Bathinda, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, who was unceremoniously removed as Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, today accused the Punjab government of harassing his family. He said he was ready to pay any price for his stand on the Nanakshahi calendar and the entity of the Sikh Panth. Nandgarh’s wife and 13Read More

Chandigarh,People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today said the Badal government had failed to make proper arrangements for the supply of urea to farmers. Any further scarcity of the fertiliser would hit farmers hard, he said. He said the government was making tall claims about the adequate availabilityRead More

Faridkot, The Ministry of Rural Development has communicated to the state that no funds would be released under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme till it fully utilised the first installment With two months left for the financial year to end, none of the 146 blocks inRead More

Ropar, The police lathicharged protesting Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan teachers here today. During a protest march in the town today, some of them tried to jump the police barricades at Bela Chowk. Thus provoked, the police resorted to a lathi charge. Seven teachers were rounded up and taken to the local policeRead More

Ludhiana, Officials in the Police Department say that the six policemen escorting gangster Sukha Kahlwan were armed with obsolete weapons and could not have fought the 20 gangsters who were well-equipped. Sukha was shot dead by unidentified persons near Goraya. These officials blame Intelligence agencies for Sukha’s murder. They say theRead More

Chandigarh, The Central Government is likely to order a fresh probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi with a government-appointed committee recommending the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “direct and personal intervention” to initiateRead More

Chandigarh, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal stated on Friday that reported stalling of Rs. 400 crores aid approved by 13th finance commission under state special plans to Punjab by Union ministry of finance has come as a big rap for Parkash Singh Badal headed government.Read More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa asserted that the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal and his team would not be allowed to ruin the state financially. “It is your family that is getting rich exponentially whenever you form the government but the finances of the stateRead More

* Iqbal Singh Sandhu nominated as member of Punjab State Subordinate services selection borad Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today gave his nod to appoint Mr. Amarjeet Singh Jaggi (Mangi) as the Chairman of Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC) and Mr. Iqbal Singh Sandhu as theRead More

Moga,Three persons were killed after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Dharmkot here, police said today. According to police, the accident took place last evening when Manpreet Singh, Sonu, and Jairam were returning to their homes. Two of them died on the spot while one succumbed toRead More