Taking a serious view of the spike in COVID-19 cases in the district, District Magistrate cum Deputy Commissioner Patiala, Kumar Amit, today, held a detailed meeting with the key officials to chalk out new strategy to combat CoronaVirus strictly. He asked the...

Under the able guidance of Hon’ble Cabinet Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab is committed to provide quality training in all its institutions and also to create employment opportunities for...

In view of the water accumulation on the roads during the ongoing monsoon season, Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu today took a round of various parts of the city. He was also accompanied by Mayor Mr Balkar...

The Punjab Government is making consistent efforts under the Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission to make the women self dependent and it is as part of these efforts, that e-rickshaws are being provided to them in Hoshiarpur. These views were expressed here today by...

Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Ghanshyam Thori today said that all flood protection works along with Sutlej River would be completed by the end of next week. Chairing a meeting to review arrangements for flood control here today at District Administrative complex,...

In order to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in the district, the deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Saturday directed the health department to start using new rapid antigen testing kits in the district.Reviewing current situation and Covid preparedness...

The Ferozepur Unit of Bhartiya Janata Party Legal and Legislative Cell Punjab, led by Ashwani Dhingra, Advocate, State General Secretary BJP L&L Cell, under the guidelines of Ashwani Sharma, President BJP Punjab and N K Verma, Convener  submitted...

The body of Sepoy Palwinder Singh, who was killed in a road accident at Kargil, was cremated with military honours at village Rampur near Doraha today. On behalf of the Chief Minister Punjab, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan...

Terming the martyr Naik Rajwinder Singh, a real hero of the nation,Cabinet Minister S. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot said that Government of Punjab would construct a befitting memorial in the name of martyr in his ancestral village Dodra.Accompanied by MLAs Nirmal Singh...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab's student wing (CYSS) on riday staged a protest in front of the BJP headquarters in Chandigarh against the central government's decision to allow conduct of final semester of university exams pending due to the Corona epidemic.Speaking...

Punjab State Nursing Registration Council (PNRC) today launched website for online verification of documents, which was virtualy launched by Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Mr. O.P. Soni.Informing about the website Mr. Soni, Minister Medical...

The Punjab Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Charnajit Singh Channi has directed the officials of the department to complete all projects on time. The Principal Secretary Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Punjab Mr. Hussan Lal, IAS, along with Director,...

Punjab Government has decided to cancel the pending examinations of various classes which were earlier announced to be conducted after July 15 by Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).While divulging details,school education minister Vijay Inder Singla said...

Under the Mission Fateh launched by the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, a door to door survey campaign was launched by the Health Department for screening the people of the district in which 257600 people have been screened so far.Deputy Commissioner...

''It is an article of faith with the Congress Government led by the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh that no needy person should be devoid of pension and the eligible people should be provided pensions at their doorsteps. As part of this, today public...

Even as the state government prepared to launch its pilot Rapid Antigen Testing project in five of the worst affected districts from Friday, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today gave the go-ahead for establishment of a Plasma Bank to facilitate...

Terming the Covid situation in the state non-conducive to the conduct of examinations, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder on Thursday said that he shall write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking cancellation of exams...

The Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Welfare Minister of Punjab Sadhu Singh Dharmsot today emphasized that various Complaints/ problems of the people belonging to the Minorities of the state needs to be resolved soon so that there is no delay in...

To further boost investments in agro-processing industry, the Invest Punjab has presented Opportunities on “Agro-Processing sector” to showcase the state’s agrarian economy with unlimited opportunities and enormous growth potential in this field during...

Krishan Kumar, Secretary, Punjab School Education Department, while expressing satisfaction and happiness over the role being played by the teachers in creating awareness among the people during the Covid-19 epidemic, directed the teachers to further expedite...

 The Minister for Industries and Commerce, Government of Punjab, Sunder Sham Arora today said that the Punjab government stands by its industrial sector in these tough times of corona virus spread. 2.32 lacs industrial houses in the state are working by adhering...

