Agitating Punjab farmers agree to allow passenger train movement from November 23"Punjab farmers to completely lift their rail blockade from Monday (November 23) to allow all goods and passenger trains, in response to im...
21 Nov, 2020, 04.57 PM IST
Nearly two-month blockade by farmers cost Punjab industry Rs 30,000 croreAppeals by Punjab CM to farmers to lift their rail blockade since Oct 1 in the interest of the state’s economy have fallen on deaf ears and...
20 Nov, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
- Punjab agitation: Talks on with farmers
The discussions remained inconclusive but government hopes to find a solution to this empasse in subsequent meetings. The movement of train...
14 Nov, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Industries suffer Rs 22,000 crore loss due to suspension of goods trains: Sunder Sham Arora, Punjab ministerPunjab Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora appealed to Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to immediately resume operation of fre...
09 Nov, 2020, 07.55 PM IST
Punjab BJP delegation seeks Railway Minister's intervention to resume train services in stateIn a letter to Goyal on behalf of the group, Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma alleged the state is literally "under siege" of the Congre...
05 Nov, 2020, 01.54 PM IST
Punjab farm protests: Indian Railways incur losses to the tune of Rs 1,200 croreThe farmers agitation in Punjab began around September 24 when they started blocking railway tracks and stations demanding the repeal of ne...
04 Nov, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
Rail Minister seeks Punjab govt's assurance of train, crew members' safety to restore freight servicesGoods train services resumed in the state after farmer unions on October 21 announced exempting them from their weeks-old "rail roko" agita...
26 Oct, 2020, 10.32 PM IST
Punjab farmers, industrialists woo back migrants with advance payments, return ticketsOn one hand, labour charges for paddy transplantation have almost doubled to Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000 an acre, on the other hand, the industry ...
05 Jun, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
Haryana announces cheaper power for industryTaking a cue from Punjab, neighbouring Haryana today announced to provide concession of one rupee in electricity tariff to the industrial s...
20 Jun, 2017, 07.56 PM IST
Ludhiana to create 3 lakh skilled jobs by 2022The survey further found that there is a huge opportunity to train and upskill the youth to meet the growing demand for skilled manpower in...
01 Jul, 2016, 06.31 PM IST
Punjab gets investment proposals worth Rs 1.15 lakh croreInvestments worth Rs 1.15 lakh crore were pledged today at the Progressive Punjab Investors' Summit.
29 Oct, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
Farmers' protest cause Rs 100 crore loss to RailwaysWith agitating farmers now extending their stir for next two day, the loss to Railways could exceed Rs 100 crore mark, railway officials sa...
10 Oct, 2015, 07.07 PM IST
Punjab government increases seats in technical institutesThe Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training has increased 7800 seats in the technical education institutes from current y...
16 Jul, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal bats for skill developmentPresiding over the global summit on industry-academic interface held at BFGI, he appreciated the efforts of the Group for uplifting the sta...
01 Feb, 2015, 11.09 PM IST
Punjab government gives nod to open food process centre at BathindaState CM Parkash Singh Badal said in the first phase training would be imparted for the processing of fruits and vegetables into jams, jell...
17 Dec, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
India-UK joint venture to upgrade vocational training in PunjabCapacity building workshops will be conducted under this project in ITI Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Patiala and Ropar to i...
20 May, 2013, 05.04 PM IST
- Punjab approves Rs 3,300 crore for upgrading technical education
Punjab Govt today approved a Rs 3,300-cr plan under which 43 new ITIs and 2,500 skill development centres would be set up in the state.
18 Jun, 2012, 06.19 PM IST