Chandigarh
PM approves rail link planned in 1921
The Expanded Board for Railways, following an intervention from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has approved a 40 km railway line that was first envisaged in 1921 by Chaudhary Sir Zafarullah Khan, who
Rahul men flood Punjab govt with RTI queries
Acting on directions from AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi Congressmen in Punjab have flooded the Punjab administration with queries under the Right to Information Act seeking very specific details of expenditure on welfare and developmental schemes.
Transporters to raise freight rates by 8-9 pc on diesel hike
Following hike in diesel rates, transporters today said they will raise freight rates by 8-9 per cent with immediate effect on all routes across India.
"Freight rates will be raised by 8-9 per cent
Punjab scraps IT-biotech park project
Citing its failure to employ local information technology and biotechnology professionals, the Punjab Government has issued a termination notice to Omaxe Ltd. on their flagship, 60-acre IT and Biotech venture in Patiala.
Punjab to terminate Omaxe project agreement
The Punjab government on Saturday decided to terminate an agreement with realty giant Omaxe for construction of a multi-million integrated township at Patiala, a spokesperson of the chief minister’s office here said.
Akalis legalising land grab in Punjab: Capt
Former chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh charged the Akali-BJP government of “deliberately subverting long-established legal processes to forcibly acquire farmers’ lands across Punjab.”
Eyewitness to sarpanch murder found dead
The lone eyewitness to the shocking murder wherein Haryana’s former transport minister and a chief parliamentary secretary are suspects, was found dead in Karnal city on Wednesday.
Exclude PM from Lokpal, says Badal
Charting a somewhat contrary course to his friends in the BJP, Punjab’s chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, on Tuesday, supported the Congress line on excluding the Prime Minister from the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill.
Chandigarh citizens haul up errant cops on Facebook
Chandigarh Police created its Facebook account earlier this week to enhance public participation in maintaining law and order. And its laudable efforts to harness social media is also helping to rein
Amarinder: Revoke yoga guru’s land
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has demanded that the Himachal Pradesh government revoke its recent lease of 28 acres of prime land to Baba Ramdev.
