With an aim to eradicate drug menace in Punjab, Gillco Park Hills, Mohali organized Punjab Winter Half Marathon on the occasion of Republic Day.  Thousands of runners including school and college students, senior citizens and people from all walks of...

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash today listened to people’s issues, while chairing a public meeting, here at village Thanpal of block Thakrakote.BDC Chairman, of block Thakrakote, Rajinder Singh, BDC Chairperson, block Jij, Shareefa...

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries, Som Prakash today reiterated that Government of India would soon announce a comprehensive Industrial Policy for the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to attract huge investments to the region.The...

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries, Som Parkash, today listened to people's issues here at Chak Bhalwal, as part of centre government's public outreach programme.He interacted with various deputations and civil society members of Bhalwal block,...

BJP central appointed Y Satya Kumar as observer for election of BJP Chandigarh President. Arun Sood, former Mayor and councillor from Ward No. 8 filed his nomination papers for the post. Sanjay Tandon, the current BJP Chandigarh President also filed his...

The Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Liaison Office, Bathinda signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 08 different reputed institutes of the region in the states of Punjab and Haryana in the presence of Union Minister of Food...

“Sanjay Tandon and his family are great example of how social values and inspiration passed on by the elders of the family reflect in their deeds. Sanjay Tandon has setup a foundation in his father’s name to carry forward several social welfare activities as...

A delegation of Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) met Som Prakash, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in which Ex MP Sher Singh Ghubaya and Dr. Anshu Kataria, President, PUCA were present.President, PUCA, Dr. Anshu Kataria said that Rs...

Members of the Sikh community Led by  anjinder Singh Sirsa President Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee today  launched a massive protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi today by   raising slogans against Pakistan...

BJP organized a Press Conference at their Chandigarh Party Office Kamalam, Sector 33, Chandigarh to discuss the CAA. BJP National Vice President and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh interacted with the media and presented party’s stand and response...

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Food  Processing Industries Minister today inaugurated the OPD Services of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bathinda.The AIIMS Bathinda,...

Social reformer Avinash Rai Khanna’s Popular Book ‘Samaj Chintan’ has been released today in its Punjabi Version at fully thronged Shanti Devi Mittal Auditorium of Lovely Professional University (LPU). Former Chief Secretary of Punjab Government Mr Sarvesh...

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Prakash said that the cost of logistics (undertaking to deliver goods to customers) in India is 30-40 percent higher than the global standards and reducing it is a big challenge.Som Prakash was addressing...

Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said there was no hope for any fruitful investment in Punjab under the Congress dispensation with the State electricity authority unable to pay dues to power suppliers or even pay salaries to its staff even as increasing...

The sports infrastructure in the city will be ready for international level. Sportspersons of the city will get reservations in sports academies run by the administration. 80 percent seats in hockey football and cricket academy will be reserved for city...

Indian Tarot Conference (ITC)* the first of it's kind was held in City Beautiful Chandigarh on Saturday 23rd November. Tremendously successful the conference was attended by various Tarot readers and astrologers from all over North India. Organised by Tarot...

The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated All India Radio’s new Broadcast Auditorium and launched a digital version of ‘Gurbani’ of archival value as preserved in PrasarBharati Archives at New Delhi today.  To...

The Union Minister, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narender Singh Tomar today laid the foundation stone of the administrative building-cum-laboratory of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR) at Ladhowal (district Ludhiana) today.Narender Singh...

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated the 39th India International Trade Fair(IITF) here today. He was accompanied by the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Shri Som Parkash. The theme for this...

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched three books on Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi today on the occasion...

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh Tuesday revealed that Vice-President Mr. Venkaiah Naidu will attend the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on November 6, 2019 to commemorate the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. Other dignitaries...

Emphasizing the need of quality education, Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker Rana K.P. Singh said that no country and society in the world could strive towards better future without education.Addressing an annual function organized at Gillco International School...

BJP national secretary and party’s star campaigner Tarun Chugh today said that Congress was all set to lose all four seats going to polls on 21st of October. The BJP leader who is campaigning in favour of BJP candidates in Phagwara and Mukerian, said that...

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today along with the citizens of the city and victim families of the tragic Dasehra tragedy which claimed 61 persons and injured another 100 held a candle light march from Ramtalai to the Dhobhi Ghat near Jaura Phatak where...

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today thanked the Congress government and chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh for recognizing the work done by the former SAD-BJP and NDA governments in getting the prestigious IIM project to the holy city and advised him to...

On the occasion of the 550th Birth Anniversary of “Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji” Indian Railways is paying obeisance to the Holy Guru by contributing to the yearlong celebrations in its own way. The Railway Station in the heritage town of Sultanpur Lodhi, the...

President, Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA), Dr. Anshu Kataria met Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Sh. Som Parkash I.A.S. (Retd.) at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. During the meeting they discussed the wide gap between Industry and academia in...

Aryans College of Law, Chandigarh today organized a seminar on “Legal Education in India: Problems & Perspective” in PHD Chamber, Sector-31, A Chandigarh. Sh. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India was the Chief Guest on the occasion. LL.B....

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, held a meeting with around 100 domestic industry, manufacturers, associations of various sectors and users today in New Delhi to discuss and provide a holistic view about regulatory instruments...

Competent Foundation in association with UT Cricket Association organized 22nd Blood Donation camp at Cricket Stadium sector 16, Chandigarh and Competent Office in Sector 67 Mohali. The camp was inaugurated by President of Competent Foundation and UTCA Sanjay...

