Chandigarh, February 17- Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) today rubbished the accusation by Congress and SAD-BJP that AAP members had links with gangsters and terrorists and made counter charge on Congress for patronizing dreaded gangsters including key accused of Nabha jail break. AAP state convener, Gurpreet Singh Waraich in a press conferenceRead More

Chandigarh, February 17 Expressing grave concern over the latest incident of religious sacrilege in the state, Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has asked the police to crack down heavily on anti-social elements while urging the people to maintain peace and harmony at all costs. Referring to the reported defilementRead More

Chandigarh, February 17: Punjab Aam Aadmi Party convener Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi Waraich today denied links of his party in the state. Addressing a news conference here, he said the opponents of his were trying to defame AAP. He reiterated his charge of tinkering with the EVMs stored in the strongRead More

Sangrur, Out on bail, a gangster and his four accomplices today shot dead local financier Hardev Singh Happy in the main market of Longowal. The motorcycle-borne accused then sped away from the spot. Later, gangster Dalvinder Singh Babbli, alias Babbal Randhawa, who is facing many criminal cases, uploaded three videosRead More

Chandigarh,  The CBI and the Bathinda jail authorities have sought the discharge of Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, the prime accused in the Rs 45,000-crore Pearls Group scam, from a private hospital in Mohali. He is facing trial in Delhi for allegedly duping around 5.5 crore investors of Pearl Group of CompaniesRead More

Chennai, Edappadi K Palaniswami, a VK Sasikala loyalist, was on Thursday sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, ending the 10-day political uncertainty in the state which began with caretaker CM O Panneerselvam’s revolt against the AIADMK general secretary. Palaniswami is the third person to occupy the top postRead More

New Delhi: Vikas Swarup, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, was on Thursday appointed as lndia’s envoy to Canada. Swarup, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1986 batch, is presently Additional Secretary. He is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, an official statement said.Read More

Chandigarh: The Election Commission has accorded the formal approval to Grant 5% Interim Relief to the Punjab Government Employees/Pensioners. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Chief Electoral Office, Punjab, the State Government had sought EC’s permission for grant of Interim Relief due to the enforcement of theRead More

Chandigarh, Reacting strongly to reports of the arrest of Nabha jailbreak mastermind from the house of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker, Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has demanded a thorough probe into Arvind Kejriwal’s nexus with militants and gangsters in the state. In a statement issued here, theRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi: The Punjab Government on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to put off hearing of the dispute over the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal after results of the assembly elections are announced on March 11. Appearing for the SAD-BJP state government led by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, seniorRead More