The talent and luck are two driving forces for success. There are very few people who are blessed enough that their talent meets with luck and get that golden chance to shine in this glamour world. One such talented and lucky artist who has definitely ruled...

The Youth Services Department is also actively out in the field alongwith the other frontline departments such as the Health and Police, to help spread awareness at the grassroots level for safety from the corona virus pandemic.The various schools, colleges...

Though jail premises  have been sealed, the recovery of mobile phones from inside the jail remains unabated exposing la security in the prison.During the search operation, one mobile of Redmi brand touch screen along with two SIMs has been recovered from...

''Industrial sector is the backbone of the economy of Punjab and only a robust industrial infrastructure can ensure the ample job avenues for the youth of the State thus tackling the unemployment issue in a effective way.'' These views were disclosed by the Industries...

Punjab Minister for Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Sadhu Singh Dharmsot said that the Union Government is not serious about the future of the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes of Punjab. He made this revelation after meeting a delegation...

Formalising the announcement made last week by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved increase in the number of attempts for candidates belonging to ex-servicemen category in the Punjab State Civil Services...

To further boost the state’s economy and industrial infrastructure, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a Modern Industrial Park and Integrated Manufacturing Cluster over an area of 2000 acres on Government and Panchayati land near Mattewara...

With the state’s revenue receipts falling by a whopping 21% in the first quarter of FY 2020-21, and no financial support forthcoming from the Government of India, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will now undertake monthly review of the fiscal...

The Punjab Government has constituted the District Technical Committees headed by Civil Surgeon to take the immediate decisions at district level regarding the COVID-19.Disclosing this, the Health & Family Welfare Minister said that the Punjab has the...

Punjab Co-operation and Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today digitally inaugurated state-of-the-art Technologically Advanced Cattlefeed & Allied Industries Plant of Markfed at Kapurthala from Head Office of Markfed.Speaking on the occasion, the...

The Punjab Government will file a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) in the High Court this week against the decision of a single judge in the matter of payment of school fee during the lockdown period.The issue came up for discussion informally during Wednesday’s...

Asking the SAD chief to stop parroting the lines of his political masters in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday dared Sukhbir Badal to quit the ruling coalition at the Centre before resorting to street...

Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Punjab Bharat Bhushan Ashu today held a meeting with representatives of Depot Holders Associations of Punjab at Anaj Bhawan Sector-39 here and listened attentively to the demands of depot holders.During the meeting, Association’s...

The Cooperation Minister, Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has written to the SGPC President Bhai Gobind Singh Longowal over the issue of SGPC giving supply rights of desi ghee & skimmed milk for karah parshad & langar to an unknown private firm...

Punjab Sports Director, D.P.S.  Kharbanda today directed the sports officers to work hard for strengthening the sports related infrastructure and activities in the state.In a meeting with the District Sports Officers, Deputy Director Sports, Executive...

Punjab State Information Commission (PSIC) is back to being fully functional and ensuring implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, following the Punjab Government’s decision to ease restrictions imposed during the Curfew and subsequent Lockdown...

A symbolic protest was held today outside the DC office demanding restoration of all Blue Cards and pension which had been deleted with one or the other reasons.Later, Aam Aadmi Party leaders submitted a memorandum in the name of Chief Minister, Punjab...

With the onset of rains, the probability of the outbreak of tropical feverssuch as dengue, malaria has increased. Keeping this in mind and to review the status of the precautions being undertaken, a meeting washeld by the ADC Aashika Jain here today.During...

A total of 48 more patients including six from Meritorious school, four from local civil hospital, one from IMA facility centre and 37 patients who completed their home quarantine period today brought cheers on the faces of Jalandhar residents.The discharged...

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today demanded a CBI probe into the central ration scam saying Congressmen who had embezzled ration meant for the poor should be brought to book even as he asked the Congress government to reduced petrol...

