Punjab for effective involvement of cooperative movement in agriculture sector
By Karan Kapoor, Ludhiana, Feb 9: The Punjab Agricultural University recently organized a workshop in Ludhiana, which focused on making the cooperative movement in the state effective in agriculture sector.

Rathore attacker sent to police custody
Chandigarh, Feb 9 : Utsav Sharma, a student who attacked convicted molester and former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, was Tuesday sent to police remand for a day.

Rathore attacker sent to police custody
Chandigarh, Feb 9 : A court here Tuesday sent Utsav Sharma, who attacked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, to a day's police remand.

Tantrik gets 10 years for raping minor
Fatehgarh Sahib, Feb 8 : A local court today sentenced a tantrik, who had raped a minor girl belonging to a Dalit community, to ten years imprisonment with a fine of Rs 5,000.

Punjab govt took initiatives for EGS volunteers:spokesperson
Chandigarh, Feb 8 : The Punjab government today clarified that it had gone beyond all established practices and taken unprecedented initiatives to accommodate the demands of the volunteers under the Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and that all their demands had already been met.

We have fulfilled demands of volunteer teachers: Punjab government
Chandigarh, Feb 8: Close on the heels of the self-immolation of a teacher, the Punjab government Monday clarified that it has taken all the steps to fulfil the demands of volunteer teachers.

Badal seeks Azad's help for new paddy variety clearance
Chandigarh, Feb 8: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday sought the intervention of union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to immediately clear the samples of "201" variety of paddy.

Badal urges Antony for clearance to defence university plan
Chandigarh, Feb 8: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday urged Defence Minister A.K. Antony to immediately grant approval for setting up the National Defence University in Mohali town of Punjab.

NID student stabs convicted molester cop Rathore
Chandigarh, Feb 8 : Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, was stabbed thrice in the face by a youth wielding a pen-knife outside the district court complex here Monday.

Punjab wants Health ministry to clear PAU-201 rice variety
Chandigarh, Feb 8 : To pave a way for milling of PAU 201 variety of paddy in Punjab at the earliest, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought the personal intervention of Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to immediately clear samples of this variety.

Badal meets Antony for Defence Univ project at Mohali
Chandigarh, Feb 8 : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called on Defence Minister A K Antony at his residence at New Delhi this morning and sought his personal intervention to immediately grant approval for setting up of National Defence University at Mohali.

Punjab teacher dies after setting herself ablaze
Kapurthala (Punjab), Feb 8 : A 27-year-old teacher, who set herself on fire in this Punjab town during a protest, died in a private hospital in Ludhiana early Monday, doctors said. The state government has announced a grant of Rs.5 lakh for the family of the teacher.

Badal announces Rupees 5 lakh relief for kin of teacher
Chandigarh, Feb 8 : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced an ex-gratia grant of Rupees 5 lakh as immediate relief to the next of kin of the Kiranjit Kaur, a teacher, who died scummbed to her brun injuries after self immolating herself at Kapurthala yesterday.

Police cane-charge unruly migrant labourers
Jalandhar, Feb 8 : Police today resorted to mild cane charge and burst tear gas shells to disperse an unruly mob of migrant industrial labourers who had jammed the Focal Point-Gadaipur road in protest against the criminal assault on their colleagues near Focal Point late last night.

Self-immolation case: teacher succumbs to burn injuries
Kapurthala, Feb 8 : Kiranjit Kaur, an EGS teacher of Faridkot, who had sustained 90 per cent burn injures in a self-immolation bid here yesterday evening, succumbed to her injuries in a private hospital at Ludhiana in the early hours today.

Rain brings relief to farmers of Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 8 : Widespread rain broke the prolonged dry winter spell in Punjab and brought relief to the farmers of the state.

Police cane charge unruly migrant labourers
Jalandhar, Feb 8 : The police today resorted to a mild cane charge and burst tear gas shells to disperse an unruly mob of migrant industrial labourers who had jammed the Focal Point-Gadaipur road in protest against the criminal assault on their colleagues near Focal Point late last night.

Punjab teacher dies after setting herself ablaze
Kapurthala (Punjab), Feb 8 : A 27-year-old teacher, who set herself on fire in this Punjab town during a protest, died in a private hospital in Ludhiana early Monday, doctors said.

Tension in Jalandhar after attack on migrants
Jalandhar, Feb 8 : There was tension in this Punjab town Monday after unidentified men on a motorcycle attacked and injured two migrant workers the night before.

Woman teacher critical after self-immolation bid
Kapurthala (Punjab), Feb 7: A Bollywood-style protest atop a water tank in this Punjab town went terribly wrong Sunday when a woman teacher was critically burnt after she attempted to immolate herself to protest the state government's alleged apathy towards teachers, doctors said

Third Amritsar International Festival delights folk dance lovers
By Ravinder Singh Robin, Amritsar, Feb.7 : Folk dance lovers had great fun watching a convergence of folk artistes from across the world for the International Folk Festival here recently.

