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Punjab approves mega food park in Ludhiana

Punjab government gave in-principle approval for establishing a Rs. 150-crore mega food park at Ladowal in Ludhiana to promote food processing industry in the state. The Central Government’s...

May 28, 2014

Punjab Cabinet approved the Backward Class quota for Jat community

The Punjab Cabinet approved the Backward Class (BC) status for the Jat and Jat Sikhs of the State.  Now, Jats and Jat Sikhs are the 69th and 70th...

March 10, 2014

1857 revolt: Remains of martyrs of 1857 Uprising exhumed in Punjab

The skeletal remains of the Indian soldiers, who were killed by the British troops for participating in the First War of Independence in 1857, are exhumed at Ajnala...

March 6, 2014

National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 extended to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh

The Union Government of India extended the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 to the States of Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. Now, the act has taken off in seven...

January 24, 2014

India's first climate change theatre opened at Science City, Kapurthala

India’s first climate change theatre opened at Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala, Punjab. The 18-metre diameter theatre set up in a dome-shaped building with seating capacity of...

January 19, 2014

UK govt ordered urgent probe into Thatcher link to Operation Bluestar (1984)

British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered his cabinet secretary to inquire into newly-released documents suggesting Margaret Thatcher government facilitated the Indian government in 1984 to plan Operation Blue...

January 18, 2014

Trident Group first corporate to pay salaries via Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB)

Diversified business house Trident Group became the first corporate to use Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) for payment of salaries to its employees. The facility launched in the presence...

January 13, 2014

India’s quest to get Basmati registered as Geographical Indicator faces hurdle as Madhya Pradesh wants its inclusion

India’s fight to safeguard the typical identity of basmati rice name, fought in part through a registering for a geographical indication protection by state-run export registration agency APEDA,...

January 9, 2014

PNB opens first hi-tech branch of Punjab in Kharar

Punjab National Bank (PNB) which is India’s second-largest bank opened its first hi-tech branch at Kharar, Punjab. Salient features of the first hi-tech branch The self-services system of...

December 31, 2013

Apex court appoints Mudgal Committee to probe IPL spot-fixing

The Supreme Court has appointed a probe panel headed by former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mukul Mudgal, to investigate spot-fixing in IPL matches....

October 16, 2013

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