Wednesday 4 November '09
The bandh call given on the 25th anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by several Sikh groups led to a virtual shutdown...Friday 30 October '09
The seven-seater King Air C-90 aircraft of the Punjab government, which crashed on this day last year, met with the accident due to its pilots’ error, says the inquiry report submitted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to the state government.Thursday
29 October '09The Nanhi Chhaan project, started 14 months ago, would now also focus on the issues of dowry and increasing incidents of cancer...Monday
26 October '09The cash-starved Punjab Government has borrowed Rs 3,800 crore through the Reserve Bank of India in the last six months by floating bonds.Tuesday
13 October '09The Shiromani Akali Dal is firm that it will stand by the Indian National Lok Dal in the Assembly elections in Haryana, as the party has tried to spread its base in the state.Thursday
8 October '09Punjab DGP P S Gill, recently transferred here after a stint in trouble-prone Jammu and Kashmir, has deputed 80 Blackcat commandos of the state police for his own security.Tuesday
6 October '09The Punjab Government will auction the 1.54 lakh quintals of sugar seized by it in the last one month from different parts of the state.Monday
5 October '09The residents of Punjab may soon have to calculate the house tax themselves.Friday
2 October '09Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal may not have anything in common with former Congress chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, but both display a similar trait when it comes to flying off to undisclosed foreign shores.Thursday
1 October '09The functioning of the Punjab Finance Department is likely to take a hit as only three of the seven officers in the department are working at present.Thursday
1 October '09The Punjab Government seems to be heading for a direct confrontation with the Union Government. Instead of immediately taking a decision on the issue pertaining to the implementation of Rent Control Act...Tuesday
29 September '09The much hyped first metro project in the state-the Ludhiana Metro-is likely to be delayed indefinitely.Monday
28 September '09The holiday mood is setting in the Punjab Government, courtesy the festive season. If a state Government employee takes a three-day leave, he can stretch it to a nine-day break due to the many holidays in between.Monday
28 September '09The arrest of three militants and recovery of a large cache of drugs and weapons from Rajasthan in the past few days is worrying police and intelligence agencies in Punjab.....Wednesday
16 September '09The Municipal Committee of Zirakpur has raised objections over the draft master plan prepared by Singapore-based Jurong Consultants, which was hired by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority.Wednesday
26 August '09The Punjab Police caught wanted criminal Balbir Singh Bhootna in the early hours of Tuesday, after a brief gunbattle that killed...Wednesday
19 August '09A Sub-Inspector with the Punjab Armed Police has been suspended by the state police and a departmental inquiry has been ordered against him...Thursday
6 August '09Punjab Police Academy Director and DGP-rank officer R S Gill has been directed by the state’s Home Department to report directly...Friday
19 June '09Suggesting the first signs of a rift in the ruling alliance in Punjab, ministers of coalition partner BJP boycotted the Cabinet meeting...Thursday
11 June '09In a couple of months from now, the city is set to see the first international flight take off from the Chandigarh Airport.Tuesday
9 June '09Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal may have to step down from the post of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister...Tuesday
2 June '09The Punjab government has chartered a 15-seater aircraft to fly back Sant Niranjan Dass, the injured leader of Dera Sachkhand....Friday
29 May '09MILITANCY has been dormant in Punjab for 15 years, but its tentacles have retained a grip in small pockets across the globe....Thursday
30 April '09The Punjab Police has withdrawn all orderlies and gunmen of its officers in an effort to mobilise 100 per cent forces for election duty.Thursday
30 April '09It is likely that paramilitary personnel would be deployed at most polling booths for both phases of elections in the state, while the Punjab Police will be deployed for patrol or outer duty.
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