Gandhinagar/Chandigarh, Facing strident criticism over large-scale substance abuse in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the state government is fighting the “nation’s war” against drug abuse. “We have suffered a lot of pain in the past. First it was of partition, then militancy. Earlier we were labelled asRead More

Mohali/Chandigarh, The Education department of Punjab, is planning a strategy to encourage the students of primary and middle classes to take part in sports activities and also to create ideal atmosphere for the development of sports in the state. Education Minister of Punjab, Dr. Daljit singh Cheema said this whileRead More

Muktsar, On his maiden visit to the state after assuming charge as Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president, Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today announced that the IYC would launch “Save Punjab” campaign against the menace of drugs.Warring was given a rousing reception by Congress activists. He was brought in aRead More

Ambala,  Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa’s cavalcade was stopped from proceeding towards Amritsar today. The situation at Lakhnaur Sahib Gurdwara, 15 km from here, remained tense throughout the day.As advised by his supporters, Khalsa decided to leave for Amritsar this afternoon. As he walked out of the gurdwara, he wasRead More

Amritsar, PPCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa today accused the ruling Akali Dal of raking up its Panthic agenda merely to divert the people’s attention from its misrule of eight years in Punjab. Bajwa said, “Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal is meeting Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today. Why didn’t the AkaliRead More

Amritsar,  Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, who was to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple today, could not make it to Amritsar. There were reports that his supporters were headed towards the city. Apprehending trouble, the police last night took some Sikh leaders into preventive custody. They were let offRead More

Tarn Taran,  Amid simmering tension between ruling alliance partners SAD and BJP, Punjab Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi today hinted at parting ways with the Akali Dal while lashing out at the latter for its “wrong policies”. Addressing a meeting of the party workers here, Joshi exhorted them to gearRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he will speak to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in the wake of his letter to his counterparts in five states seeking premature release of 13 convicted terrorists. “I will talk to him (Badal) on this issue,” Singh told reporters here.Read More

Chandigarh, Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini today made it clear that there was no prisoner in the jails in the state who had completed his sentence and was yet to be released. There was only one prisoner in Punjab in Nabha jail who was part of theRead More

* Only a sudden drug test can deliver results against Bajwa Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) senior leader and general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia today said Pradesh Congress president Partap Bajwas’s shady past and long history of drug smuggling and links with terror modules had been officially detailed by formerRead More