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Ludhiana DC shifted, expressed satisfaction over conduct of elections

Posted: 20 May 2009 11:07 PM PDT

LUDHIANA: Ludhiana’s former Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg, who was asked to swap his duties with his Nawanshahar counterpart Gurkirt Kirpal Singh as the District Electoral Officer during the General Elections, will again assume charge as the Deputy Commissioner of this industrial town this evening.





Punjab Congress compliments Sonia, Rahul and Manmohan Singh

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:42 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee congratulates Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi for the convincing victory and the people of India for reposing faith in the policies and programmes of the UPA in the just concluded elections.





PUDA, GMADA observe anti-terrorism Day

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:37 PM PDT

MOHALI: On the occasion of ‘Anti Terrorism Day’ the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) and the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) jointly, Thursday at PUDA Bhawan, Mohali administered the pledge to the employees of both the organizations.





Patiala SAD president backs Mayor, says no need to resign

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:33 PM PDT

PATIALA: The president of SAD- Patiala urban Inder Mohan Singh on Thursday advised all the councillors who have resigned owing moral responsibility for the party’s humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.





PPCC demands to deploy central forces in Nurmahal assembly seat of Punjab

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:29 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee(PPCC) on Thursday demanded to deploy central security forces in Nurmahal assembly seat in Punjab where by-election will be hedl on May 28.





PSEB constitutes wages formulation committee

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:15 PM PDT

PATIALA: Punjab State Electricity Board has constituted a wages formulation committee for revision of pay scales of its employees.





Himachal govt set up first forest police station

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:13 PM PDT

SHIMLA: In order to effectively deal with the organized forest crimes by forest mafias in Shimla District, 1st Forest Thana in Shimla Forest Circle started functioning at Chhaila, Thursday.





Kidnapped UP woman recovered, Punjab police chases kidnappers

Posted: 20 May 2009 10:10 PM PDT

KAULI (Patiala): A woman and her husband kidnapped by three armed miscreants on Thursday on the Chandigarh-Delhi highway Thursday morning was recovered by Patiala police later in the day.





Himachal CM pays tributes to Rajiv Gandhi

Posted: 20 May 2009 09:55 PM PDT

SHIMLA: Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister paid floral tributes at the statue of former Prime Minister, late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, on 18th death anniversary, being observed as ‘Anti-Terrorism Day’ all over the country, at Sadbhawna Chowk, at Chhota Shimla, here Thursday.





Junior div Naval NCC cadets participate in debate and painting competition

Posted: 20 May 2009 08:11 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: No.1 Naval Unit NCC, Chandigarh organized a debate and a painting competition among cadets from six government and private school of Chandigarh at Sukhna Lake on Thursday.





Indian govt releases guide for women deserted by overseas spouses

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:57 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to educate and sensitize the prospective brides and their parents before entering into marital alliance with overseas Indians, a Punjabi version of a booklet in the format of guide on, “ Marriages to overseas Indians” recently released by the Government of India had been sent to the state government for wider distribution through out the state, especially where the problem of NRI marriages was extremely grave.





K.S.Pannu re-appointed DC Amritsar

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: Punjab government Thursday reappointed Kahan Singh Pannu Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar. He was replaced by the Election Commission of India before Lok Sabha polls.





Sukhbir, Harsimrat felicitate Dr. Manmohan Singh, wife

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:41 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Thursday extended his felicitations and good wishes to Dr. Manmohan Singh on the latter's appointment as Prime Minister for the second time on the trot.





Punjab CM and son along with family visited Radha Soami Sect in Beas

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:36 PM PDT

AMRITSAR: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal his son deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal his wife sitting MP from Bathinda Harsimart Kaur Badal, MLA from Majitha Bikram Singh Majitha and SAD General secretary Balwinder Singh Bhunder Thursday visited Dera Baba Jaimal Singh of Radha Soami at Beas nearly 45 kilometers away from Amritsar.





Kurukshetra varsity invites applications for Post graduate courses

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:57 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: Kurukshetra University,'Kurukshetra (KUK) has invited applications for admission to various Master courses, LLB(three year)Professional and LLM ( two year) for session 2009-10.





Haryana to spend Rs.90 crores to upgrade six hospitals

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:34 PM PDT

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Government has decided to spent a sum of Rs 90 crore to upgrade the General Hospitals of six districts of the state with advanced health facilities so that people start preferring these hospitals over private ones and save on their medical expenses.





Rahul Gandhi needs to wait for some time

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:29 PM PDT

Though AICCI General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has emerged a stronger leader among the country’s youth brigade, it would be premature to push him into the Cabinet at this juncture. Surprisingly, some people even wanted him to occupy the Prime Minister’s chair! And now, that’s too much!





Dal Khalsa blames Indian Govt for double standards on ethnic minorities

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:25 PM PDT

HOSHIARPUR: Taking a dig at the Indian government for adopting double standards, the Dal Khalsa said while on one side it has been asking the Sri Lankan government to address the root cause of the problem of Tamil people whereas back home it has deprived the ethnic minorities of their basic rights and aspirations.





Two PSEB members get one year extension in office

Posted: 19 May 2009 09:57 PM PDT

PATIALA: Punjab Government has extended the terms Er. S. C. Sabharwal, Member/Transmission Er.Gurtej Singh Sra, Member/Generation, Punjab State Electricity Board for another one year.





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