Punjab Newspaper

The Congress today ridiculed the Shiromani Akali Dal charge of its role in the revolt by Jasjit Singh Bunny, the son of deceased Cooperative Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh. An official release of the party said here today, the Akalis’ frustration is too understandable as they were too shocked and stunned. They are now trying to [...]

The Centre has allocated Rs. 300.35 crore under the plan Budget and Rs. 1849 crores for the non Plan Budget for year 2009-10, revealed the Spokesperson of the Administration.

The spokesperson further said that the Plan budgetary allocations are primarily aiming at three major areas including Human Development, Infrastructure and Environment. The allocation under these three [...]

The Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, General Dr. S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM (Retd.), suggested to the Chandigarh IT Cluster of CII Delegation that they use Chandigarh as a Laboratory for change and experimentation with new innovative technologies. He said there was a need to improve the quality of life and delivery systems in [...]

In its march towards achieving the title of “potential for excellence”, Punjabi University, Patiala, has achieved another milestone with University Grants Commission having sanctioned Rs 1.25 crore for setting up of an Academic Staff College (ASC) on its campus.

Giving this information, Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, said that the major function of the ASC, to be [...]

Despite producing of 22 per cent wheat , 12 per cent rice and 13 per cent cotton of the country’s total , the Punjab agriculture is in serious crisis that have pushed 90 per cent farm households under debt, mounting to whooping Rs 26,000 crore said Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) Vice Chancellor MS Kang. [...]

“Punjabi University will start Punjabi Film Festival as its annual feature from the current year on the lines of Aligarh Muslim University, which conducts Urdu Film Festivals on regular basis. It will also properly document Punjabi folk art forms in textual and audio-visual formats and patronize any kind of effort with the objective of promoting [...]

Biotechnology is a sensitive and critical scientific tool which has to be used most judiciously as it could prove a boon or bane for humanity, environment and over ecology of the planet Earth, said Vice Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh. Presiding over a two-day symposium on Biotech-2009: Present and Future Perspective” at the university campus, [...]

The ruling Congress party granted the Chandigarh ticket to Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Union Minister of State for Finance. Bansal, the sitting MP from Chandigarh was widely expected to get the ticket. Born in Sunam in district Sangrur of Punjab, Bansal is an alumni of department of laws from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Bansal has been [...]

The Chandigarh administration has approved the beautification and development plan for the Rock Garden. Proposed by its founder creator Nek Chand, the structural re designing is meant to improve the aesthetic view of the entire garden. Low height sculptures will also be sold at the Rock Garden for tourists, according to Punjab Newspaper (www.punjabnewspaper.com).
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A book on Bhagat Singh, titled “Bhagat Singh : The Eternal Rebel” was presented by researcher and chronicler Prof Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich to the Punjab Governor. The book has been published by the publication division of the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.

Giving a brief about the book, the author said, ‘the [...]

Problems of the day like terrorism , climate warming and emerging political-economic upheavals are assuming monstrous proportion as the religious morality– the groundswell of spiritualism –has failed to keep pace with advancement of science and technology, said Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice -Chancellor, Punjabi University , Patiala. Speaking at the two-day national symposium on ” [...]

The Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jaspal Singh has sanctioned Rs five lakhs to the Department of Punjab Historical Studies for the creation of a “Library and Archival Museum” for the proper preservation of the rare pictures, books, and documents related to the history of Punjab. While inaugurating the newly created Library and Archival Museum [...]

Adviser XI defeated Press Club,Chandigarh by 6 wickets in the Samuel Banarjee Trophy Match played at Cricket Stadium sector-16, Chandigarh, today. Batting first in the match, the Press Club scored 146 runs in the allotted 20 over. Rohit 33, Vikrant 16, Raghav 29 were the main scorers. For Adviser XI, Narinder Kawatra 2 for 18, [...]

1.27 lakh children were immunized at Chandigarh during the National Pulse Polio Immunization Campaign held on March 1-3, 2009. According to Health Secretary, Chandigarh, Ram Niwas, a total of 463 stationary booths and 66 mobile teams were deputed for effective coverage of 0-5 years old children against this dreaded disease. 1,27,565 numbers of children were [...]

Punjabi University will raise a “commemorative music garden” on its campus to cherish and sustain the memory of noted musicians and music scholars of Punjab, who have done proud to the state by their performances and significant contribution in the field. Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh declared this while presiding over a commemorative function, organized by [...]

Veteran Congressman and former MP Gurcharan Singh Galib’s move to join the Shiromani Akali Dal has the Congress criticizing him for opporunism. A group of Congress leaders from Ludhiana including former speaker Harnam Dass Johar, former minister Rakesh Pandey,Malkiat Singh Dakha and Surinder Dawer, MLA Harmohinder Singh, Gurdeep Singh Bhaini,former Mayor, Nahar Singh Gill, Chairman [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal got a boost in Bathinda constituency as Harbhajan Singh Khiala, a loyalist of Ravi Inder Singh former Speaker of Akali Dal 1920 and also son of former Rural development and Panchayat Minister late Baldev Singh Khiala along with a number of Congress Municipal Councilors of Mansa and President Artia association Munish [...]

Punjabi University will soon have two synthetic and two clay tennis courts besides other sports infrastructure. This was announced by the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh while presiding over a two-day national seminar, being organised by the Department of physical Education on “Challenges and Opportunities in Physical Education” here today.

Himself a passionate tennis player, Dr [...]

A workshop on “Miniature Paintings” was organised by the department of fine arts of Punjabi University with the objective of drawing miniature paintings based on various themes of Guru Granth Sahib. The workshop is being conducted under the supervision of Prof M K Sharma, Director, Jawahar Kala Kendra and a former Principal of Art [...]

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IBM India Pvt. Limited with the aim to aid the University in establishing a high quality people repository in software technologies. This would facilitate teaching and training the students on strategic technologies and positioning them to support India’s Information Technology Initiative.

Dr (Mrs.) S.K. Mann, [...]

A five-member delegation from Moscow State Agro-engineering University (MSAU) comprising Dr. Roman Filonov, Head, Department of Tillage and students namely Ms Victoriya Gorlova, Ms. Anastasia Sorokina, Ms Kristina Kalina and Ms Elena Shekunova is on a visit to Punjab Agricultural University from January 27 to February 7. They met Dr. Manjit Singh Kang, PAU [...]

A three-day State Level Workshop on ‘Micro-organisms : Let Us Observe and Learn’ organised jointly by Centre for Communication and International Linkages (CCIL) and Department of Microbiology under the aegis of Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) concluded at PAU. The event is catalyzed and supported by Rashtriya Vigyan Evam Prodyogiki Sanchar Parishad, [...]

Prabhjot Singh Mand has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Mohali. He succeeds rahul Bhandari who has been shifted as special secretary, Coordination at Chandigarh. Mand is the fourth Deputy Commissioner of Mohali ever since Mohali became a district. The first DC was Tejveer Singh who was replaced by Harjit Inder Singh Grewal. [...]

Secretary and spokesman of the All India Congress Committee, Manish Tewari has urged the people to ensure they voted for the Congress to dislodge the Shriomani Akali Dal-Bhartiya Janta Party government from the state. He said, the SAD-BJP alliance had miserably failed the people of the state and everybody wanted to get rid of it.

Addressing [...]

With the annoucement of the name of Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema as the candidate for the Anandpur Sahib constituency, the Shiromani Akali Dal has announced 7 out of its 10 candidates so far, while its alliance partner the BJP has announced 2 of its 3 candidates. While both the BJP candidates are celebrities, namely Bollywood [...]