Amritsar The Border Security Force did not exchange sweets with Pakistani Rangers as is customary on the Republic Day at the Attari–Wagah check point, officials said on Sunday amid frigid ties between India and Pakistan. Pakistani rangers did not respond when BSF officials sent a message on Sunday, official sourcesRead More

Chandigarh Governor VP Singh Badnore would unfurl the Tricolour in Gurdaspur during a state-level function on Republic Day, while Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will hoist the Tricolour in Mohali. A government spokesperson said Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh would unfurl the flag in Hoshiarpur and Deputy Speaker AjaibRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Imran Khan to ensure the safety of the Sikh leader who fled Pakistan following threats from fundamentalists. “Urge @ImranKhanPTI to ensure safety of @aoepoeRadesh. I understand he’s feeling unsafe in Pakistan, which has seen many Sikhs being persecuted in recent months.Read More

Chandigarh Expressing grave concern over the state’s critical water situation, an all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday demanded reassessment of the state’s water availability and unanimously resolved that the Centre should ensure that Punjab river waters are not in any way transferred from basin toRead More

London The three Sikh men who were stabbed to death in a single attack in London, were killed in a row about not being paid for work, it has been claimed. The victims of the stabbing near Seven Kings station in Ilford on Sunday night were identified as Harinder Kumar,Read More

Chandigarh Ridiculing SAD’s claim that it had chosen not to contest the Delhi Assembly polls due to differences with BJP over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday challenged the Akalis to quit the alliance at the Centre to prove their sincerity with regardRead More

New Delhi As many as 555 Sikh devotees from the national capital will visit Pakistan via Wagah border in April to celebrate Baisakhi at the historic Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Sunday. The Sikh devotees will leave from Delhi onRead More

Chandigarh A resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in the Punjab Assembly by voice vote on the last day of the two-day special session on Friday. The resolution, which was introduced by Local bodies and Parliamentary affairs minister Brahm Mohindra, called for doing away with CAARead More

Chandigarh Terming the divisive Citizenship Amendment Act as a tragedy, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday said that “what happened in Germany under Hitler in 1930 is happening in India now.” Addressing the Punjab Assembly, he said: “Germans did not speak then, and they regretted it, but weRead More

Amritsar The revamp plan for the local railway station has invited the ire of Akal Takht, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Sikh organisations as they say that the blueprint has a saffron tinge to it, thus ignoring the Sikh heritage of the holy city. Under the public-private partnershipRead More