Chandigarh, January 4 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asserted that Congress legislators were looting the State exchequer by preparing lists of beneficiaries of the proposed crop loan waiver scheme at their residences and ruthlessly ignoring genuine recipients. In a statement here, former minister Bikram Singh Majithia said CongressRead More

Chandigarh, January 4: A sharp decline in heinous crimes marked the year 2017 for the Punjab Police, which notched up major successes in maintaining law and order in the wake of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief’s conviction and arrest, besides busting as many as eight terror modules and solving theRead More

Chandigarh, January 4 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today while condemning police inaction which led to the suicide of international Karate player Kuldeep Kaur in Batala yesterday, demanded an inquiry into the political interference by rural development minister Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa and other Congressmen inRead More

Chandigarh, January 4 The Punjab Government has changed the timings of all schools in the state owing to dense fog. Now, as per the new timings the schools would open at 10 AM and close at 3.20 PM. Earlier, the schools used to open at 9 AM. The changed timingsRead More

Amritsar, January 4 Inderpreet Singh, son of expelled Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) president Charanjit Singh Chadha, booked in a sexual harassment case, allegedly shot himself in the head today. Amrik Singh Powar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), said a five-page suicide note had been found in the deceased’s bag. SourcesRead More

Chandigarh/03 January: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today clarified that SAD leader N.K. Sharma had been appointed as district president of Mohali to lead the urban as well as rural units of the party, simultaneously. In a release, the SAD president said that the presidentsRead More

Chandigarh, January 4: The Cabinet Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu today outlined his vision regarding the futuristic measures contemplated as well as the achievements of his both departments namely-Local Government and Tourism & Cultural Affairs. In his interaction with the mediapersons here today, the minister also released the ‘VisionRead More

Amritsar, January 4 : Panthic leaders gave a letter to Jathedar Akal Takht Sahib Singh Sahib Giani Gurbachan Singh and appealed for strict action against both of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sadhu Singh and leader of opposition and MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira. SGPC members Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka, Harjap SinghRead More

Chandigarh, January 4 Ruling that the shutting down of leather industries in Punjab would have grave implications, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the operation of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) recent order on the closure of 35 units, including 19 tanneries in Jalandhar district. The Vacation BenchRead More

Sangrur, January 4 The first list of farmers for Rs 2 lakh debt waiver has upset several farmers who alleged that either their names were missing from the list or they received waiver of just a few hundred rupees. The farmers today protested in front of the Lehragaga SDM officeRead More