“This government took office with the motto of `Nation First’. In the first 100 days, it has demonstrated a tremendous will to carry out social and economic reforms that were earlier perceived to be impossible.’’ said Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister...

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Hon’ble Union Minister of Food Processing Industries today inaugurated the first Mega Food Park in Telangana promoted by M/s Smart Agro Food  Park Pvt. Ltd. at Village Lakkampally, Nandipet Mandal of Nizamabad District, Telangana state....

The Chairman, N.K. Singh, the Members and officials of the 15th Finance Commission today held a detailed meeting with Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries and senior officials of her Ministry.  The Minister presented an...

“There has been no untoward incident in the valley since the abrogation of article 370 last month. This is a proof that people have welcomed the decision” Union minister Parakash Javedakar said this while addressing the media persons during a public awareness...

UK Member of Parliament Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi today visited union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri MP and Commerce & Industry Minister Som Parkash in New Delhi.  He appraised the ministers about the long-pending demand from the large...

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has asserted that dilution of Article 370 would strengthen the security, safety and integrity of India and should not be viewed through any other narrow prism. He was delivering the 1st Balramji Dass Tandon...

BJP Chandigarh is determined to leave no stone unturned for reaching the goal of 1.25 lakh new members during the ongoing national membership drive.The party has been organizing camps across the city to reach the Chandigarh its but went a step ahead by organizing...

National Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal hailed Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's BJP Government decision to ban the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) as an unlawful association. Grewal welcome the banning of Pro-Khalistan outfit. BJP...

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said World Food India is not just an opportunity for the Center but also a big platform for State Governments to push food processing sectors in their states. Exemplifying her statement...

On the occasion of birth anniversary of Dr. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Jana Sangh, Bhartiya Janata Party Chandigarh launched a Membership Drive as a part of National Event. The Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural...

The Centre will initiate work on the infrastructure development of Sultanpur Lodhi as proposed by the Punjab Government at the earliest, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri assured Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday.The Chief Minister had called...

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has asserted that India was built on the foundations of a fundamentally tolerant civilization and that no other philosophy or religion encapsulates the principle of equality in human beings as succinctly as...

Linguistic diversity was witnessed in the Lok Sabha as newly-elected MPs took their oaths in English as well as different Indian languages, including Sanskrit.While most MPs chose Hindi, Harsh Vardhan and Meenakshi Lekhi (both MPs from Delhi), first-timer Pratap...

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has today said that World Food India 2019 will be the biggest gathering of all global and domestic stakeholders in Food Processing Sector. Speaking to media today she said WFI 2019 will be...

The President of the Punjab Olympic Association (POA) Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today voluntarily resigned from his office after which the Vice President Mr. Brahm Mohindra was nominated as the Working President till the elections to the association are held....

The Centre has released Rs 57 lakh as refund on the GST charged on raw materials used to prepare food at 'langars' or community kitchens in gurdwaras, including at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said.Badal thanked Prime...

BJP national working committee and state presidents met in Delhi today. The meeting was chaired by BJP National President Amit Shah. BJP Chandigarh president Sanjay Tandon also attended the meeting.Giving information about the meeting, BJP Chandigarh media...

BJP won the Lok Sabha elections with unprecedented vote margins. In Chandigarh too, the BJP candidate Kirron Kher won the seat with a large margin of votes. BJP Chandigarh President Sanjay Tandon played a key role to ensure the victory for BJP candidate...

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, isholding a meeting in New Delhi today on issues related to export credit with representatives of exporters organisations like FIEO, Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), representatives...

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday said that employment will be created in rural areas so children of farmers would need not to migrate for work."For the next five years employment generation is going to my focus, especially...

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said “for the next five years employment generation is going to my focus, especially in rural areas, so  that children of farmers do not have to look for employment elsewhere. Farmers...

Harsimrat Kaur Badal,assumed charge of her office as the Union Minister of Food Processing Industries for a second term here today.This is the second stint of SmtBadal as Minister of Food Processing Industries after holding the same charge under NDA 1 from 2014...

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who held the portfolio of Food Processing Industry in the previous Modi-led central government, got a Union cabinet berth for a second term on Thursday.Wife of Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal and daughter-in-law of five-time Punjab...

Seventy-year-old former Indian Administrative Service officer of Punjab cadre Som Parkash is the Dalit face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab.He is one of the new faces in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government. The first-time Member of Parliament from...

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and her husband and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Thursday won their respective parliamentary seats in Punjab.Harsimrat Kaur was locked in a multi-cornered contest from the Akali Dal stronghold of...

The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, V.P. Singh Badnore today unveiled the book titled 'Samaj Chintan' authored by Avinash Rai Khanna, former MP and National Vice President Bhartiya Janta Party at Punjab Raj Bhavan.Speaking on the occasion...

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said that the situations like civil war as well as revolt have plagued the congress party in the face of imminent defeat in the parliamentary polls even as Chief Minister...

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal's daughter Gurlin Kaur was among around 400,000 first-time voters in Punjab on Sunday. She was seen with a certificate of appreciation outside a polling station in her ancestral village Badal, near here.Parkash Singh Badal's...

The guilty of both the Gujarat riots in 2002 and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 should be punished, Akali Dal patron and five-time Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said.He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by touching his feet, has sought blessings...

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said the Congress party was conspiring with anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh forces including ‘Sarkari Babas, AAP, PEP and so called Taksalis to disturb peace and communal harmony...