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 London (Amritsar) April 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Satinder Sartaaj adds another feather to his list of accolades, winning the ‘BEST NEWCOMER’ award at the London Independent Film Festival on Sunday. A week-long festival concluded here yesterday where The Black Prince and Sartaaj’s performance as Maharaja Duleep Singh won much praise from the highly discerning English audience. Sartaaj has already …

*Pandurang Hegde United Nations celebrates a special day to celebrate Mother Earth on 22nd April. Launched in 1970 with 10000 thousand people, today it covers one billion people in 192 countries. The basic objective is to raise awareness about the obligation of human beings to protect Earth and share its resources with future generations. The theme for 2017 is to create …

New Delhi, April 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – National Commission for Schedule Tribes (NCST) has asked Uttar Pradesh Government to furnish information on fake certificates of Gond tribal community. The Secretary, NCST in his letter to Chief Secretary, UP has said that it has been brought to the notice of the Commission that many persons from Nayak Brahman and Brahman …

New Delhi, April 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned 1,00,537 more houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs.4,200 cr taking the total investment so far approved to Rs.1,00,466 cr. This is 307% more than the investment approved of Rs.32,713 cr during 2004-14 for affordable …

New Delhi, April 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Following is the text of the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley’s Statement on the subject to impose tax on agriculture income:  “I have read the paragraph in Niti Ayog Report entitled ‘Income tax on agriculture income’. To obviate any confusion on the subject, I categorically state that the Central Government has …

New Delhi, April 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressed the inaugural function of centenary celebrations of Osmania University in Hyderabad today.  Speaking on the occasion, the President said that we should develop Universities as temples of higher learning. They should be places for creating learning environment, where free exchange of ideas will take …

Mumbai, April 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – For a model, apart from maintaining their body and looks, it takes a lot to walk the ramp with sheer confidence and panache. Time and again models have shown that they cannot only flaunt their size zero figure and act brilliantly as well. Many model-turned-actresses have proved to the world that models are …

Mumbai, April 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Stunning and glamorous actress Sonia Birje, daughter of the Tarzan fame, veteran actor Hemant Birje joins the cast of the Hindi comedy play Hello Darling. She will rub shoulders with seasoned actors like Vindu Dara Singh, Sheeba, Payal Goga Kapoor and Shaad Randhawa.                 Sonia Birje, who looks like some neo-noir femme fatale …

Amritsar, April 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – BBK DAV College for Women organised Farewell ‘Khushrang…Colours of Joy-2017’ in Urvi auditorium to bid adieu to the students passing out of the college. Mrs. Iqbal Singh Bedi from Bedi Group of Industries was the Chief Guest for the occasion. The event comprised of three rounds of modelling in which around 100 girls …

Amritsar, April 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) –  Farewell function titled “Sayonara” was organized at DAV College by BSc Medical and BSc Biotechnology for outgoing students of Sem VI. This function was planned under guidance of Principal Dr Rajesh Kumar and supervision of Dr Daizy Sharma. Students enjoyed performing in various Games and they were awarded with different titles suiting their …