New Delhi, April 20: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has reiterated his demand for the implementation of the ‘principle of shared responsibilities’ by the Centre to settle the Rs. 31000 crore CCL gap amount that had been converted by the union government into Long Term Loan. The CCL gapRead More

Sangrur, April 18 The Justice Ranjit Singh Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Punjab Government to inquire into sacrilege cases has started visiting Sangrur villages. The retired judge said he had no affiliation with the Congress and was a retired judge who had always worked honestly. About seeking help fromRead More

Chandigarh April 18 – Demanding the strictest provisions of law to ensure security to women in society, , former Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Parkash Singh Badal said here today that “rapists must behanged” and ways must be found to put a permanent end to cases of atrocities against women inRead More

Patiala, April 18 Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo died of ‘cardiac arrest’ here on Wednesday evening, officials of Patiala Central Jail where he was lodged said. ADGP (Prisons) Inderpreet Singh Sahota has recommended a judicial inquiry into the death of Mintoo. He said Mintoo felt uneasy beforeRead More

New Delhi, April 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on the appeal filed by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict convicting and sentencing him to three years in jail in a 1988 road rage case. A bench comprising Justices J ChelameswarRead More

Panchkula, April 18 A local court on Wednesday found nine people guilty of having sexually exploited minors in a 2012 case that infamously came to be known as the Apna Ghar sexual abuse. The court will pronounce its sentence on April 24. Abuse at Apna Ghar, an orphanage in Rohtak,Read More

Chandigarh April 17 – Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked Justice Ranjit Singh ( Retd) to vindicate the dignity of his profession by recusing himself from the utterly politicized Commission set by “the anti-Sikh anti Punjab Congress party’s government in Punjab” to play with the sentiments ofRead More

Chandigarh, April 17: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday gave in-principle approval to the introduction of the Sports period in government schools from Class I, even as he directed the Sports Department to work out the modalities for a health insurance schemes for sports veterans. The Chief Minister,Read More

Chandigarh, April 17 More than two years after Akali leader Mukhjit Singh Mukha was allegedly killed by a police party, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday ordered Rs 20 lakh compensation for the victim’s wife Harjit Kaur. The state has already paid Rs 5 lakh in compensation. TheRead More

Chandigarh, April 17: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a special girdawari for the assessment of crop loss due to the recent rain and hailstorm in the state. The Chief Minister has issued a directive to this effect, asking the concerned officials to conduct the special girdawari inRead More