Punjab

CHANDIGARH: To develop Skill and provide job opportunities to the Youth of Punjab the Candadian delegation of Alberta State called on Punjab Technical Education & Industrial Training and Employment Generation Minister Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi here at his official residence.

CHANDIGARH: The alarming incident of addition of over 2000 quintals of rotten, foul smelling wheat to normal wheat for production of flour at a mill in Alamgir, Ludhiana forced the Food Safety Commisssionerate to take immediate steps to check the sale of flour ‘unfit for human consumption’, informed Mr. KS Pannu Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: Exhorting upon the corporate entities to play a proactive role and take up sustainable initiatives under the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment Minister, Punjab, Mr. Om Prakash Soni asked the administrators of Ambuja Cement Factory to expand the activities under CSR.

CHANDIGARH: Dismissing as ridiculous the SAD charges against SSP Muktsar Sahib, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday lambasted the Akali leadership for its desperate attempts to divert attention from its impending defeat in the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.

LUDHIANA: A 25-year- old youth who had slapped two youngsters for allegedly  harassing a friends’s sister, was reportedly beaten  to death by supporters of the accused.

BARNALA: Accused of sexual harassment by an eight year- old girl and thrashed by her parents and neighbours , an 80- year old man died in a Patiala hospital last night.

MOGA: A  16-year- old girl was allegedly kidnapped from her house late Wednesday night by four youth and one of then sexually assaulted her in the revenue area of Khosa Pando village , 7 km from here.

PATIALA: A month after the police raided a factory manufacturing  spurious milk product and  supplying these to various Punjab districts and neighbouring states , the referral food testing laboratory in GhaziAbad has established that “eight out of 11 milk and product (MMP) samples”  seized are unfit for human consumption.

PHAGWARA: On a complaint lodged by ASI Sudarshan Lal of Ludhiana Police The Sadar Police Phagwara have registered case under section 224IPC against an inmates Dinesh Kumar resident of Jalandhar who dramatically escaped from police custody at Luck Dhabha on National High Ways on the midnight of September 19.

PHAGWARA:  One Unidentified motorcyclist youth snatched a mobile phone at knife point from a young woman Suman in Joshian Mohalla here on Thursday evening. The Victim was sitting alone in her "Nice Boutique" when the accused suddenly struck and managed to snatch mobile phone after brief scuffle with the victim.A team of PCR rushed to the site and tried to scan the CCTV footages of neighbors.A Case has been registered.

LDHIANA: Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana inaugurated its 25th Pashu Palan Mela on 20th September 2018. Sh.V.P.Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab was chief guest of the mela whereas Janab Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan was guest of honor at this occasion.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday took a slew of vital decisions for the development of the state, including approval of the rules for implementation of Punjab Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, 2003.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has given approval for setting up a Ropeway between Sri Anandpur Sahib and Naina Devi ji in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode to further promote tourism in the state.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet, headed by Captain Amarinder Singh, on Thursday decided to transfer certain land pieces belonging to the state government to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, for the AIIMS project at Bathinda.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday ratified the agreement signed on September 8 between the Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, as well as Commissioner Indus GoI, for immediate resumption of work on the Shahpur Kandi Dam Project.

LUDHIANA: A 26 year- old  Amritsar resident has been booked for allegedly raping his friends’ s wife after threatening to kill her four month – old son

A case of criminal conspiracy and rioting was registered against Shiromaniakali Dal (SAD) district president Paramjit singh Lakhewal’ s son Dilpreet Singh and other undentified person in the complaint lodged by Paras Mani Sabhar wal uncle of Firozpur  zone congress candidate Rohit Sabhawal.

MOHALI: The mohali police made the biggest gold seizure till date at the internatinal airport here today A father –son due landed here with gold  and silver jewellery worth rs 6 crore.They arrived on a flight from Hyderabad and have been identified as Dhanraj Meenawal and Rajesh Meenawala.

KHARAR: The panchyat samiti and zila Parishad elections in Kharar and Majri blocks of Kharar and Majri blocks of kharar Subdivision went peacefully on Wednesday .

CHANDIGARH: The Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in Punjab on September 19 witnessed widespread violence and reports of booth capturing and clash between Akali Dal and Congress workers emerged from various parts of state.