Raipur, Around 500 villagers have been held hostage by Naxals, who were apparently angered over their support to the construction of a bridge in Tongpal area of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said. The Naxal action comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to insurgency-hit?Bastar region today. “Large number ofRead More

Bathinda, May 9- Union Food Processing Minister Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal today expressed deep pain and anguish over the unfortunate incident of death of girl in Moga a few days back. In a statement issued here today, the Union Minister said that such type of incidents were totally unwarranted andRead More

Chandigarh, May 9, 2015: As part of the All India launch function of the Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jivan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Yojana, the UT level function was held at Chandigarh by Punjab National Bank, Convener of the UT Level Bankers’ Committee. Prof. Kaptan SinghRead More

* welfare of ‘aam aadmo’ focus of all these schemes * country would be free all the problems under modi’s leadership * Bats for crop insurance scheme for the farmers * India on the path of resurgence under visionary and dynamic leadership of modi- harsimrat badal Bathinda, May 9: LaudingRead More

Chandigarh, May 9: People’s party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today said terming Punjab as a drug state by Baba Ramdev was a serious issue coming from one of the biggest supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party and amounted to indictment of the Akali Dal-BJP alliance government in theRead More

lambasts Harsimrat Badal’s anti- farmer and anti-Punjab role Chandigarh, May 9: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today said the anti-farmer face and her lust for power had been exposed with the revelation that the Union Food Processing Minister Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal never opposed the land billRead More

* Led lights under scheme of goi to add zing to `city of bliss Chandigarh, May 9- Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal would personally extend an invitation to the President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and Vice President Dr. Hamid Ansari to attend the functionRead More

yatra to stay at gurudwara haji rattan sahib Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda), May 9: Keeping in view the huge response the collaborative initiative of Punjab government and Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) – Dharmik Darshan Yatra – has drawn from the people of Punjab, its schedule has been changed. Giving informationRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper sounded an unrepentant note Friday about his Conservative government’s failed efforts to keep former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr behind bars. Khadr has pleaded guilty to serious crimes, including murder, Harper told a news conference, adding that his thoughts and prayers would remain withRead More

OTTAWA – On a summer Friday in 2009, Mike Duffy climbed into former Tory MP Dean Del Mastro’s red muscle car and the two drove from Ottawa to Del Mastro’s home riding of Peterborough, Ont. An Ottawa court is hearing that Del Mastro took Duffy to appear at an hour-Read More