Ludhiana, February 28 The Congress today swept Punjab’s cash-rich Ludhiana Municipal Corporation polls with an absolute majority by winning 62 out of 95 wards. The Shiromani Akali Dal won 11 seats, BJP 10, Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) of Bains brothers seven, Independent candidates four, while AAP, the main Opposition partyRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 26 Punjab’s opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday demanded a high-level impartial inquiry by either the CBI or a High Court Judge into the extortion racket going on at the Bathinda oil refinery. The government led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh remains unmoved despite reports about theRead More

Chandigarh, February 26: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has called Congress MLAs for pre-budget discussions on March 1 to take their inputs in budget formulation. The meeting, ahead of the budget session, is aimed at further strengthening the coordination between the Congress government and the party’s elected representatives, whichRead More

Chandigarh, February 26 – A joint Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation today urged Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore to direct the State government to scrap the Ludhiana municipal corporation poll process and hold fresh elections. A joint SAD-BJP delegation led by senior SAD leadersRead More

Chandigarh, February 26: Acting on the directives of the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the state police has decided to crack down on illegal mining in a big way, with the DGP issuing strict instructions to top officials in all districts to put an immediate stopRead More

Ferozepur, February 26 Deputy Commissioner Ramvir has asked the state government to take strict action against 12 revenue officials for alleged misappropriation of funds and causing loss to the exchequer to the tune of several crores of rupees during the acquisition of land for the construction of NH-15 (Amritsar-Bathinda highway).Read More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, February 26 Leader of Opposition and AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira today termed the about one-year rule of the Congress government as a “flop”, alleging that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has disenchanted the people by back-tracking on his poll promises. Talking to the media here, Khaira saidRead More

Ludhiana, February 26 The city police today slapped the attempt-to-murder charge on former Akali Dal councillor Bhupinder Singh Bhinda and 70 of his supporters for allegedly attacking Congress workers and resorting to firing at BRS Nagar during the MC polling yesterday. A case under Sections 307, 323, 120B IPC andRead More

Amritsar, February 26 To discourage the use of polythene bags at the Golden Temple, the SGPC has roped in NGO Dalbir Foundation, which has offered to provide cornstarch bags to replace plastic ones. The “pinni parshad” packing is offered in polythene bags only. Though, the “karah parshad” is often givenRead More

Chandigarh, February 26 : The Shiromani Akali Dal today hit back at Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Mr. Sunil Kumar Jakhar and Cabinet Minister Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu on gangsters issue and challenged both the leaders that let any sitting High Court judge conduct an inquiry of the allegations leveledRead More