Sri Hargobindpur/Gurdaspur, June 2: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today started the mass contact campaign from Sri Hargobindpur in Gurdaspur district to mobilise the people in general and the dalits in particular against the betrayal by the Narendra Modi government at the centre and anti-people policies ofRead More

Chandigarh, June 2:- The body of UK settled NRI Ranjit Singh Powar that was recovered from the Bhakra canal in Haryana from near Jansui head has been identified. The body has been identified by his relatives and a family friend. The body has been brought to Jalandhar for post-mortem andRead More

* BATS FOR INTRODUCING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENTS FROM 9TH TO 12TH CLASS Chandigarh, June 2- In a bid to impart quality education to the girl students especially from the rural areas of the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today asked the state education departmentRead More

Chandigarh, BJP National Secretary Tarun Chugh has slammed PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa and PPP president Manpreet Singh Badal of misleading the people of Punjab on the issue of central aid to state. Ridiculing the claims of both the leaders, Chugh has advised them to refrain from telling white liesRead More

Chandigarh June 1: Punjab government today transferred /postings of Four Sub-Tehsildars of Patiala Division with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the Punjab government said that Mr. Gurpiar Singh has been posted at Sidhwan Bet post vacant after the retirement of Mr. Sarbjit Singh naib- Tehsildar,Read More

Chandigarh, June 1: In a major administrative police reshuffle, the Punjab government today issued the transfer/ posting orders of one IPS, 5 PPS including one SP. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Punjab Government said that Alka Meena, IPS posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police/ Headquarter andRead More

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Monday said South Sudan has decided to expel the world body’s top humanitarian official based in the conflict-torn nation and called on the government to immediately reverse its decision. A UN statement said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the move by the Juba government toRead More

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of a Muslim woman who sued for discrimination after being denied a sales job at age 17 at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons. In anRead More

LONDON: Two little ducklings were rescued from a drain in the UK by quick-thinking firefighters who coaxed them to safety with an iPad recording of their mother’s quack. The birds, which were only a few days old, fell down a manhole in Burton Bradstock in West Dorset. They were discoveredRead More

BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A suicide attack using an armoured vehicle packed with explosives against an Iraqi police base northwest of Baghdad killed at least 37 people today, officers said. They said the attack was against a federal police base between Samarra and the Tharthar lake. A doctor said the bodies ofRead More