Punjab news

Considering the safety of students, the Punjab government on Thursday extended the holiday in schools till July 16. Earlier, it had announced holidays till July 13.

With some respite from rain on Tuesday, relief work has picked up pace in flood-affected areas of the state. A government spokesperson said efforts were being made to protect the lives and property of people as well as the livestock.…

Eight persons have lost their lives while three are missing due to rain and floods in the state so far. With thousands of acres of agriculture land being submerged in the water overflowing from the Ghaggar and the Sutlej, the Bhagwant…

Furthermore, among vegetables, the prices of the three key vegetables -tomato, onion and potato- are highly volatile.

According to analysts, this move will make it easy for the company to take decisions regarding any future restructuring, IPO, or mergers and acquisitions.

The CM said that though people are little sceptical in getting themselves diagnosed, the state government is committed to ensure that diagnosis happens as it is the only way to keep check the disease effectively.

The HC had been hearing a plea from Vinod Dhatterwal, Secretary, Punjab and Haryana High Court Employees Association, seeking implementation of the plan, which envisaged setting up of multi-storey buildings to cater to the requirement of…

Vijay Rupani, the BJP’s Punjab in-charge, said the party will contest alone and win all 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state

The Indian Army contingent of 77 marching personnel and 38 band members are being led by Captain Aman Jagtap.

New Delhi:  Restoring people's faith in democracy and establishing the BJP as the only alternative in Punjab will be his prime focus, Sunil Jakhar, the newly appointed chief of the party's state unit, said today. Speaking to reporters…

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann claimed that people crossing the Singhawala Toll Plaza in Moga district paid a collective amount of Rs 4.68 lakh as toll charges on a daily basis which they will now be able to save.

The coal stock at Lehra Mohabbat and Ropar thermal power plants can last for 24 and 42 days, respectively.

While 5.8 mm rain was recorded in the morning, another 5.1 mm rain was logged later in the day in Chandigarh; as per IMD, chances of rain will continue in the coming days as well

Bhagwant Mann's statement comes days after senior AAP leader Sandeep Pathak told the media that AAP supports Uniform Civil Code "in principle".

Chandigarh, The BJP today appointed former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sunil Jakhar as the new state president. A formal announcement was made by BJP national president JP Nadda. Jakhar, a Congress man, joined the BJP last…

The extension of the patient-care facility came after Avinash Rai Khanna wrote a letter to the Union health minister and demanded the empanelment of the country's best government health institutes to the Union government’s CGHS.

In a tweet, Mann said the money that was spent to “live up to the friendship” would be recovered from the duo and if they failed to pay up then their pensions and other government benefits would be seized

The Chief Minister shared the information about the purchase of a coal-fired thermal power plant on his Twitter handle.

The Vidhan Sabha had passed the Punjab University Laws (Amendment) Bill 2023 on June 20 in a special session, whose legal sanctity was questioned by the Governor subsequently.

Hoshiarpur/California: A 27-year-old youth from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur was tragically shot dead in the United States Friday morning (Indian time) for refusing to sell liquor to a minor, his family claimed. The victim, identified as Parveen…