Punjab to computerise vehicle registration process

October 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the controversial issue of sharing of water between Haryana and Punjab should be sorted out through talks. The water sharing has been a thorny issue between both states with Haryana seeking completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and Punjab opposing the move.

August 25th, 2009 JMP Group files shelf registrationSAN FRANCISCO — Investment banking and alternative asset management firm JMP Group Inc. said Tuesday it filed a shelf registration statement with federal regulators to sell up to $100 million in securities.

July 28th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Heavy rains lashed Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana Tuesday, ending days of dry weather in the region. "There has been heavy rainfall in different parts of Punjab and Haryana.

July 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - P.S. Gill Friday became the new director general of Punjab Police, taking charge from his elder brother and acting police chief R.S.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Municipal Corporation of Delhi's commissioner K.S. Mehra Thursday said there were no bogus employees in the civic authority and said the reports that there were fake 45,000 workers in the corporation were untrue.

July 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Policemen in Punjab now have a highly sophisticated vehicle, which has an adjustable bullet-proof picket, two light machine guns and other modern devices for destroying the positions of terrorists and insurgents. "This is a low carrier vehicle that is designed by the special wing of Punjab police.

June 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Four people were arrested here Tuesday with arms and cash, police said, adding that they were members of an inter-state gang of highway robbers operating in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Four revolvers, 25 live cartridges, a Maruti Swift car and Rs.464,000 in cash were recovered from them, police said.

June 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At least 10 members of a family, including the daughter of a non-resident Indian (NRI), were killed Monday when their private multi-utility vehicle fell into an irrigation canal in a Punjab town. Norway-based NRI Neelam and her brother Joginder Singh were the only survivors in the accident as the brand new Chevrolet Tavera vehicle plunged into the 15-foot-deep Bist-Doab canal near village Kot Phatui, 130 km from Chandigarh.

May 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the union territory of Chandigarh and neighbouring Punjab to ensure the smooth conduct of counting process Saturday, poll officials said Friday. 'We have completed all the arrangements for the counting of votes of 13 Parliament constituencies of Punjab.

April 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Punjab government has released over Rs.85 billion as payment to farmers for wheat procurement, considered one of the largest such exercise in the world. 'The procurement process is going on quite smoothly.

April 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 3,500 bottles of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) were seized here Wednesday, while they were being smuggled into Punjab, police said. 'It was during our regular search drive in which we arrested Darshan Singh, a resident of Patiala while carrying 3,576 bottles of IMFL in his Tata-407.

March 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Senior Akali Dal leader and Punjab Cooperation Minister Kanwaljit Singh was seriously injured in a road accident in the state's Mohali district Sunday evening. Singh was rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here, his aides said.

March 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At least seven people were killed Wednesday when their vehicle rammed into a stationary truck loaded with iron bars in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district, police said. The accident occurred 50 km from here.

January 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Academic activity was completely paralysed in colleges and universities across Punjab and Chandigarh Wednesday following a mass casual leave protest by teachers in the region. The Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (PFUCTO) served a 10-day ultimatum to the Punjab government to notify the revised pay-scales for college and university teachers.

January 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 10,000 teachers of various government and private colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh observed a strike for two hours Thursday to press for their pay hike demand. The teachers are demanding the Punjab government to implement the new by the University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scale approved by the government Dec 31 last year.