40-year-old, Rural Pharmacy Officer posted at Bazidpur Rural Dispensary, perturbed over non-regularisation of his services, tried to commit suicide amid ongoing strike  for the last 19 days, for seeking regularization of services, in front of the Zila Parishad...

Under the ‘Mission Fateh’ campaign launched by the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, 745 Asha Workers along with the teams of the Health department  screened 2,09,000 persons during the door-to-door survey.Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner ...

The Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh is pulling out all stops and sparing no efforts to tackle corona virus pandemic in an effective manner. But to ensure that these efforts yield results, the wholehearted cooperation...

With extra vigil and tip-off by the security agencies, today BSF and CIA staff in a joint operation recovered 7.714 kg heroin, in a Jerry Can from near Border Operation Post – BOP Telu Mal.In this joint operation, apart from heroin, one pistol, two magaizens...

Under the Mission Fateh of the Punjab government and to ensure that the city residents remain safe, Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Sharma today held a review meeting with senior District and Police Administration officials at his office, here today. The Deputy...

Manish Tewari Member Parliament from Sri Anandpur Sahib today held a special meeting at District Administrative Complex Nawanshahr with the officers of various departments of the district regarding the precautionary measures to be taken to prevent possible...

The Guardians of Governance (GoGs) have assumed command of ensuring the success of Mission Fateh and have conducted 542 meetings in the villages of the district sensitizing people about keeping themselves safe from corona virus by strictly following the...

To give a fight to the Coronavirus through precautions, the Panchayat Department has started creating awareness at the root level on Covid-19, by asking the people to use masks, sanitization of hands from time to time maintain social distancing and avoiding...

In a major success, the District Police led by the SSP Mr. Kuldeep Singh Chahal has 3 bookies who were involved in not only betting but were also indulging in playing fraud with the public by organizing the cricket matches in village Swara but were showing...

After launching an effective campaign to create awareness among the people about the epidemic of covid-19 the Punjab School Education Department has now further launched a campaign to put 'Fattis' (wooden writing tablet) in vehicles.Disclosing this here today...

Despite strict vigil by the jail staff and recovery of number of mobiles from the inmates, the smuggling in of mobiles continued and one prisoner has been booked over viral of a dancing video inside the jail.Dodging the jail staff, a dancing video of inmates...

In order to further strengthening the health infrastructure to combat the Covid 19 pandemic more effectively in Jalandhar, Deputy Commissioner Mr Ghanshyam Thori  said that the district administration would install piped Oxygen Supply at 100-beds in...

Joining the long list of the departments making herculean efforts to popularize the 'Mission Fateh', the Cooperation Department today undertook a day long door to door  awareness campaign in the three subdivisions of the District namely, Mohali, Kharar...

As many as 17 coronavirus positive patients today were discharged after proper treatment from the local Covid Care Centre in Government Meritorious School,  Jalandhar.The patients were given warm send off by the team of doctors and nursing staff at...

Punjab Health & Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that to check the spread of Covid 19 pandemic, Punjab has led all the states as the number of cases in  our state are much less than that in other parts of the country. He said that this...

Member of Parliament from Shri Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, Dr Amar Singh met Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh and requested him to consider setting up  defence manufacturing industry corridor in Ludhiana and Shri Fatehgarh Sahib districts.Dr Amar...

Member of Parliament (MP) Chaudhary Santokh Singh and Jalandhar Central MLA Mr Rajinder Beri called upon the people to be alert about the all preventive measures  to protect themselves from Covid-19 Pandemic.Fagging off the mass awareness drive of Co-operative...

Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori today directed the officials to impose curfew like strictness in the all the containment and micro-containment zones to arrest the  spread of Covid-19 pandemic.Chairing a meeting with the Civil, health and police officials...

Under the Mission Fateh of the Punjab government, the Punjab Youth Development Board Chairman Mr Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, along with his team today created awareness amongst the masses by visiting door to door in different parts of district Ludhiana.He educated...