- Wheat demand rising, explore export option: FCI chief to states - The Tribune India
Wheat-producing states can explore new export markets following a surge in global demand for wheat in wake of the Russia-Ukraine war. Madhya Pradesh has already taken the lead by waiving the mandi fee on private wheat purchase for export, said Atish Chandra, chairman and managing director of the Foo
- Complaint to police by kin not threat to life & liberty, says Punjab and Haryana High Court - The Tribune India
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that a complaint to the police by kin of a live-in couple could not be construed as a threat to their life and liberty. The kin, too, were free to avail of their remedy in law in case they felt an offence had been committed. The assertion came as J
- People feeling insecure in Punjab: SAD - The Tribune India
The SAD today said the collapse of the law and order situation in Punjab post formation of the AAP government had created a feeling of insecurity in the minds of Punjabis. The party has requested CM Bhagwant Mann to take immediate corrective steps instead of remaining busy in propaganda exercises.
- Punjab Health Minister, Vijay Singla, orders probe into sanitiser scam - The Tribune India
Taking cognisance of The Tribune report regarding a scam in sanitiser procurement during Covid, Minister for Health, Medical Education and Research Vijay Singla has ordered an inquiry against the erring officials.
- Tenure of contractual staff in Punjab extended by 1 year - The Tribune India
The Punjab Government has extended the tenure of all contractual employees by a year. This comes close on the heels of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s announcement to regularise the services of 35,000 contractual employees.
- Pedestrian dies in hit - and - run in Panchkula - The Tribune India
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a speeding car on the Zirakpur-Shimla highway near a petrol pump in Sector 3. The identities of both the victim and the suspect are yet to be ascertained.
- Panchkula railway overbridge misses another deadline - The Tribune India
It seems Haryana Speaker Gian Chand Gupta’s directions have not had any effect on the officials concerned with the Sector 19 railway overbridge (ROB) being built on the Chandigarh-Ambala railway line. After the project missed several deadlines, March 31 was fixed as the “latest target&rd
- Chandigarh reports one fresh Covid case - The Tribune India
Chandigarh: The city logged one fresh case of Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the overall tally to 91,933. There was no fresh fatality, while two patients were cured of the disease in the past 24 hours. TNS
- Probe ordered into illegal constructions in Ludhiana - The Tribune India
With the change of guard, the Local Government Department has ordered a fact-finding probe into thousands of illegal structures that have come up in the jurisdiction of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. Similar illegal constructions in the municipal areas of Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathin
- Joint sec of Union health ministry reviews PGI - Times of India
Dr Mandeep Bhandari, joint secretary, Union ministry of health & family welfare visited Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI
- Inciting hatred - The Tribune India
Apropos of ‘Spouting hatred’, the observation of the court that any speech given during elections, it is a different time. But if you are giving a speech in ordinary times, ‘you are instigating something’ needs to be debated and examined to come out with solutions to check su
- Heat wave to intensify: IMD - The Tribune India
Northwest India and parts of central India are expected to see “more intense and frequent heat wave” conditions in April, IMD Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said at a virtual event today.
- TV channel MD arrested for sexual harassment, wrongful confinement - Times of India
Punjabi channel PTC managing director Rabindra Narayan was arrested on Wednesday on charges of sexual harassment, using criminal force on woman with
- AAP opens Uchana branch - Times of India
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has inaugurated its first Jind office opposite the Jannayak Janta Party’s workplace in Uchana Kalan to challenge Haryana de
- Dhaliwal appeals to NRIs for help - Times of India
Punjab NRI affairs minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday extended an invitation to the Punjabi diaspora settled abroad to come forward to rest