Chandigarh, Punjab Irrigation Minister Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon today said that by opposing the rejuvenation, brick lining and dredging of canals, the Congress party has exposed its anti-farmer face. Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon stated that the existing irrigation network is in the process of getting rejuvenated so that a majority ofRead More

DHURI (SANGRUR), Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today accused the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of betraying people of Punjab just for his own survival. He revealed that Mr Badal had already traded off state’s interests by giving extra water to Haryana when Punjab didRead More

Patiala,  The court of additional sessions judgePushpinder Kaur today sentenced former chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission  and former journalist Ravider Pal Singh  Sidhu to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment along with fine of Rs 1 crore, holding him and  three others guilty in the cash-for-job scam that hit the headlinesRead More

Amritsar, After issuing stern warning to the producer of the controversial movie ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ and submitting memorandum to Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh  for its withdrawal, the Dal Khalsa today shot off a letter to Sukhbir Singh Badal in his capacity as the president of the Shiromani Akali DalRead More

Chandigarh,  ThePunjab and Haryana High court today set aside the election of  Congress MLA from Bhadaur (reserve) constituency  Mohammed Sadique on  the election petition filed by Akali Dalcandidate  Darbara Singh Guru, a former bureaucrat who had joined politicsbefore 2012 Assembly election. Guru had challenged a certificate produced by Sadiqe claimingRead More

Breaks security cordon to interact with people in various villages. Gets overwhelming response from youth and women Dhuri, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today assured farmers who have been hit by a spell of unseasonal rain that the Stategovernment will request the centre to relax wheat procurementRead More

Chandigarh, While the Censor Board has cleared the controversial film Nanak Shah Fakir, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak today raised its pitch against it demanding immediate ban. The decision to demand ban was taken at its executive committee meeting presided over by its President Avtar Singh Makkar. The SGPC justified theRead More

Chandigarh,  People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today said the hollow slogan of the Parkash Singh Badal government of taking the state to a higher orbit of development stood exposed with its failure to release its committed contribution for the on-going works in the villages adopted by theRead More

Chandigarh, Facing the problem of dwindling numbers, the Punjab Congress today suffered a setback with the Punjab and Haryana High Court unseating its MLA Mohammad Sadique. The out-of-the-ordinary order by Justice Naresh Kumar Sanghi has brought down the party’s strength to 42 in 117-member Assembly.The fact that Sadique, a Muslim, wasRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Aam Aadmi Party and its MLA Rituraj Govind on a plea seeking his prosecution for allegedly issuing identity cards with the state emblem printed on them to party volunteers.The court also sought replies from the Centre and the DelhiRead More