Punjab to make registration of travel agents compulsory

Monday 22 October '07

Punjab is all set to be the first state in India to make registration of travel agents compulsory.

210 work days a year, it’s a long holiday for Punjab govt staff

Monday 24 September '07

The sad-BJP Government may have done little to double the state’s revenue or productivity, but it certainly has doubled the leisure time of its employees...

Karat serves a reminder: Govt running with Left support

Monday 24 September '07

Pointing to the fact that the Congress does not have absolute majority, the CPI(M) once again on Sunday asked the UPA Government to hold a debate in Parliament on nuclear deal

Once, Badal too had kind words for Virk

Tuesday 11 September '07

A 1970-batch IPS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, S S Virk’s affair with Punjab has been 25 years old.

His woes began before the Assembly polls

Monday 10 September '07

Trouble for former Punjab DGP S S Virk had begun much before, ahead of the Assembly election in March this year.

Centre, Punjab govt join hands to mark Bhagat Singh’s birth centenary

Monday 20 August '07

In a bid to mark the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the Punjab Government has made elaborate plans...

Route reversal

Sunday 27 May '07

The Sarus crane is nesting in Punjab for the first time

Former DGP Virk chargesheeted

Saturday 21 April '07

Former Punjab Director General of Police S S Virk was today chargesheeted by the state government following his suspension a fortnight ago for buying benami property.

City Centre: Amarinder not to seek anticipatory bail

Wednesday 28 March '07

Former Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh, who has been booked in the Ludhiana City Centre scam, is all set to return to India in the first week of April.

Badal to read new water Act to neighbours

Sunday 4 March '07

In a development that can have far-reaching political implications

In new Akali Cabinet, 3 ministers are CM’s kin

Saturday 3 March '07

The new Cabinet, which was sworn in today, not only has a fair number of young faces and first-time ministers but also three ministers directly related to Parkash Singh Badal.

In defeat, Cong vote-share more than Akali Dal’s

Friday 2 March '07

Recently when Capt Amarinder Singh said he had defeated SAD (B) but was defeated by BJP, he was not far off the mark.

SAD in charge, babudom gears up for reshuffle

Thursday 1 March '07

With the SAD-BJP combine winning the 2007 Assembly elections

Badal will return to Mohali for oath

Thursday 1 March '07

Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) chief Parkash Singh Badal is all set to assume the reins of Punjab for a record fourth time on Friday.

Capt leaves a clean office

Tuesday 27 February '07

A day before votes are counted for the Punjab Assembly elections, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh...

Punjab: Highest voter turnout, highest cost run-up

Friday 16 February '07

With the Election Commission pegging the final percentage of votes cast at 76, the 2007 Assembly polls can easily boast of recording the highest ever voter turnout in the history of Punjab.

It rains votes in Punjab

Wednesday 14 February '07

The rain gods, which tried very hard to spoil the Punjab poll party, only seemed to have given it an extra zing with the hardy Punjabis pouring out in record numbers to peg the poll turnout at a whopping 71.97 per cent, the highest in over 30 years.

No clemency drive in Punjab but 3 pardons

Thursday 12 October '06

Unlike Haryana, Punjab has never seen a clemency drive and it is only during the present Capt Amarinder Singh's government...

A Punjab white elephant sheds flab to become a money-spinner

Saturday 7 October '06

Last week, the Punjab government sold its Amritsar International Hotel to a Britain-based hotel group for Rs 51 crore. And the Amritsar property is the ninth government-run hotel to be sold in just two years.

Sops, chalta hai won’t do, invest in people, he tells north CMs

Friday 29 September '06

Coming down heavily on northern states for failing to maximise their potential and lagging behind other regions in human development indicators...