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The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to field former Punjab governor Lt Gen (Retd.) B K N Chhibber from Amritsar constituency. Chhibber was earlier associated with the Congress.
The BSP, which is headed by Mayawati has announced 12 candidates so far in Punjab. Punjab, which has the highest percentage of dalit population in India gave [...]

The Ludhiana District Congress Committee has alleged violation of the code of conduct by the district administration at the behest of the ruling government in Punjab. The district unit alleged that the akali dal – bjp combine was distributing blue ration cards among the people with a clear motive to influence them for votes in [...]

Punjab will witness two phase elections with four seats witnessing parliamentary elections on May 7, while the other nine seats going to polls on May 13. Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab will also go to polls on May 13.
The four seats which go to polls on May 7 are
Ferozepur
Bathinda
Sangrur
Patiala
The nine seats which go to [...]

Model Town in Ludhiana will be accorded top priority for the construction of Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) and Railway Under Bridges (RUBs). This was stated by the Union Minister of Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad has said that during the year 2009-10, the Railways will construct nine Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) and Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) [...]

A mega food park will be established in Punjab by the Ministry of Food Processing. In the 11th Five Year Plan, the Ministry has launched the Scheme of Mega Food Park, which is expected to have an average project cost of about Rs.150 crore. Out of this, upto Rs.50 crores would be funded as a [...]

Setting at rest the speculations and in a strong rebuff to the critics about the so called differences within the party in Ludhiana, the Congress leaders today came together on a single platform to chalk out the strategy for the February 5 rally of the party which would be addressed among others by the chairman [...]

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, [...]

Secretary and spokesman of the All India Congress Committee, Manish Tewari has assured the owners of the dyeing units in Ludhiana that he would take up the issue of the exemption of the excise duty with the union finance ministry. Tewari was speaking at a meeting organised by the Ludhiana Dyeing Association and other affiliate [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced the candidature of the Chief Parliamentary Secretary S. Sher Singh Ghubaya from the Ferozpur constituency for the next Lok Sabha elections. S. Sher Singh Ghubaya is sitting MLA from Jalalabad and won by more than 44000 votes in last Vidhan Sabha elections.

Addressing a massive rally here, the announcement [...]

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 [...]

The Punjab Government today nominated three Chairmen and twelve Vice Chairmen in 13 Market Committees besides five members of district Planning Committee Amritsar. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab government said that these Chairmen and Vice Chairmen had been nominated under Sub Section (1) of Section 16 of Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today ordered a magisterial inquiry to look into the ground realities of the raid conducted by the vigilance department on the office of Naib Tehsildar Mullanpur Dakha in Ludhiana district last week. Mr. Badal directed to submit a detailed report within a month.

An assurance to this effect [...]

The Punjab Government today nominated two Chairmen and two Vice Chairmen in Market Committees of Machiwara and Hathur in Ludhiana district. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab government said that these Chairmen and Vice Chairmen had been nominated under Sub Section (1) of Section 16 of Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961. [...]

The Punjab Government today nominated 15 members of the District Level Planning Committees of Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Moga and Ropar.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesman of the Punjab government said that Mr. Santa Singh Umaidpur, Mr.Jagdev Singh Gohalwaria, Mr. Jagjit Singh Talwandi, Mr.Harpreet Singh Garcha and Mr. Jiwan Dhawan had been appointed as [...]

Manish Tewari, National spokesperson of the All India Congress Committee, today asserted that the Congress in Punjab was absolutely united and the rank and file was fully geared up to fight the parliamentary elections. Tewari, who is spending quite a lot of time in Ludhiana for the last five years, speaking about the state of [...]

Confederation of Indian Industry has ever been striving to facilitate industries to achieve better results through various initiatives. Taking the step further the Third CII Punjab State Council Meeting, Chaired and Co Chaired by Mr J R Singal , Chairman CII Punjab State Council and Mr Akshay Bector , Chairman CII Ludhiana Zonal Council respectively [...]

On the recommendation of Chief Agriculture Officer names of two Agriculture Development Officers of Ludhiana and Moga districts has been recommended for State Award by Agriculture Minister, S. Sucha Singh Langah for doing excellent job for the overall development of Agriculture in their respective districts.
Mr. Langah said that appreciation letters has also been issued to [...]

In order to provide better quality of pesticides and insecticides to farmers of the State, a Flying Squad has been set-up under the supervision of Mr. Gurdev Singh, Joint Director Agriculture as per the directions of S. Sucha Singh Langah, Agriculture Minister, Punjab, who conducted raids and seized 1510 packets of sub standard pesticides out [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today categorically said that SAD-BJP alliance would contest the coming Lok Sabha elections only on the poll plank of development and performance because the unprecedented overall development and progress witnessed in the state in just 21 months of Party’s regime had put the Congress in the tight spot [...]

In a major step towards revolutionizing administrative system, the Punjab government today decided to set up a “State Administrative Reforms Commission” to rationalize official procedure and to simplify and speed up delivery service in government offices at the cutting edge.
This was announced by the Punjab Chief Minister  Mr. Parkash Singh Badal while addressing massive Vikas [...]

In order to provide better quality of pesticides and insecticides to farmers of the State, a Flying Squad has been set-up under the supervision of Mr. Gurdev Singh, Joint Director as per the directions of S. Sucha Singh Langah, Agriculture Minister, Punjab, who conducted raids and seized 700 packets of sulfa-sulphron, manufactured by M/s Hyderabad [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal President and Member Parliament Mr.Sukhbir Singh Badal, today called upon the Union Government to address the problems being faced by the farmers in the Country.
Mr.Sukhbir Singh Badal who led a delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP Parliamentarians from Punjab to meet Union Agriculture Minister Mr.Sharad Pawar here today, demanded in [...]

Secretary All India Congress Committee as spokesman, Manish Tewari today lambasted the Shiromani Akali Dal-BHartiya Janata Party government in the state for the rampant corruption prevailing in the administration. He expressed surprise as how BJP was supporting the government while its leaders were staging protests against the corrupt officers.
Addressing a series of meetings in different [...]