SRINAGAR: A visit to Kashmir by India’s top security officer today reflects the government’s concern about the “growing number of young and educated boys joining militancy in Kashmir” and a series of pro-Pakistan protests, sources have said. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is in Srinagar to review the security situationRead More

Moga, July 21 Agriculture and NRI Affairs Minister Tota Singh has denied the reports that stones were pelted and shoes were hurled at a delegation of the Punjab government led by him during a function at a gurdwara at Richmond Hill in the Queens Borough area in the US. HeRead More

Moga, July 21 The rise in water level in the Sutlej has submerged crops on over 2,000 acres in Moga district. Heavy rainfall was reported in the catchment areas in the Ludhiana and Ropar districts in Punjab and in Himachal Pradesh during the past few days. Agriculture Development Officer DrRead More

Dhuri, July 21 Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today put all speculation about the SAD candidate from Dhuri for the 2017 Assembly elections to rest. He said that neither Sukhbir nor he would contest from Dhuri and that sitting MLA Gobind Singh Longowal would be the SAD candidate at thatRead More

Chandigarh, July 21 Thousands of workers of left parties staged a protest at all district headquarters in Punjab seeking dismissal of “ministers and chief ministers of the BJP involved” in scams like Vyapam and IPL quagmire. They also protested the land acquisition Bill. The call for the protest was givenRead More

Ludhiana, July 21 Radical Sikh leaders Gurdeep Singh Bathida and Mokham Singh supporting activist Surat Singh Khalsa were released on Tuesday, a day after the activist stopped drinking water in a bid to get leaders arrested for supporting his protest released. The 80-year-old Sikh activist has been on a ‘fastRead More

Patiala, July 21 Less than 10 months after Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS), Health, found that a diagnostic centre here reportedly conducted sex determination tests, it has been opened again. The Health and Family Welfare Department had lodged a case in a Patiala court against its ownerRead More

Ludhiana, July 21 The city police today conducted a raid at the house of Sikh leader Surat Singh Khalsa at Hassanpur village and arrested Sukhjit Singh Khosa of Satkar Committee and his supporters. Khalsa was rushed to civil hospital and put under the observation of doctors. (Also read: Two SikhRead More

Ludhiana, July 21 The prosecution today faced another jolt in the fake encounter case of two brothers Harinder Singh (23) alias Lalli and Jatinder Singh (25) of Macchiwara with an important witness turning hostile. Witness Harry Verma, who turned hostile, was residing in the neighbourhood where the alleged encounter tookRead More

Chandigarh, July 21 Free power to farmers will continue in Punjab. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the plea to set aside the policy of the state of Punjab with regard to providing free electricity to the farmers for agriculture. The tribunal today announced its verdict on certain otherRead More