Dera Baba Nanak, May 2 The parliamentary standing committee on external affairs on Tuesday ruled out construction of a corridor linking India with the historical Kartarpur Sahib shrine in Pakistan. The committee, comprising of seven MPs, today visited Dera Baba Nanak from where the gurdwara is visible. The delegation wasRead More

Tarn Taran, May 2 The family of slain soldier Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh, whose body was brutally mutilated by the Pakistani Army in J&K, opened the coffin to see his body before cremating it. The martyr’s cremation was held up for a while after his kin insisted on seeing hisRead More

Moga, May 2 Responding to the Indian government’s complaint to the Canadian government regarding “perceived threats” to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh during the April 22 Khalsa Parade in Canada, the human rights group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has termed it as a nefarious attempt to curb the freedomRead More

Chandigarh/Port Blair, May 2: Andaman and Nicobar Lt Governor Prof JagdishMukhi today said three roads in Port Blair would be named after Shaheed-e-AzamBhagat Singh, Shaheed Dr Diwan Singh Kalepani and Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra. The information to this effect was shared by him with a delegation from the Shiromani GurdwaraRead More

Patiala, May 2 In a daring daylight robbery, armed men intercepted a van of Axis Bank near Rajpura town in Patiala district on Tuesday and decamped with Rs 1.33 crore. The van was on its way to the bank when unidentified men in a Scorpio fired at its driver andRead More

Ferozepur, May 2 Two SAD workers were shot dead, allegedly by Congress supporters, over an issue related to post of sarpanch at Rukan Shah Wala village, 20 km from here, on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Harnam Singh (80) and son Joginder Singh alias Bubby (45). TheRead More

Amritsar- Dal Khalsa slammed the Punjab government for its dilly-dallying tactics and not arresting the principal, registrar and HOD (Agriculture) of the Khalsa College despite registering FIR against them. The organization has urged the Govt not to adopt ‘double standards’. Dal Khalsa lashed out at Governing Council members for itsRead More

Chandigarh, May 1 – Former Deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked the new Congress government to encourage good governance to continue the development narrative in Punjab and not indulge in petty politics like proposing to wind up the Right to Service (RTS)Read More

Chandigarh, May 1 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today expressedsurprise that the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had chosen to retire to the hills for his summer holidays, giving the state he has been elected to serve a complete miss, at a time when farmers of the stateRead More

Chandigarh, May 1 Expressing concern over the increasing vulnerability of Indian soldiers on the borders and in border states such as Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has called for total freedom to the Indian Army to tackle dangerous situations faced in the line of duty. InRead More