Married daughter denied family pension by govt after father's death; she files case and wins in High CourtIn a landmark decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted a specially-abled woman access to her late father's family pension, o...
22 Nov, 2025, 06.29 PM IST
Arun Goel assumes charge as Election CommissionerThere was a vacancy in the EC following the retirement of Sushil Chandra as CEC in May this year. Goel was, till recently, the heavy indust...
21 Nov, 2022, 11.30 AM IST
Difficult fight for parties in Punjab: AmarinderAsserting that he is neither retired nor tired, Singh says the urge to make Punjab and the country a better place keeps him going at this a...
14 Feb, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Punjab to reduce govt employees' retirement age to 58 years, give free education up to class 12Reducing government employees' retirement age from 60 to 58, free education for all students up to Class 12 and a debt waiver for landless ...
29 Feb, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Punjab reduces retirement age for govt employees to 58 yearsBadal also announced debt waiver to landless farm labourers and added that a sum of Rs 520 crore has been set aside for the same. The budge...
28 Feb, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
Retirement age set to rise due to higher life expectancy: Economic SurveyIndia's population is expected to grow under 0.5 per cent due to dip in fertility rate & increase in life expectancy.
04 Jul, 2019, 03.16 PM IST
Pulwama martyr’s father wants son shifted to Punjab policeSatpal has pleaded that his son be appointed as a Deputy SP in Punjab Police as he meets all the required parameters.
27 Mar, 2019, 09.27 AM IST
Punjab, Haryana DGPs to continue in office till Jan 31: SCThe police chiefs -- Suresh Arora (Punjab) and B S Sandhu (Haryana) -- were due to retire on December 31.
12 Dec, 2018, 01.48 PM IST
Lt Gen Jacob, 1971 Indo-Pak War hero, passes awayLt Gen J F R Jacob (retd), who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka following the 1971 war, passed away today.
14 Jul, 2018, 02.16 PM IST
Supercop KPS Gill, who crushed Punjab militancy, passes awayThe former Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab was admitted to the hospital on May 18 under the care of Dr D S Rana, head of the dep...
26 May, 2017, 11.23 PM IST
KPS Gill will be remembered for service in security field: PMGill, the former Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab who is credited with rooting out militancy in the state, passed away this after...
26 May, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
Justice K Kannan appointed Railway Claims Tribunal ChairmanJustice Kannan, who retired as judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court last month, has been appointed for five years or till he attains the ...
08 Jul, 2016, 04.54 PM IST
HC upholds Haryana government's decision on retirement ageThe order in favour of Haryana government was pronounced by Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, petitioners' advocate Satnarain Yadav said.
20 Jan, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Prime Minister headed-Appointments Committee of Cabinet to select Chief Commissioner of Gurdwara pollsThe term of the Chief Commissioner will be for a period of 2 years which may be extended by a year if considered necessary with the ACC app...
26 Oct, 2014, 10.33 AM IST
- Punjab Govt to give 1-year extension to employees
The Punjab government today issued a notification of giving an option to its employees retiring on or after October 31, 2012 for one year e...
08 Oct, 2012, 09.46 PM IST
- Punjab cabinet to decide on new taxes, retirement age tomorrow
Punjab cabinet is likely to decide on levying new taxes and raising retirement age tomorrow as part of its efforts to mobilise over Rs 3,00...
27 Aug, 2012, 08.53 PM IST
- Haryana to implement 6th Pay Commission recommendations
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said the state government would "by and large" implement the report of the Sixth Pay...
24 Mar, 2008, 08.04 PM IST