Ahead of elections, Punjab cabinet in populist mode
Chandigarh: Financial distress notwithstanding, Punjab government approved populist measures at its cabinet meet yesterday, which included free electricity to poor households, reduced VAT on…
Anna ends day-long fast , anti-corruption fight to go on
Shimla : Social activist Anna Hazare Sunday vowed to continue his anti-corruption movement after he broke his one day long token strike against the…
Freight subsidy to potato growers: Prakash Singh Badal
Chandigarh: Faced with a farmers threat about dumping potatoes on Jalandhar roads from 15th December, chief minister Prakash Singh Badal expeditiously asked state agency…
Manpreet Badal arrested for protest in support of Anna
Chandigarh: Estranged nephew of chief minister Prakash Singh Badal and founder president of Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) Manpreet Singh Badal along with supporters…
Mario de Mirnanda, the cartoonist, no more
Mario de Miranda, the known cartoonist, died in his sleep at home in Goa today. He was 85. Mario’s cartoon’s over the decades regularly…
Himachal roadways bus staff resort to flash strike, demand security
Shimla: Staff of Himachal Roadways (HRTC) resorted to a flash strike Saturday demanding security for drivers and conductors out on duty in various parts…
Oldest Indian dies at 125 years
Bhopal : Parsaram Gurjar, considered the oldest man in India, died here at the age of 125 years Saturday , his family said ….
Anna Hazare starts daylong fast at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi : Anna Hazare began his daylong token fast from Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Sunday as a protest against the…
FDI in multi brand retail would do farmers good: Capt Amarinder Singh
Jalandhar: Dismissing the oppositions campaign against FDI in multi brand retail as petty politics, Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh said that it would…
A fashion show at Gaiety Theater
Photo: Amit