Two men held for robbery in Haryana
Chandigarh, Feb 7 : Two men allegedly involved in cases of robbery were arrested and Rs.66 lakh were recovered from them, Haryana police said Sunday.

Bumper potato crop in Punjab, wholesale prices move down
Ludhiana, Feb 7 : The potato crop has started flowing into the markets in Punjab as a result of which the wholesale prices have gone down considerably as compared to those that prevailed during past four months.

Badal asks Centre to remove impression of India being 'soft'
Chandigarh, Feb 7: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Center to take effective steps to remove the widespread impression that India was a soft target for terrorists.

Punjab welcome to shift capital from Chandigarh: Hooda
Chandigarh, Feb 7: Joining issue with Punjab on its claim to Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday said that the city is "as much a capital of Haryana as it is of Punjab", adding that Haryana had no objection if Punjab wanted to shift its capital out of Chandigarh.

Now online donations to Golden Temple
Amritsar, Feb 7 : It's good news for those wanting to make a donation to the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, at Amritsar but unable to do so by physically coming here. They can now donate online.

Chandigarh warmer, but rain likely
Chandigarh, Feb 7: Punjab, Haryana and the joint capital of Chandigarh continued to remain warmer Sunday with the weatherman forecasting rain in the coming days and a dip in the day temperature.

Punjab Govt to bear noted writer Dhir's treatment expenses
Chandigarh, Feb 6 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced that the State Government would bear the medical expenditure of Sahitya Akademi award winner Santokh Singh Dhir, who had been admitted to PGI Chandigarh.

CM for upgradation of Lyallpur Khalsa College as varsity
Jalandhar, Feb 6 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced to upgrade the Lyallpur Khalsa College as a university in view of its century-old academic legacy in spreading the education to every nook and corner of the northern India.

Punjabi univ to record Gurbani in prominent artistes' voice
Patiala, Feb 6 : Punjabi University will record Gurbani in the voice of prominent artistes related to different music streams of India.

Businessman gets seven years in jail for rape
Chandigarh, Feb 6: A city court here Saturday sentenced the owner of Ludhiana-based Frontier Cycles to seven years' imprisonment for raping a 24-year-old.

Chandigarh could expect rainfall in coming days
Chandigarh, Feb 6 : After brief, bright sunshine and rise in mercury in the past few days, weather officials have again predicted some rainfall and a sudden dip in the both day and night temperature in Chandigarh and the surrounding areas in the coming days.

Two Nigerians arrested with cocaine in Punjab
Mohali (Punjab), Feb 6 : Two Nigerian youths were arrested here with 212 grams of cocaine worth Rupees 30 million (Rs.3 crore) in the international market, officials said Saturday.

Tarlochan Singh, an unknown achiever in Hindi playback singing
Amritsar, Feb 6 : Tarlochan Singh, a Hindi playback singer from Amritsar, can be seen an achiever for his immense contribution in the Hindi playback-singing industry.

Tarlochan Singh, an unknown achiever in Hindi playback singing
Amritsar, Feb 6 : Tarlochan Singh, a Hindi playback singer from Amritsar, can be seen an achiever for his immense contribution in the Hindi playback-singing industry.

Artisans keep copper relief art alive in Amritsar
By Ravinder Singh Robin, Amritsar, Feb 6 : Several ancient art forms such as copper relief art are on the verge of extinction in the country, but a few artisans in Amritsar have preserved this ancient form.

Educational city to come up near Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Feb 5 : The Punjab government Friday announced that it would develop an educational city near Chandigarh.

Murder charges framed against two Punjab policemen
Chandigarh, Feb 5: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Friday framed charges of murder against two Punjab Police officials, one of them retired, in an over 20 years old case.

Court seeks Rathore's response on CBI's appeal
Chandigarh, Feb 5: A local court here Friday asked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore to respond to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appeal and the complainant's revision petition for enhanced sentence for him in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.

Punjab to do away with affidavits
Chandigarh, Feb 5 : In a major concession to common people across Punjab, the state government Friday announced that mandatory affidavits for government-related works will soon be replaced with self-declarations by the person concerned.

US-based university to setup campus in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 5 : Punjab is all set to achieve a new bench mark in higher education with the setting up of 'Punjab International University' near Ludhiana in over 35 acres area in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US.

US-based university to setup campus in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 5 : Punjab is all set to achieve a new bench mark in higher education with the setting up of 'Punjab International University' near Ludhiana over 35 acres in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

Punjab to do away with affidavits for public utility services
Chandigarh, Feb 5 : The Punjab government today took a major step to make the life of common man easy in the state, by accepting in principle the recommendations of the Governance Administrative Reforms Commission.

Punjab minister expresses reservation on GM crops
Chandigarh, Feb 4 : Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Tikshan Sud expressed grave concern over the risk from genetically modified crops (GM crops) as these could lead to various types of new allergies.