Chandigarh,

Cognizant of the need to promote and regulate organ transplant in the State, the Department of Medical Education and Research is to establish State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation with an Organ Retrieval Centre each at Government Medical College Amritsar and Patiala, informed Mr. OP Soni, Minister for Medical Education and Research.

Dera Baba Nanak (Gurdaspur),

A meeting was held today between the top brass of the Union and State Government to take stock of the ongoing development centric works at Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor which is to be opened on the occasion of the 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The meeting saw the Union Government represented by the Home Secretary Mr. Ajay Bhalla and Cooperation Minister, Punjab, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa representing the Punjab Government with the Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister -- Mr. Suresh Kumar, and the Special Principal Secretary -- Mr. Gurkirat Kirpal Singh representing the officers from the State Government.

Chandigarh, In a stinging response to Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal's latest tirade at his government, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday reminded her that it was her own Shiromani Akali Dal regime that had shamelessly heaped humiliation on the Akal Takht Jathedar.

Chandigarh, Despite financial constraints, the Amarinder Singh led Punjab government on Saturday announced a Diwali bonanza for its employees and pensioners.

The employees and pensioners will get a three per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) with effect from November 1, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said here.

Chandigarh,

The nomination of Dr. Raj Bahadur , Vice Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Science, Faridkot, and Dr. Girish Sahni from the Punjab Medical Council as members of National Medical Advisory Council, as forwarded by the State Government ,has been approved by the Centre government, informed an official spokesman.

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here on Thursday got nostalgic about his initial years of life in the army and receiving a letter while on duty that brought both tear and smile.

The Chief Minister thanked India Post Office for its services. Wednesday was the National Post Day.

"Nothing can beat the feeling of receiving a letter from home while in the army! It used to be driving force during my army days & these letters brought both tear & smile," Singh, 77, tweeted.

Chandigarh,

Commissioner Food and Drugs Administration, Punjab Mr. KS Pannu, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 30(2)(a)and in pursuance of Regulation 2.3.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, has hereby prohibited the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of Gutkha, Pan Masala (Containing Tobacco or Nicotine), whether packaged 

Chandigarh, Another suspected Pakistani drone was spotted flying in the Indian territory along the India-Pakistan border in Hussainiwala area in Punjab on Tuesday night, security officials said.

This is the third such spotting in Hussainiwala near Ferozepur over the past three days. Villagers captured pictures of the drone on their mobiles.

Chandigarh, One person was killed and four others injured in a collision between a truck and a pilot vehicle in the convoy of former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia near Moga in Punjab on Thursday, police said.

The injured were admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana and the the deceased was identified as Guddu Kumar, who used to work as a security guard.

Chandigarh,

A meeting of the Punjab government was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Rural Development & Panchayats Minister Mr Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa was also present here today. This meeting was attended by prominent rice millers of the state including Gian Bharadwaj Group and Rakesh Jain Group.