Chandigarh, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the SAD for allegedly misleading people over the government’s loan waiver scheme. In a statement issued here, Amarinder lambasted SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal for “playing with the sentiments of the people with baseless charges against the government”. He questioned theRead More

Chandigarh, While reviewing the defeat in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha byelection, the BJP leadership found that it was due to the fact that “the people of Punjab have not yet forgiven the SAD”. A review meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of state president Vijay Sampla. More than 20Read More

Chandigarh, Even as the Punjab Government is contemplating to rationalise sewa kendras to bring down the running costs, uncertainty looms over their functioning as the operator running these centres has sought dues of over Rs 125 crore from the government. Citing an agreement with the government, the operator claims that theRead More

Chandigarh, This month’s salary of thousands of policemen, besides employees in the civil secretariat and the Health Department is set to be withheld as the Finance Department has found that a substantial number is working against unsanctioned posts. The unsanctioned posts are the legacy of the SAD-BJP, which posted itsRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for misleading the people over the government’s Rs. 9500 crore farm loan waiver scheme, which would benefit 10.25 lakh farmers in the state. Lambasting SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal for playing with the sentiments ofRead More

ALMA, Que. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again waded into the debate on Quebec’s Bill 62 on Friday, saying governments should not be telling women what to wear and what not to wear. “I will always stand up for Canadians’ rights,’ he said in Alma, Que. “I will always standRead More

London, October 21 One of Britain’s seniormost Indian-origin MPs has tabled a parliamentary motion, calling for Prime Minister Theresa May to apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar during the Raj in 1919. Virendra Sharma tabled his Early Day Motion (EDM) titled ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919’ earlier thisRead More

Kedarnath (U’khand), Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stones of five reconstruction projects here and hit out at the Congress, saying he was not allowed to carry out redevelopment work after the 2013 deluge when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.Offering prayers at the Kedarnath shrine, a day beforeRead More

Jaipur, In Rajasthan, a judge, magistrate or public servant cannot be probed for on-duty actions without the government’s prior sanction. The ordinance promulgated also provides for 180-day immunity. Besides, the media cannot print or publicise in any manner the name, address, photo, family details or any other particulars which may leadRead More

Srinagar, For the fourth consecutive year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers, this time near the Line of Control (LoC) in the landlocked Gurez area of Bandipore district in north Kashmir on Thursday. The Prime Minister, accompanied by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat and Northern Army Commander Lt GenRead More