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With Preneet's exit, Cong struggling to find 'suitable' candidate from Patiala

India, March 14 -- With sitting MP Preneet Kaur, now suspended from the party, set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, the grand old party is finding it hard to find a suitable candi... Read More


VB teams sent to pvt thermal plants after govt nudge

Chandigarh, March 12 -- Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), tasked with probing the alleged inflated power purchase agreements (PPAs), has started the physical assessment of constructions and equipment at t... Read More


Bacchus lovers cheer as IMFL prices to be slashed by 20%

Chandigarh, March 10 -- Looking to increase the check on smuggling of cheaper alternatives from other states, Punjab in the Excise Policy 2024-25 has brought down the price of Indian-made foreign liqu... Read More


VB files chargesheet against DIG Inderbir in 2 graft cases

Chandigarh, March 8 -- Tightening the noose around 2007-batch IPS officer, deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Inderbir Singh, the Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) filed chargesheets against him in t... Read More


Punjab to bank on centrally sponsored schemes for rural devp

Chandigarh, March 6 -- With nearly Rs.5,500 crore Rural Development Fund (RDF) stuck in a legal wrangle, Punjab will be banking on Centrally Sponsored Schemes, such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Em... Read More


10% of state budget to go towards power subsidies

Chandigarh, March 6 -- With power subsidies accounting for 10% of the total budgetary allocation of Punjab for the financial year (2024-25), it seems that political compulsions and populist promises w... Read More


Faulty surveys delayed mining environmental clearance: Dept report

Chandigarh, Feb. 27 -- The mining department has blamed faulty district survey reports (DSRs), prepared by a private consultant, for the delay in obtaining environmental clearance for gravel and sand ... Read More


Mann govt grants nod to prosecute 6 ex-officials

CHANDIGARH, Feb. 23 -- The Punjab government has granted prosecution sanction against six officials of the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC) into the alleged irregularities in all... Read More


Allotment of industrial plots: Punjab govt grants nod to prosecute 6 ex-PSIEC officials

India, Feb. 23 -- The Punjab government has granted prosecution sanction against six officials of the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC) into the alleged irregularities in the allo... Read More


Eyeing poll dividends, AAP goes soft on farmers

Chandigarh, Feb. 15 -- Much like Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in 2020, the present Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime has adopted a similar tactic of going soft on protesting farmers and ens... Read More