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The sprawling lounge at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) pavilion proudly displays a group photograph of 1992-93 with a beaming Gursharan Singh posing in front of the Ranji Trophy. It was his first year as skipper and that, incidentally, remains the only season when Punjab went on to win the...

Accusing the Haryana government of giving step-motherly treatment to Sikhs by slapping cases against 1,200 Sikhs in Haryana, Jathedar of Nandgarh in Talwandi Sabo in Punjab Balwant Singh said the Ghukawali incident was the creation of the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda. Addressing Sikh leaders...

PCA offers contract to coach team in new Ranji season The sprawling lounge at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) pavilion proudly displays a group photograph of 1992-93 with a beaming Gursharan Singh posing infront of the Ranji Trophy. It was his first year as skipper and that, incidentally...

Persevere to reap. This holds true for a tiny percentage of wheat growers in Punjab who thought it made better business sense to hold on to their crop beyond the procurement season, which ended on July 15 this year. Punjab produces about 145 lakh metric tonnes of wheat every year and its...

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has got down to some serious cost-cutting business for government officers. To begin with, their official cars will be replaced with cabs. Badal said the official transport fleet will be outsourced to private players to bring down the daily...

THE Joint Action Committee of Punjab Roadways organised a gate rally here today. The members of the Conductor Union, Driver Union, Inspector Union etc discussed their problems. They also discussed their long-pending demands. The unions warned the government that if their demands were not...

The Punjab Government has decided to build Punjab Bhawan in Nanded, Maharashtra, to mark the Guru-ta-Gaddi diwas in October 2008. The event is planned to commemorate the consecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and Parlok Gaman of Guru Gobind Singh. The government has cleared a grant of Rs 7 crore...

The Punjab administration is set to get some lessons in Gujarati fiscal management as the north Indian state's government has shown interest in learning the nuances of an efficient tax administration from Gujarat. A team of Punjab ministers and bureaucrats is to come to Gandhinagar to get a...

Badal will present a document to the PM on the futility of importing wheat Punjab government has decided to oppose the Centre's decision to import wheat. This time, the state government will strengthen its claims with a detailed document on the status of cereals in the nation. Chief Minister...

In the first match of the 5th S.N Vohra Memorial under 15 Cricket Tournament CCA Punjab passed through CCA Haryana and beat them by a huge margin of 77 runs which was being played here today. CCA Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. With the help of Manan Vohra's contribution of 40 runs and...

To hush up the matter of grabbing about 370 acre land in Kansal village, allegedly by top bureaucrats, politicians and some influential people, the Punjab Police not only ignored criminal cases registered in the past regarding the alleged land grab, but also blatantly overruled reports by the...

The sulphur content in soil of the state is very less, thus the PH level has gone up in the soil resulting that many districts in Punjab have now alkaline soil. This was stated by Satyajeet Singh of Sulphur Mills Limited. He said as per the details of the project started by US-based The Sulphur...

ALL the soccer lovers of Punjab State would witness soccer mania as the 21st Punjab State Super Football League will commence from July 15, according to Inder Singh, an Arjuna awardee and secretary of the Punjab Football Association (PFA). Two teams from Punjab Division -II Football League have...

The CPI today accused the Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government in Punjab of failing to resolve the Dera-Sikh stand-off and demanded a CBI probe into the entire episode. "Whatever the Jathedar of Akal Takht Joginder Singh Vedanti did two days ago (indefinitely deferring Sikh conclave in...

Financial inclusion of whole of Punjab by March 2008 should top agenda of state banks, it was observed at the 100th meeting of Punjab State Bankers' Committee (SLBC) held here today. The Rangarajan Committee puts population with no access to banking at a high 57 per cent, underlining the need...

In order to keep a strict vigil upon tax evasion in the state, the Punjab government is deliberating to adopt the Gujarat pattern to plug loopholes in the collection of road tax and entry tax. Transport Minister Master Mohan Lal, along with senior officers of the department, is on a special...

Two Punjab Police constables have been placed under suspension on Wednesday, two days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court sought report from the Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, on putting a 17-year-old undertrial in chains to his bed at PGI. The suspended policemen include Angerj...

Amidst speculation of early municipal polls in the state, Punjab's Minister for Local Bodies Manoranjan Kalia today said the state government would soon inform the Election Commission for notifying an early date. This would happen once the revision of Jalandhar MC's voters' list completes on...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to State of Punjab over the anticipatory bail application filed by Daljit Singh Bittu, vice-president, SAD (Amritsar). Bittu, who was booked by the Punjab Police on charges of sedition, had filed the anticipatory bail apprehending arrest. He...

On September 27, 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Mohali. In his speech he had said it was his "earnest hope" that the institute would take Punjab to "a new horizon in science teaching and...