Yes, Chidambaram was wrong…Capt Amarinder too says his ‘Sikhs must move on’ remark was uncalled for. Agreeing with the general mood in Punjab, state Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh today said Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s remarks asking the Sikhs to forgive the 1984 riots and move on were uncalled for. The former Punjab chief minister [...]
In the backdrop of growing importance of Indian diaspora in Australia, the Victorian state government has asked the federal authorities to include Hindi a part of its national curriculum. The state government, in its latest submission to the national curriculum authority, has asked as to why Hindi language has not been included among 11 languages [...]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the concerned departments to gradually shift government offices to city outskirts in order to decongest traffic. While building new offices, Omar said, the government departments should avoid creating non-productive infrastructure as land is shrinking in the cities and towns due to economic activities and construction of [...]
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said safety of the tourists was the prime responsibility of the State Government and in view of this, movement of outside vehicles had been stopped temporarily to Rohtang Pass originating from Manali. He said majority of accidents took place between Manali and Rohtang and many precious lives [...]
The Yamuna Nagar district administration in Haryana sounded a high alert in the nearby villages of Hathnikund Barrage even as light to moderate rain lashed many parts of Delhi. Due to heavy rain in the catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh, the administration discharged 67,000 cusecs water from the Hathnikund Barrage. The district administration declared a [...]
The house of the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser Harish Khare was broken into here early this morning and the burglars decamped with his laptop and mobile besides driving away his car. Khare and his family were sleeping at their 32, Alipur Road residence in north Delhi when the burglars barged into the house, sources said. [...]
The Punjab government today introduced a special ‘Vegetable Initiative in Urban Cluster’ scheme for cultivation and marketing of vegetables in order to encourage the farmers towards diversification. The state government is all set to implement this special scheme to encourage farmers towards diversification, State Agriculture Minister Sucha Singh Langah said here. He said at least [...]
Haryana today hit out at Punjab on the issue of strengthening of Ghaggar bundh, saying it was unfortunate that the neighbouring state, where assembly elections are due early next year, was indulging in “mud-slinging. ” “Punjab should not indulge in mud-slinging over such an issue….Need of the hour is that the two states should concentrate [...]
Punjab government will set up 43 new ITI’s, 250 skilled development centres and fill up the posts of 680 instructors in technical institutes within the next six months, state Technical Education Minister said. “The state government was committed to provide vocational education to the students to make them economically self-dependant,” Surjeet Kumar Jyani said in [...]
The Punjab government today issued instructions to all deputy commissioners to continue the process of making red cards for eligible 1984 riot victims. An official spokesman today said that deputy commissioners have been asked to consider applications of riot victims and take appropriate action for making such cards. He said that DCs have also been [...]
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