Chandigarh, Blaming the Badals for delay in resumption of train service between Chandigarh and Ferozepur via Ludhiana, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today supported the agitation launched by the residents of Ferozepur and surrounding areas demanding early start of the service between the two cities.Read More

Chandigarh, Renowned Industrialist, Social Worker and Vice Chairman of Punjab State Planning Board Sh. Rajinder Gupta has been appointed as General Secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal. Disclosing this here today President of Shiromani Akali Dal S. Sukhbir Singh Badal, in a press statement issued here, said that to recognising Sh.Read More

* November 1984 Sikh carnage memorial – A Tribute to martyrs & victims of this grave tragedy * Asks union govt. to set up a commission of inquiry, headed by a Sc judge to inquire the entrie conspiracy * Sikhs will conversant with faces of Bhagat, Tytler, Sajjan Kumar &Read More

Chandigarh, A state-wide bandh called by All India Sikh Federation and other Sikhs Bodies to protest against 1984 anti-Sikh riots, evoked a mixed response with rail and road traffic being partially affected at a few place Members of All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) and Sikh Students Federation (SSF) squattedRead More

Ottawa, Justin Trudeau isn’t the only federal political leader with a bone to pick with Sun media. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is upset over an editorial cartoon that ran in the Toronto Sun newspaper just prior to Monday’s municipal election, featuring mayoral candidate Olivia Chow. Mulcair says the Andy Donato cartoonRead More

Toronto – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says a cancerous tumour in his abdomen is not shrinking after two rounds of chemotherapy, and he will need another round. Ford tells the Toronto Sun he will start the new treatments on Monday. On top of that, the mayor says he has pneumoniaRead More

Edmonton, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has rebooted talks with a northern aboriginal band that has been seeking a land claim for almost 80 years. “I felt it was an important place to start,” Prentice said Thursday after meeting with the chief and council of the Lubicon Lake Cree in LittleRead More

New York, A Sikh rights group has criticised India’s decision to give Rs five lakh each to the next of kin of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims, saying compensation cannot be a substitute to the prosecution of the perpetrators. Government has decided to give Rs five lakh each to theRead More

New Delhi, A delegation of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots have urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to further increase the amount of compensation given to them. The delegation, led by Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) national vice president Onkar Singh Thapar, met the Home Minister at his residence FridayRead More

Mumbai, Devendra Fadnavis was today sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra where BJP formed its government for the first time without an alliance. Fortyfour-year-old Fadnavis was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao in a grand function at Wankhede Stadium attended, among others, byRead More