Punjab Public Works Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said with the assistance of World Bank the upgradation of Kharar-Banur-Tepla and Ludhiana-Malerkotla-Sangrur road would be completed by April this year.
Mr Dhindsa said the World Bank had approved Punjab State Road Sector Project (PSRSP) at a cost of Rs 1500 crore. This project was the largest ever road [...]
Four students among Five were killed in three different road mishaps.
Three 10th class students of Akal Akdemy, Balbehra, who were on a motorcycle, were hit by a truck on Patiala-Cheeka road.
The victims, identified as Harinder Singh (18), Gurtej Singh(17) and Pamul Goyal (18), were killed on the spot.
Eyewitness said that the accident occurred due to [...]
A youth from Punjab was murdered by some unidentified assailants in Brisbane city of Australia. The youth, identified as Rajveer from Ludhiana, was brutally thrashed and strangulated before he was thrown near his house.
Rajveer was attacked at his house in Brisbane on August 8. “Dad save me, they have entered my home, they will kill [...]
Parkash Singh Badal, chief minister of Punjab, on Sunday accepted the offer of former chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh regarding joint deputation of Punjab to meet Prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for the seeking funds for the flood affected people of Punjab.
Talking to media persons in Budhmour village, 40 km from Patiala on Patiala-Pehowa road, [...]
Punjab government has on Thursday declared summer holidays in all government schools from May 24 to June 30, 2010. A spokesman of Punjab government said that during 38 days all schools will remain closed.
Earlier on Wednesday Punjab Director General of school education had announced that all the schools would close at 2 PM despite [...]
Ludhiana on Sunday continued to experience high temperature well above normal. With the mercury hovering around 45-degree Celsius mark accompanied by unscheduled and prolonged power cuts and water crisis, the locals are having a tough time.
While the people have been seeking shelter in shady areas to escape the scorching sun, the roadside vendors of fruits [...]