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Times of India
April 24, 2018
MOHALI: The Mohali students who appeared Class XII examinations conducted by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) have reasons to celebrate. ... This session, the teachers and education board officials conducted regular inspections of schools and organised goal-setting sessions in the district.
Geo News, Pakistan
April 24, 2018
LAHORE: The Strategic Reforms Unit (SRU) of the Punjab government announced on Tuesday the launch of new licence plates for vehicles across the ... Moreover, the plates will now only have the province's name engraved next to the number, which will be random letters not representing the district asÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 24, 2018
“It's time to 'mine' Punjab's potential, which lies in the natural resource sector,” he said, talking to the media here after visiting the stone-crushing belt in the district. “I have visited just one site only and what I saw was mind- boggling. A mineral-rich area of just 500 sq km in the Kandi belt has a potential toÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 24, 2018
The Patti Puran Singh panchayat, with a population of 500, in the border district of Fazilka has bagged the 'Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar' (DDUPSP) on the 'National Panchayat Day'. The award is given to panchayats as recognition of their work in improving delivery of servicesÃâà...
The Indian Express
April 24, 2018
PSEB 12th results 2018: In 2017, Gurdaspur emerged on the top among all districts with 76.14 % pass percentage, Tarn Taran stood at number two with 72.31 per cent while Amritsar recorded 71.08 % pass percentage. Pathankot and Ferozpur districts recorded 64.10% and 64.33% pass percentageÃâà...
The Tribune
April 24, 2018
Bala, who hails from Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, had arrived in Lahore by a special train on April 12 to attend Baisakhi festival celebrations. During her visit, she embraced Islam and married a resident of Hingerwal, Lahore, on April 16 at a ceremony held at an Islamic seminary here. She had moved theÃâà...
The New Indian Express
April 23, 2018
Muktsar district recorded the highest pass percentage of 79.64, followed by Mansa at 78.59 per cent and Ludhiana at 78.56 per cent, officials said. Tarn Taran, border district of Punjab, witnessed lowest pass percentage at 31.60, while Pathankot and Gurdaspur recorded 47.89 and 46.73 pass per centÃâà...
ETTelecom.com
April 15, 2018
Phagwara: Mobile internet and SMS services were suspended for 24 hours in four districts of Punjab following arrest of four people in connection with a clash between members of a Dalit outfit and Hindu groups, an official spokesperson said. Mobile internet services, including 2G, 3G, 4G, CDMA and GPRSÃâà...
Economic Times
April 14, 2018
Internet services were suspended in four districts of Punjab on Saturday after tension gripped the industrial town of Phagwara following clashes ... The Chief Minister directed the Ludhiana district administration to ensure the best treatment for Yashwant Kumar Bobby, reported to be seriously injured in theÃâà...
Times of India
April 1, 2018
AMRITSAR: In a surprise decision, the BJP removed its Punjab unit chief Vijay Sampla on Saturday, replacing him with Rajya Sabha MP Shwait Malik. ... Malik, a qualified engineer whose family has close relations with the RSS, began his political career as Amritsar district general secretary of BJP youthÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
April 1, 2018
Presiding over a meeting of all deputy commissioners at Civil Secretariat here on Saturday, the Chief Secretary said that deputy commissioners would be given more powers to improve public service delivery in districts. He said that protection of life and property of people is the prime responsibility of theÃâà...
Times of India
April 1, 2018
BATHINDA: After 90 days of continuous agitation, contractual workers of Guru Nanak Dev thermal plant (GNDTP) ended their sit-in outside the Bathinda district administrative complex as they were handed over a written assurance of being employed at the thermal plant and Punjab State Power CorporationÃâà...
The Tribune
April 1, 2018
Immigration frauds have been on the rise, with Mohali topping the list of cases registered against travel agents for cheating and fraud in Punjab over the past 15 ... Sources said more than 122 immigration firms are registered across Mohali, with their contact details, license and office, listed on the districtÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 1, 2018
IT is a reality check and a warning against complacency. The recent arrest of members of a 'group of terrorists' linked with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan from Lahore, Gujranwala and some other districts in Punjab is a grim reminder of the widespread threat that continues to persist in the provinceÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 31, 2018
Punjab Food Authority To Establish Nutritional Clinics In 36 Districts Of Punjab. Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmirpk) 12 hours ago Sat 31st March 2018 | 12:27 AM. Punjab Food Authority to establish nutritional clinics in 36 districts of PunjabÃâà...
Firstpost
March 30, 2018
Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Sukhpal Singh Khaira of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), said the government should pay Rs 1 crore each to the families of those killed in Iraq. Khaira raised the issue during Zero Hour in the state Assembly, and added that the district administration officials shouldÃâà...
The Nation
March 30, 2018
LAHORE - The Punjab Industries Department has moved a summary to chief minister urgently seeking Rs7 billion for the acquisition of land for the ... Faisalabad District Collector has already issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 on Feb 1, 2018, for the acquisition of land forÃâà...
Asia Times
March 30, 2018
An Indian man was arrested on Thursday in Punjab, a border state in northwestern India, on charges of working as a spy for the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). In a move that could hit Indo-Pakistani ties, the man, identified as Ravi Kumar, was booked under provisions of the Official Secrets ActÃâà...
