Chandigarh, Feb 15 The Haryana Police on Wednesday questioned a close aide of jailed rape convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh but let her go despite a standing arrest warrant against her from a Panchkula court. Vipassana, the chairperson of the sect headquarters near Sirsa townRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 15 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will ‘gherao’ (lay siege) to the Punjab assembly on the opening day of the budget session next month to protest against the Congress government’s “betrayal of the people of Punjab and the non-fulfillment of Aany of its poll promises, especially hitting farmers,Read More

Chandigarh, February 14 Less than a month after a Single Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the appointment of retired IAS officer Suresh Kumar as the Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, a Division Bench on Wednesday stayed the operation of the order. The Bench ofRead More

Chandigarh, February 13: The Punjab Government led by Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday notified a 6-member Revenue Commission to bring in greater efficiency and accountability in the functioning of Revenue Department. The Commission to be headed by Justice (Retd.) S.S. Saron, would be tasked with streamlining the existing laws, proceduresRead More

Chandigarh, February 13: The technical education Minister Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi today strongly refuted the factless news appeared some section of the electronic media regarding the allotment of stations to the lecturers of the technical education department. The Minister in a press release clarified that infact it is for theRead More

Chandigarh, February 13: Vigilance Bureau Punjab today nabbed Junior Engineer of PSPCL Jalandhar red handed accepting bribe of Rs. 20,000. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that Satpal, Junior Engineer (JE) posted at PSPCL Jalandhar was caught on the complaint of Gursehaj Singh residentRead More

Chandigarh, February 13: The Punjab Congress on Tuesday lambasted the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for its shameless persistence in politicising the auspicious occasion of the 550th Parkash Purab of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, for which their leader Sukhbir Singh Badal paved the way by boycotting the first meeting ofRead More

Chandigarh, February 13 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced a 23 member core committee of the SAD Haryana to take charge of the party’s recruitment drive as well as chalk out programme for forthcoming public meetings and rallies. In a statement here, the SAD presidentRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 13 A day before the last date of filing of nominations, the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) announced 55 out of total 56 candidates for the upcoming MC elections on Monday. While sharing the reservation of seats for AAP-LIP in the alliance, Simarjit Singh Bains said that LIP hadRead More

Chandigarh/Amritsar, Feb 13: The popular community kitchen — better known as the “langar” — of gurdwaras in northern India is feeling the pinch of the GST regime that came into force seven months ago. The cash-rich Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages gurdwaras, or Sikh shrines, across Punjab, HaryanaRead More