Chandigarh, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal remains non-committal on seeking Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia’s resignation after being issued summons by the Enforcement Directorate in the synthetic drug case.Badal, known to have weathered many a political storm, said he had neither asked Majithia to resign and nor would he do soRead More

Chandigarh, Facing a political crisis, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finds itself alone as it readies to battle a fiery Congress in the Vidhan Sabha on the issue of Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia being summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for investigation into the synthetic drug case.Its alliance partner, theRead More

Chandigarh, The BJP will oppose the no-confidence motion to be moved by the Congress in the Vidhan Sabha tomorrow, said BJP chief Kamal Sharma today.“Why should we support the Congress motion when we are part of the government? It is a different matter that we have been consistently demanding the resignationRead More

Jalandhar,  Punjabi singer-cum-actor Gippy Grewal and his wife Ravneet Grewal today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) pertaining to alleged violations of the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The couple was questioned for seven hours. They arrived at 10.10 am and left at 2.10 pm. The coupleRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today hailed the Congress Legislature Party’s decision to bring in a “no-confidence motion” against the Akali-BJP government, saying the latter had lost the confidence of the people.He asked the BJP to move beyond a “symbolic dissent” against the government. “ThisRead More

Amritsar, Former Amritsar Member of Parliament (MP) Navjot Singh Sidhu today tendered a written apology to Akal Takht over the ‘Gurbani’ row. He allegedly distorted a hymn while speaking at a public function in Ludhiana last month and earned the wrath of Sikh organisations.Sidhu’s letter was handed over to Akal TakhtRead More

Chandigarh, The second day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha session tomorrow is likely to be stormy as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the SAD have already turned down the demand of the BJP and the Congress to seek Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia’s resignation. Sunil Jakhar, CLP Leader, has apprised VidhanRead More

New York, Two New York police officers were shot and killed at point-blank range in their patrol car here by a man with an apparent grudge who later committed suicide with the same gun, officials said, amid weeks of nation-wide protests over police killings of unarmed black men. The slainRead More

New Delhi, BJP president Amit Shah today asserted that his party was against forced conversions and asked other political parties to support a Bill to crackdown on them. The conversions row has stalled work in Parliament, with a united Opposition attacking the ruling BJP on faith conversions and demanding a statementRead More

Imphal, Three labourers were killed and four others seriously injured in a powerful IED blast in Imphal on Sunday. The police said the IED planted by roadside near Imphal market exploded killing three labourers and injuring four others. The injured have been rushed to the hospital. The labourers, all non-Manipuris, hadRead More