Chandigarh, Firing another salvo on Capt Amarinder Singh, the Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha, BJP National Secretary Tarun Chugh Friday asked former chief minister what message he plans to give to the people of Punjab by presenting people like Rana Gurjeet Singh, Raja Warring and Chaudhary Santokh Singh asRead More

Amritsar, The stage is set for the crucial SGPC executive committee meeting at Fategharh Sahib on January 17 which may see the removal of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh and the setting up of a committee to resolve the Nanakshahi calendar row.The SGPC has obtained the signatures ofRead More

Patiala, In what may be termed as a step taken too late, the state government has finally decided to conduct a statewide survey to monitor the extent of drug problem in the state. The Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi, has given the go-ahead for a survey that would takeRead More

Bathinda, Controversial Sikh preacher Baljit Singh Daduwal today demanded that the head of Sri Damdama Sahib, Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh, be removed from his post.But various Sikh leaders, including the head of the Gurmat Seva Leher, Panthpreet Singh, Panthak Coordination Committee chief Kewal Singh, former Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib GianiRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh, who has trained his guns at Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Partap Singh Bajwa, today said he would not go to Delhi to sort out the PPCC leadership issue with the party high command.“The party high command is awareRead More

Paris, The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after last week’s deadly attack by Islamist gunmen sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France on Wednesday, with readers queuing up for copies to support the satirical weekly. It came as Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack,Read More

Washington, President Barack Obama has nominated two Indian-Americans to key posts of chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, son of a native American mother and an Indian immigrant father, is currently the actingRead More

New Delhi/Rampur, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, along with 19 others, was convicted by a Rampur Court for breaching prohibitory orders during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Mr. Naqvi, who is currently in the Court custody, got bail. The court sentenced him for one yearRead More

Muktsar/Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today announced that the party would gherao the Bharatiya Janata Party chief Mr Amit Shah whenever he visited this state on drugs and other issues. He made this announcement while addressing a massive political conference on Maghi at Muktsar. The otherRead More

  Sri Muktsar Sahib, State BJP chief Kamal Sharma today said that the state government and the centre government should jointly fight against drug menace in Punjab. Addressing conference organized by Punjab Government on the occasion of Maghi fair in historical land of Muktsar Sahib, Sh.Sharma said that the fightRead More