Chandigarh, October 14:  Two persons were killed and more than 70 injured in police firing and clashes between the police and Sikh protesters at Behbal village in Kotkapura area. The villagers were staging dharna on the highway to protest against sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in nearby Bargari village earlier.Read More

Chandigarh, October 12: The farmers organisations today said the rail blockade in Punjab would continue till tomorow and further decision about continuing the agitation would be taken at the meeting being held at Kisan Bhawan that  would continue till late in the night.

Chandigarh, October 12: Punjab Chief Minister, Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, today reiterated that the SAD-BJP alliance Government is, was and shall ever be committed for the welfare of the farmers and farm labourers of the State. These views were expressed by the Chief Minister while presiding over a meeting withRead More

CHANDIGARH, October 12: Senior Congress leaders and legislators today dared the Akali Dal leaders to a public debate to draw direct comparison between their leader Parkash Singh Badal and Capt Amarinder Singh and leave it to the people of Punjab as who had been loyal, sincere and committed towards theirRead More

Chandigarh, October 12 – Describing the sacrilege committed in a gurdwara in village Burj Jawahar Singh in Faridkot district as a crime against Punjab and Punjabiat, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed State police Chief Sumedh Singh Saini to take prompt action against the perpetrators of thisRead More

Chandigarh, October 12 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said it was unfortunate that the scion of a family which had fed on the crumbs of Ahmed Shah Abdali who was responsible for Sikh genocide in the form of ‘vadda ghallughara’ and later day collusion with the British againstRead More

Chandigarh, October 12: In continuation of the protest by   the writers, Punjabi writers Surjit Patar, Baldev Singh Sadaknama, Darshan Butter and Jaswinder Singh today returned their Akademi awards  against the increasing culture of intolerance in the country.

Chandigarh, October 12: The Punjab government today refused to accept any of the main demands of the agitating farmers relating to Rs 40,000 per acre compensation for the cotton damage and higher price for basmati. The meeting of the eight kisan unions with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal lasted aboutRead More

  Chandigarh, October 12: The rail blockade by the agitating farmers in Punjab would continue when their leaders meet Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here at 4.30 pm. Farmers’ leader Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan said next decision about the agitation would be taken subject to the outcome of the meetingRead More

New Delhi, October 11- In recognition to the selfless services rendered by the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal towards the state and its people besides in upholding the ethos of democracy, the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi today described him as the Nelson Mandela of Swatantra Bharat (FreeRead More