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Protest over appointment of former don as librarian
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The teachers of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) are up in arms against the decision of university administration to re-employ a retired professor of the department of animal breeding and genetics on contract basis
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Chandigarh’s non-AC taxi: A four-wheeler but not a car
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The much-awaited non-air-conditioned taxis will soon hit the city roads. But they will look different. The only operator in the city is going to launch Tata Magic — a four-wheeler but not a car — under the non-AC radio taxi project of the Chandigarh Administration.
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SGPC condemns beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan
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Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today strongly condemned the beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with his counterpart in Pakistan.
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Punjab appoints Epic Energy for master plan
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The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has entrusted Coimbatore-based Epic Energy Ltd with the preparation of master plan to make Amritsar and Ludhiana solar cities
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Rat delays Air India Amritsar-London flight
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A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday morning. Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m. Saturday, had not left the airport even three hours later.
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107 MM army-type rockets fired into India: BSF
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Even as the Pakistani authorities on Saturday denied that any rockets were fired from its side into Indian territory, paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) officials here said they were fully equipped to retaliate against any provocation from the neighbouring country.
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BSF strikes back as Pak fires rockets into Punjab border
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Pushed to the wall by Pakistan on Friday night, when it reportedly fired two rockets into border villages of Punjab — the second such provocation in two months — India for the time is said to have struck back with machine guns.
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Cell separator machines to be installed at civil hospital
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Spelling good news for dengue patients, cell separator machines will soon be installed at the civil hospital in the city.
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Health dept to lodge case against adulterators
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Tightening the noose around people indulging in milk adulteration, the health department is all set to lodge a case against adulterators as two samples taken by the health department during a raid conducted on July 11 have failed the purity test.
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'Release funds allocated for women welfare'
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Gurdev Kaur Sangha, chairperson of Punjab State Women Commission, while reviewing performance of department of social security, women & child development, Punjab, on Wednesday.
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Nursing staff stage protest
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The health workers on Tuesday organised a dharna at civil surgeon’s office demanding reinstation of the terminated 176 ANMs (auxiliary nurse midwives) appointed under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
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On death row since 1991, he waits for hangman
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Piara Singh (80) can neither walk nor even see. His dementia, too, is getting worse by the day. And the world has forgotten about him.
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Sukhbir Badal sworn in as Punjab deputy CM for second time
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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal was on Monday sworn-in as deputy chief minister of Punjab for the second time this year, becoming second in command to his father and chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.
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BSF units in Punjab hit by AIDS attack
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Apart from Pakistani bullets, Border Security Force (BSF) jawans in Punjab are facing a new threat - AIDS. Each of the seven units posted in the Ferozepur sector along the Indo-Pak border has at least two full-blown cases of the deadly virus - most probably passed on by sex workers.
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Akal Takht tells Sikhs to go green
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Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal body, has embraced the save-the-environment mantra telling Sikhs across the world it was their "moral and religious duty" to care for the nature.
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Eleven injured in group clash in Punjab village
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Eleven villagers, including two women were injured in a violent group clash between two groups in nearby village Bhanoki today.
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killed, one injured in road accidents in Punjab
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Three persons, including a woman were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in the district this morning, police sources here said.
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Agriculture dependent on weather despite tech advancement
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Agriculture in India is still governed by the vagaries of weather despite the impressive advancement in agricultural technology over the last few decades.
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Stationary train catches fire in Amritsar, no casualties
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A coach of a stationary train caught fire here on Wednesday. The air-conditioned coach of the 'Golden Temple' Express was charred in the fire that broke out while the train was parked at Amritsar railway station.
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Punjab to spend Rs 600 crore on rural road development
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Punjab Government would spend Rs 600 crore in the current financial year under Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for the upgradation of important rural link roads.
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Punjab to strengthen highway patrolling
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In the wake of recent highway robberies in the region, the Punjab Police have chalked out a comprehensive plan to strengthen patrolling on all highways.
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Killer wheels on road
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Infamous for rash driving, school buses are turning into killer on road with the efforts of the district transport department to curb accidents involving schools buses remaining only on paper.
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Report rips into GMADA road projects
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A multi-crore scandal has reportedly been unveiled following the inspection of major road projects of GMADA in Mohali with the Punjab government failing to take action against the guilty.
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Amritsar to be a major tourist destination
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Known for its rich Punjabi culture, religious environment, and sumptuous food, Amritsar has been a draw for visitors from across the country and abroad for a long time.
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Adopt caution before entering tubewell pit during monsoons
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Every year, during the monsoon, several cases of farmers dying while repairing their tubewell motors are reported and this happens because of the presence of harmful gases inside well pits, which need to be expelled before undetaking the motor repair.
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