

Monday 19 October '09
This is a bad news for environmentalists. Despite a determined campaign carried out by them against crackers through various forums...Thursday 15 October '09
It seems that the decks have finally been cleared for a railway under bridge at Shastri Nagar.Wednesday
14 October '09Following a tough stand taken by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), the industrialists have started thinking of installing air pollution control devices so as to get the sealed units re-opened. It may be mentioned that many more units...Wednesday
14 October '09To bring in more transparency in the system and make payments a faster process, Pungrain will start e-payments for paddy within two days in all Punjab mandis.Tuesday
13 October '09Getting tough with the industrial units creating noise pollution, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Monday sealed six industrial units for flouting the norms.Tuesday
13 October '09While the Punjab Government is still to set in motion its Rs 133-crore project to clean chhappars (ponds) in villages across the state, residents of Rurka have taken matters in their own hands and set an example.Monday
12 October '09High import duty-twenty per cent-on paper is forcing the book publishers to get their work done in the neighbouring Asian countries such as Malaysia...Saturday
10 October '09The lawyers’ strike in Ferozepur entered its fifth day on Friday and extended till October 12. Lawyers are protesting against the proposed shifting of nearly 1500 cases pending in Gurharsahai courts to Jalalabad.Friday
9 October '09Baby Singh Thakur, a councilor from ward number 73, today found himself in a spot of bother after the safai karamcharis accused him of embezzling funds to the tune of Rs 1.45 lakh per month by fraudulantly drawing money for disbursing salaries to Mohalla Sanitation Committee workers.Friday
9 October '09If the claims of MC are to be believed, work on Rs 50-crore Lakkar bridge will kick start next month after 68 shops, which are situated on the land where construction is to be undertaken, are removed.Friday
9 October '09Baby Singh Thakur, a councilor from ward number 73, today found himself in a spot of bother after the safai karamcharis accused him of embezzling funds to the tune of Rs 1.45 lakh per month by fraudulantly drawing money for disbursing salaries to Mohalla Sanitation Committee workers.Thursday
8 October '09In order to reduce the work of sanitation wing and also to discourage use of plastics bags, senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal has come up with a novel idea.Thursday
8 October '09Panic spread in the small town of Gurharsahai after 16-year-old Moksh tested positive for swine flu, Moksh was studying in class 10 of Alpine Modern School...Thursday
8 October '09Finally, the MC commissioner, AK Sinha has given nod to 27 pending building proposals which were awaiting clearance for a period ranging between two months and two years.Wednesday
7 October '09While Karnataka and neighbouring states are reeling under the flood fury, Punjab too is feeling the heat.Tuesday
6 October '09The Health Department on Monday seized about 65 quintals of sweets from a storage facility in Ferozepur.Monday
5 October '09To come out of recession and also to compete with the outside world, lean manufacturing is the new formula being popularised by the Ministry of Micro...Sunday
4 October '09After liquor shopowners, it was the turn of slaughter houses and meat shopowners to defy the deputy commissioner’s orders on Saturday.Saturday
3 October '09Although October 2 is a Dry Day, but the rules were flouted openly as almost all the shops in the city as well as on the outskirts opened after 6 pm.Saturday
3 October '09A team of Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has cleared another Rs 48 crore project for Ludhiana for water supply and sanitation.Friday
2 October '09The installation of four common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) to control the industrial pollution took yet another turn when the Sewerage Board and the Municipal Corporation officials said that industry would have to make their own arrangements for carrying effluent till the CETPs.Thursday
1 October '09The overbearing attitude of Balmiki organisation came to fore on Wednesday afternoon when a team of advertisement branch, MC...Wednesday
30 September '09Controversy of illegal hoarding of sugar took yet another turn, when re-counting of the sugar bags started on Tuesday in the godown of Yashika International after the court’s order.Tuesday
29 September '09Despite the seizure of more than 1.5 lakh quintals of sugar from various godowns of Punjab, there has been no fall in the prices of sugar in the retail market till date.Sunday
27 September '09The Rs 74- crore sewer project planned from Lohara village to Balloke treatment plant is facing problems due to lack of planning.