State BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said today that their party would firmly stand with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on the issue of demanding royalty on river waters being given to other states.

Placing the ball in the court of Delhi-based franchiser Akash Group of Institutes, the franchisee here has stated that it would resume coaching classes from Wednesday.

Lack of communication between officials of municipal corporation and health department caused inconvenience to residents, who had gathered in the Leisure Valley for registration of smart cards, as officials did not reach the spot for the same on Sunday.

Hiss Majesty in Punjab! That's true. The presence of Royal snake in an obscure Nai Majara village near Nawanshahr has come as a startling revelation amid the gathering gloom over fast depleting biodiversity in the state.

It is not only the human beings who are finding it hard because of ever-soaring mercury, animals in the city-based zoo, too, are having a tough time in adapting with the changing weather. And the Himalayan Bear seems to be the worst affected.

With the health department having learnt lesson from the 2008 dengue outbreak, it will soon start a drive to spread awareness regarding the disease in the schools.

The rescued children, who were working as bonded labourers in different factories, have been saved from leading deplorable lives but are still waiting for their journey back home.

There is a ray of hope for putting Punjab’s first luxury tourist train — Punjab di Train — back on track as the concerned authorities are planning to re-bid the project.

Ending the confusion over proposed hike in fees, Panjab University decided on Sunday that no such step would be taken this academic session. During its meeting, the Senate deferred the proposed 5% fee increase till the academic session of 2012-13.

More than 50 per cent of the country's total milk production comes from low milk yielding cows and buffaloes as the milch cattle in the country are either under fed or fed on a diet that is not rich in proteins and other ingredients.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today gave in principle approval to the Vice Chancellor Guru Nanak Dev University Prof A S Brar to open a centre at the Khalsa College Public School at Amritsar for preparing rural students of the state

The teachers of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) are up in arms against the decision of university administration to re-employ a retired professor of the department of animal breeding and genetics on contract basis

The much-awaited non-air-conditioned taxis will soon hit the city roads. But they will look different. The only operator in the city is going to launch Tata Magic — a four-wheeler but not a car — under the non-AC radio taxi project of the Chandigarh Administration.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today strongly condemned the beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with his counterpart in Pakistan.

The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has entrusted Coimbatore-based Epic Energy Ltd with the preparation of master plan to make Amritsar and Ludhiana solar cities