of students of primary schools under the Parho Punjab project.

Jail inmate’s death: Viscera report confirms poisoning

Saturday 22 November '08

The viscera report of an 18-year-old inmate of Central Jail here, who had died under mysterious circumstances on the day of his release, August 21, has revealed that the boy was poisoned.

Homoeopath booked under MTP Act

Friday 21 November '08

A woman doctor has been booked under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act after a team of the Health Department indicted her in a case of death of a 28-year-old patient.

...objects to Cherie Blair’s statement

Thursday 20 November '08

In a letter to Cherie Blair, wife of former Prime Minister of UK, Tony Blair, Sukhpal Khaira, the Congress MLA from Bholath, has objected to her public utterances at a function in Dhilwan on Tuesday.

Sowing wheat seeds, happily

Wednesday 19 November '08

Happy Seeder, a machine that can sow wheat directly and save soil and conserve water, is making waves in the district.

Sports goods units bat against VAT

Monday 17 November '08

The small and medium industry in Jalandhar, especially the sports goods manufacturers...

Phagwara becomes bottleneck

Saturday 15 November '08

Rail traffic was worst-hit at Phagwara due to the farmers’ agitation. Nearly 400 farmers blocked the railway track by sitting on the tracks in the morning.

Dhaadi, two others get five yrs’ RI in ’06 explosives case

Saturday 15 November '08

A fast-track court in Jalandhar today sentenced former terrorist Paramjit Singh Dhaadi and two others to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case dating back two years...

Hans Raj to sing Akali tune this poll opera

Monday 10 November '08

Within minutes of state singer and Sain of Lal Badshah Darbar Hans Raj Hans' joining the SAD (B) today, he was declared the party candidate from Jalandhar for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Result not declared, PTU students harassed

Tuesday 4 November '08

The alleged non-declaration of result of the re-appear examination of many students of Punjab Technical University has raised the hackles of their parents.

Despite commission order, DEO fails to provide info

Thursday 30 October '08

Despite orders from the State Information Commission and the Director General School Education seven months ago...

Crackers being sold

Tuesday 28 October '08

The lower-level administration employees have failed to implement the orders of the Deputy Commissioner of prohibiting the sale of crackers in congested areas of the city.

PSEB fines minister’s son-in-law

Saturday 25 October '08

Punjab State Electricity Board has served a notice and imposed a fine of Rs 38,000 on the son-in-law of Punjab Cabinet Minister Chaudhary Swarna Ram, for stealing electricity.

Foreigners play traditional Punjabi instruments to mark Guru Gaddi Diwas

Saturday 25 October '08

It was a heart-warming sight indeed in Sultanpur Lodhi, at a function organised on the banks of Kali Bein yesterday.

Information sought under RTI not given even after six months

Friday 24 October '08

Under the Right to Information Act (RTI), information must be provided to the applicant within 30 to 40 days. But there are many cases where even after six months, the information is not given.

Panels for rural education dissolved at MLA’s behest

Thursday 23 October '08

In a clear violation of rules, Rural Education Development Committees (REDC), also called Pendu Sikhya Vikas Committees (PSVC), are being dissolved in Adampur much before the completion of their three-year term.

Woman alleges she was stripped, paraded by sarpanch

Tuesday 14 October '08

A 30-something woman of Atta village, near Goraya, whose husband lives in Dubai alleged that some of her kin and the sarpanch...

No state mass media officer for over a year

Tuesday 14 October '08

The post of state mass media and education officer has been lying vacant for the past one and a half year...

Special schemes take toll on teaching in schools

Thursday 9 October '08

The state government’s various schemes launched to improve primary education in Punjab has lead to a situation where teachers are finding it hard to take out time for the main subjects.

Only VIP sangat gets darshan here

Thursday 9 October '08

Only a select few had the privilege of attending Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's Sangat Darshan in Kapurthala and Jalandhar.

Dalits allege social boycott...

Wednesday 8 October '08

Allegations over social boycott of Dalits and an eventual patch-up kept the village tense all through the day.