Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress MLAs Mr Parminder Singh & , Gurkirat Singh Kotli , today castigated the Parkash Singh Badal government in the state for having failed to win over the trust of the NRIs which was betrayed by their poor participation in the recent three sangat darshan programmes exclusivelyRead More

Amritsar, The Governor of Haryana and Punjab & Administrator, Chandigarh, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki visited the holy city. He paid obeisance at Golden Temple and Durgiana Mandir and offered floral tributes at the historic Jallianwala Bagh on his maiden visit to the city after taking oath as Governor of Punjab.Read More

Chandigarh, The rival Partap Singh Bajwa group and some senior Congress leaders will stay away from Capt Amarinder Singh’s January 24 “lalkar rally” in Amritsar as the party high command has not given a clear go-ahead to the event.The Amarinder camp claimed that the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) has givenRead More

New York, A Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit asking a US court here to designate the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a “foreign terrorist organisation”. The Federal Court in New York issued summons for US Secretary of State John Kerry to respond to the suit within 60 days.Read More

Chandigarh, The ED (Enforcement Directorate) top brass has given a clean chit to the Punjab Police. Certain ED officials investigating the multi-crore drug scam in the state had approached the courts, alleging they were being intimidated by the police. They had also alleged that the police were gathering information about themRead More

Amritsar, Congress leaders who are making arrangements for the party rally to be addressed by MP Capt Amarinder Singh in Amritsar on January 24 alleged that the SAD-BJP government was creating hurdles for them to mobilise people for the event.“Be it intimidating bus operators or the hostile attitude of theRead More

Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the federal government plans to make it a little easier for small business to access certain financing. Most companies with gross annual revenue of $10 million or less — up from $5 million — will now be eligible under the Canada Small Business FinancingRead More

Toronto, Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he will not budge from his plan to deliver a balanced budget come April, even with the recent decline in crude oil prices. In an interview with The Canadian Press at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oliver said he’s rejecting suggestions that aRead More

Donetsk, At least 41 persons were killed in Ukraine’s east, one of the deadliest days in the separatist war, with a bloody bus shelling in Donetsk as government forces abandoned their defence of the city’s strategic airport. In a graphic illustration of the degenerating nine-month conflict, pro-Russian rebels also paraded someRead More

Bhiwani: Amid huge fanfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ programme in Haryana, a key scheme that aims to address the dipping child sex ratio and empower the girl child in the country. Addressing the event, PM Modi said, “As a society we all haveRead More