Punjab launches mission to achieve 100 pc school resultsChandigarh, Nov 7 () Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday launched the 'Mission Shat Pratishat' for 2020-21, aimed at empoweri...
07 Nov, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
Tamil Nadu panchayat tops ranking; Gujarat has most top 10 entriesWithout any plan or budget of its own, Mission Antyodaya under Union rural development ministry is conceived as a convergence platform to b...
14 Dec, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
MHA lets cofounders of Ashoka Varsity to raise foreign funds for a Tech University in PunjabA home ministry official clarified that RHEF’s application for grant of FCRA licence had been pending since 2018.
10 May, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
Stubble burning relies on farmers’ awareness, vigil as mechanisation inadequate this seasonThis year, the challenge is stiffer for other reasons too: paddy was sown in a wider area and late in the kharif season, which means farmer...
18 Sep, 2018, 08.06 PM IST
Punjab budget tackles populism, promisesBadal sought to address farm distress with a tranche of Rs 4,250 crore for debt relief scheme and Rs 8,950 crore for subsidised power to fa...
26 Mar, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
Punjab budget aims for economic revival in two yearsThe budget announced to follow path of additional resource mobilization to mop Rs 1500 crore including Rs 150 crore from development tax on...
24 Mar, 2018, 10.13 PM IST
Punjab failed to fully use crop residue fundPunjab government has not utilised funds to the tune of Rs 97.58 crore allocated by the agriculture ministry for 2016 and 2017 for crop res...
11 Nov, 2017, 12.34 AM IST
Indore ranked India's cleanest city, Uttar Pradesh's Gonda dirtiestGujarat has the maximum of 12 cities among the top 50 clean cities, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eigh...
05 May, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
It's my 'ghar wapsi', says Congress MP Navjot Singh SidhuNavjot Singh Sidhu had resigned from Rajya Sabha and quit BJP following which his wife Navjot Kaur had joined Congress on November 28.
16 Jan, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal to release farmers' manifesto at Moga on September 11Farmers' manifesto was prepared after series of dialogue with stakeholders in different districts, where farmers opined up with their woes ...
24 Aug, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi kicks off yet another dalit mission in three statesThe Congress has started an exhaustive exercise to identify Dalit leaders and grassroots workers in Punjab, UP and Rajasthan.
31 May, 2016, 07.23 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi, Amarinder Singh to jointly launch Congress’ ‘Mission Punjab 2017’Rahul Gandhi and Captain Amarinder Singh is set to jointly launch Congress’ ‘Mission Punjab 2017’ at a mega meeting of state leaders in Cha...
13 Apr, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Prashant Kishore may help Congress in Punjab poll strategySources said that Punjab unit of Congress is likely to seek his help in the run-up to the assembly elections in the state slated in early 2...
15 Jan, 2016, 10.23 PM IST
Mayawati detractors to float new party before UP pollsKanshi Ram's younger brother Dalbara Singh, who has been heading Bahujan Sangharsh Party (Kanshi Ram) since long and been vocal against May...
29 Mar, 2015, 09.38 AM IST
After Delhi, now Aam Aadmi Party sets sights on PunjabMission ‘Punjab bolda hai’ (‘Punjab speaks’) will be launched with full vigour, involving the students wing, youth wing and women wing of t...
11 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Ex-Punjab CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal meets Sonia Gandhi, wants end to intra-party feudSources close to the former chief minister said she had asked senior central leaders to engage with warring Punjab Congress leaders and end...
16 Jan, 2015, 11.06 PM IST
Punjab to get $200 million Asian Development Bank loanADB is also providing a technical assistance grant of $400,000 to raise fiscal management skills of key institutions overseeing reforms in ...
28 Nov, 2014, 09.00 PM IST