Chandigarh, Sep 23  : Senior journalist K.J. Singh and his aged mother were found dead in their residence in Mohali town in Punjab, adjoining Chandigarh, on Saturday, police said. Both victims were attacked by their assailants with a sharp-edged weapon in their house in Phase 3B2 of Mohali, 10 kmRead More

Jalandhar, Sept 22 The Punjab Police on Friday busted an inter-state drug mafia with the arrest of three drug smugglers while also recovering 10 kg of poppy husk from them. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sandeep Kumar Sharma said the accused were arrested after their car was intercepted at aRead More

Chandigarh, September 22: Taking a humanitarian stand, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the release of all the farmers taken into preventive detention ahead of the Kisan Unions’ protest starting in Patiala today. The Chief Minister has also constituted a three-member committee, headed by senior party leader andRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 22 :  Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s “adopted daughter” Honeypreet’s former husband Vishwas Gupta on Friday accused them of having illicit relations and said their father-daughter relationship was a sham to fool followers and others. “She (Honeypreet) was his lover. There was never any legalRead More

Mohali (Punjab), Sep 22  : Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that the economic policies of the past 25 years, which have resulted in significant development in India, have proved sceptics wrong about the concept of liberalisation. Addressing students, faculty and professionals at the 15th edition of theRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 22  : Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s “adopted daughter” Honeypreet’s ex-husband Vishwas Gupta on Friday accused them of having illicit relations and said their father-daughter relationship was a sham to fool followers and others. “Which father makes his daughter sleep on his bed? She alwaysRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 22 : Congress leader Sunil Jakhar and BJP rival Swaran Salaria on Friday filed their nominations for the October 11 by-election in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency, with senior Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa a noticable absentee among leaders accompanying Jakhar. Top Punjab Congress leaders, including Chief MinisterRead More

Chandigarh September 22 : Sri Guru Ramdas Amritsar international airport may witness international flights from Britain as UK Member Parliament Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi is aggressively pitching for ensuring direct contact with UK and Punjab, a crucial demand of the Punjabi diaspora since direct flights to holy city were cancelled yearsRead More

Chandigarh, September 22: State Vigilance Bureau today nabbed a Senior Assistant Bhupinder Singh red handed while taking bribe of Rs. 50,000. Disclosing this here an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said Bhupinder Singh Senior Assistant posted at office of Punjab Land Records Jalandhar was nabbed red handed by VigilanceRead More

CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22: The Welfare Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has said that the welfare schemes concerning the students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Backward Classes (BC) categories would be implemented with full transparency. In a meeting here today with the delegation comprising various unaided colleges, Mr. DharamsotRead More