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• Centre approves AIIMS for Punjab, HP

  CHANDIGARH: The proposal of the Union health ministry of setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (AIIMS) in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh last year, has been given the approval in the Union Budget 2015-16.

• Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal dubs budget pro-people; Congress says nothing for common man

  CHANDIGARH: Terming the Union Budget as "visionary and pro-people", Punjab government today expressed gratitude to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for announcing projects like AIIMS, horticulture research institute for the state even as Congress ...
  Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal dubs budget pro-people; Congress says nothing for common man at "Chandigarh"

• Fifth organic farming convention from today

  e-day national convention on Organic Farming supported by both Haryana and Punjab Governments as well as the Chandigarh Administration would begin here on Saturday. The 5th National Organic Farming Convention to be organised by Organic Farming ...
  Fifth organic farming convention from today at "Chandigarh"

• Punjab to get Rs 1,000 crore additional funds from Centre

  India Friday, Feb 27 , 2015,19:10 IST By metro vaartha A A A Chandigarh | The Punjab government today said the net addition in the funds from the Centre to the state will be about Rs 1,000 crore in view of 10 per cent increase ...

• Stopping food grain buying by FCI to be harmful for farmers: Punjab Govt

  CHANDIGARH: Punjab government today asked the Centre to reconsider its decision of stopping foodgrain procurement by FCI from Punjab, saying it will prove to be "very harmful" for the farming community and could lead to "distress selling". "The ...
  Stopping food grain buying by FCI to be harmful for farmers: Punjab Govt at "Chandigarh"

• 50k court arrest against privatization of transport, electricity services

  CHANDIGARH: Around 50,000 employees courted arrest in Haryana as part of their jail bharo satyagrah against attempts to privatize transport and electricity services by the Centre. The employees also sought salaries equal to Punjab government ...

• No laxity on premature release of prisoners: Punjab DGP

  Chandigarh: Punjab Police DGP SS Saini on Thursday said a lot of "disinformation and wrong information" is being circulated over the issue of premature release of prisoners even as he maintained that no laxity would be permitted on issues of peace ...

• Punjab to make Ghaggar free of pollution by year-end

  Punjab government has promised is make Ghaggar river pollution-free by year-end with operationalization of 25 sewerage treatment plants (STPs) located in 21 towns in the vicinity of the river.

• Punjab, Haryana agree to make river pollution-free

  Chandigarh, Feb 25 The Punjab and Haryana government have agreed to make Ghaggar river pollution free by the end of the year, a senior Punjab government official said Wednesday. "With the operationalisation of 25 Sewerage Treatment Plants ...
  Punjab, Haryana agree to make river pollution-free at "Chandigarh"

• Punjab offers rewards to stop stubble burning

  Chandigarh, Feb 25 The Punjab government Wednesday announced rewards to districts and villages across the state which curb the unhealthy practice of burning stubble (residue of harvested crops). "The Punjab government has announced an incentive ...
  Punjab offers rewards to stop stubble burning at "Chandigarh"

• Polling to 122 Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats begins in Punjab

  Zee Media Bureau Chandigarh: Polling is being held on Wednesday for 122 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in Punjab. Nearly 28.50 lakh voters will exercise their franchise and decide the fate of 7,006 candidates who are in the fray. Besides ...

• Punjab government announces incentives for agriculture diversification

  CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a slew of incentives to give a boost to government's ambitious programme of agriculture diversification. The incentives include bringing the power tariff rates applicable in ...

• HC notice to Punjab DGP, state EC over Joshi brother attack

  CHANDIGARH: The street battles between SAD and BJP workers in the ongoing civil polls in Punjab have reached the Punjab and Haryana high court. The court on Monday issued notices to top government officials on a petition filed by Rajesh Kumar (Raja) ...

• Panel formed for revival of tourism properties of Punjab

  Chandigarh, Feb 23 (PTI) Punjab government today constituted a panel to work out a viable revival plan of closed properties run by the Punjab Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC). Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, chairing a meeting of ...

• Clear challenge ahead for Punjab to reduce paddy acreage

  CHANDIGARH: With the focus on crop diversification in Punjab, challenges before the state government, agriculture department, farm scientists and farmers are quite clear. While the first three have to ideate, plan and implement policies to bring the ...

• SGPC monopoly for printing Guru Granth Sahib challenged in HC

  CHANDIGARH: The monopoly of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for printing the Guru Granth Sahib has been challenged in the Punjab and Haryana high court by a US citizen. Thaminder Singh Anand of California on Saturday moved the high ...

• Punjab yet to formulate law on groundwater usage: Study

  CHANDIGARH: With groundwater table plummeting in Punjab, there is need for effective steps like water flow meters for irrigation wells so that a system of pricing of water could be introduced in a gradual manner. A recent study by the National In ...

• Ranbir Kapoor's Roy box office collections beaten by MSG: Messenger Of God's huge Rs 89 cr take

  Ranbir Kapoor's Roy fails to fire as MSG: The Messenger Of God box office collections generate magic numbers. (Bollywood Hungama) If reports are to be believed, MSG box office collections have ridden roughshod over Ranbir Kapoor's Roy. With his ...

• PUDA's high-rise project gets poor response in Jalandhar

  Launched amid much hype, the scheme of Punjab government to commercially exploit the site of the old central jail in Jalandhar, which was also mortgaged to Punjab and Sind Bank to raise a loan of Rs 400 crores, came to a naught with very poor response to the ...

• Centre seeks comments from governments

  The Union home ministry has written to the state governments of Punjab and UT of Chandigarh seeking fresh comments on the mercy plea filed on behalf of Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the Beant Singh assassination case. The move comes after home ...

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