The Tribune
March 29, 2018
Punjab has the highest number of arms license holders in the country. Being a border state, which has already suffered a lot due to turbulent days of terrorism, checking illicit firearms within Punjab has became a priority area for the state government to ensure peace, harmony and law and order for theÃâà...
The Tribune
March 29, 2018
Tejinder Virli, district president of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, said, “It's a very good move. The student elections were banned in 1984 and there was a valid reason to do so. But the consequent scenario in the state warrants student elections. This will greatly facilitate all theÃâà...
Times of India
March 29, 2018
CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh district bar association election is scheduled for April 6. However, before that, rejection of candidatures have been challenged in Punjab and Haryana high court. HC has also issued notice to bar council of Punjab and Haryana, returning officer, election and district barÃâà...
The Tribune
March 29, 2018
As many as 34 private institutions and four government schools have been named in the final report submitted by the district administration to the Education Department on centres abetting mass copying during the annual Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) examination this year in Tarn Taran.
UrduPoint News
March 29, 2018
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2018 ):Inspector General Police Punjab Capt (R) Arif Nawaz Khan has said that a 15-day special campaign has been launched to check traffic accidents, caused by dumper trucks and trailers in all districts of Punjab. During the campaign, registrationÃâà...
Firstpost
March 28, 2018
As per official records, there are only 287 registered travel agents with the district administration in Jalandhar, 170 in Ludhiana and 134 in Amritsar. Most of Indians killed in Mosul (27 of the 39) belonged to Punjab's Doaba region, which includes Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Jalandhar districts. While theÃâà...
The Nation
March 26, 2018
Faisalabad, the home district of the provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, had the highest number of honour killings . Last year, at least 19 incidents of honour killing were reported by police in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana, and Kasur districts. Similarly, police registered 19 cases of honour killings inÃâà...
The Nation
March 2, 2018
Jawad said that PSDF initiated its operations for the residents of four districts of southern Punjab i.e Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargarh and Lodhran. Now, PSDF's geographical coverage has expanded to all the districts of Punjab, he said. In these 36 districts, PSDF is pursuing its skills promotionÃâà...
Business Standard
March 2, 2018
A youth allegedly committed suicide in Bihar's Supaul district on Thursday after he was refused a loan for his plastic factory by Punjab National Bank, police said. ALSO READ: EMIs set to rise as SBI, PNB raise lending rates Ãâ÷ Sanjay Mandal was said to be depressed after his loan application was rejectedÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 2, 2018
In yet another step towards digitalisation, Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has established 8th mega state-of-the-art modern e-Khidmat Centre in Lahore to facilitate general public by providing them more than seventeen districts, provincial and federal services under one roof such as issuanceÃâà...
The Tribune
March 2, 2018
Eight devotees from Punjab were killed when a private vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh on early Friday, the police said. The devotees, belonging to Kale Ghanpur village near Amritsar city, were returningÃâà...
Daily Times
February 28, 2018
LAHORE: The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) is all set to replicate its Prison Management Information System (PMIS) in 20 jails of the Punjab in the first phase with customised features and some new modules after successful launch of the pilot project at Lahore District Jail. PITB Chairman DrÃâà...
The Tribune
February 28, 2018
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development will honour the Tarn Taran district administration on March 8 for its efforts under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme. It's the only district from Punjab and among the 10 across the country to be selected. Tarn Taran has been picked in the “EffectiveÃâà...
The News International (blog)
February 21, 2018
Dr. Minhaj said, the target is to reach 139 districts of Pakistan through the district governments. “A situation analysis in the form of baseline surveys has been initiated, and the status of implementation of laws and second-hand tobacco smoke concentrations in 300 public places of each district is activelyÃâà...
Business Standard
December 31, 1999
An inter-district gang of robbers has been busted with the arrest of its two members here, the police said here today. The two accused, both residents of Hoshiarpur district, were arrested during checking of vehicles at a check post on Panshta road near Sahni village last night, Phagwara Superintendent ofÃâà...
Economic Times
December 31, 1999
The spokesman said 46,556 marginal farmers of five districts - Mansa, Bathinda, Faridkot, Muktsar and Moga, have already been provided relief of Rs 167.39 crore at Mansa in January this in the first phase. In the next phase, a total 29,192 farmers of five districts - Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, FazilkaÃâà...
Financial Express
December 31, 1999
The Punjab government would provide debt relief to the tune of Rs 200 crore to around 50,000 beneficiaries in six districts in the next phase, ... “If such farmers have any doubt or grievances, they could approach deputy registrar of district or assistant registrar concerned at the tehsil level or branch managerÃâà...
Business Recorder
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD: Punjab government will plant 130 million trees over an area of 99 thousand acres of land in five districts of southern Punjab. According to Radio Pakistan, Chief Executive Officer South Punjab Forest Company, Tahir Rasheed said with completion of the project, around 240 billion rupees willÃâà...
Hindustan Times
December 31, 1999
Police teams of Faridkot, Barnala and Bathinda districts were at loggerheads staking claim over the seizure of 3-quintal poppy husk at Bathinda's Pathrala ... in Sangrur, were shown as arrested on Friday 23 while Sikander Singh of Sangrur district was shown as nabbed on Saturday by the Bathinda police.
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