
Chandigarh: Peeved at the Punjab government for not heeding to their demands, teachers demanding permanent jobs in the state on Tuesday threatened to immolate themselves after one of their lady colleagues was allegedly slapped in public view by an Akali Dal sarpanch. A delegation of Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) teachers association led by its chief Pritpal Singh on Tuesday went to the private residence of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh...

01:20 PM, Dec 06, 2011

Ludhiana: Tens of thousands of bags of rice have gone up in smoke and continue to smolder and burn in Khamano near Ludhiana. Spread over two kilometers all the grain has been lying in the open for the last five years. A similar story was there in Fatehgarh Sahib, where wheat has been rotting in the open for the past few years, and now brand new grain from this year's...

10:47 PM, Jun 30, 2011

Chandigarh: After CNN-IBN reported how thousands of tons of rice were reduced to ashes after lying in the open for five years, the Punjab government said it will come out with a new grain storage policy to deal with storage and wastage problems. The story, showing thousands of tons of paddy on fire, has found an echo in the Supreme Court. When special commissioners to the Supreme Court brought it ...

10:02 AM, May 11, 2011
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Jaffar George was a minister without portfolio in the Balochistan provincial government. ...

01:10 PM, Jun 14, 2010

Nottingham: Indian skipper MS Dhoni on Monday admitted that batting has been a big concern for Team India right from the West Indies tour to the ongoing England series. It is a big concern because this is a continuation of the West Indies series. Even there we could not put up some big scores. We are a side known for our batting and we need to put some runs on...

08:48 AM, Feb 17, 2008

Punjab govt seems to be playing in the hands of radicals among the Akal Takht. ...

12:29 AM, Jun 29, 2007

After the state govt gave its go ahead, the police can arrest the Dera chief. ...

01:56 AM, Jun 28, 2007