Chandigarh Hundreds of AAP activists led by Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann on Friday were stopped from heading towards Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s official residence here after the police used water cannons to disperse them. They were protesting against the recent hike in electricity rates. The protesters, including AamRead More

Chandigarh Amid slogans of ‘Saada naara, Captain dobaraa’, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday declared that he would not quit politics till he had ensured jobs for the youth and opportunities for all to grow in a progressive Punjab. Addressing Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) members and workers at theRead More

Chandigarh Paving the way for sweeping legal reforms in the state, the Punjab government on Thursday decided to set up seven fast-track courts to ensure speedy trial and justice in rape cases, and three special courts to adjudicate offences against children. It also decided to establish 10 more family courtsRead More

Patiala A controversy has erupted after an SGPC delegation, led by Gobind Singh Longowal, met Balwant Singh Rajoana in a separate room and clicked pictures with him inside the Central Jail, Patiala. The five-member delegation spent almost an hour with the convict. Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu has demanded aRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday expressed concern over the Akal Takht Acting Jathedar’s remarks that Sikhs are not safe even in India, and asked the Takht to put pressure on the Akalis to sever all ties with the ruling alliance at the Centre. While he himselfRead More

Lahore The main accused in the recent incident of vandalism at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab province has been arrested and charged with a non-bailable section of the stringent anti-terrorism act, a top official said on Monday. Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan, is a siteRead More

New Delhi A Sikh delegation led by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Monday and expressed anguish at Sikh minority members and their religious places being targeted in Pakistan. The delegation urged the Centre to take up the matter withRead More

New Delhi Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately send an all-party delegation of Sikh MPs, led by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, to Pakistan to study the condition of the community members there. His request comes in the backdrop ofRead More

Chandigarh The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday questioned the silence of Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib attack and the killing of a Sikh youth in Pakistan. The SAD alleged that Sidhu has “sold his soul” to the Pakistan Army and its espionage agency Inter-ServicesRead More

Chandigarh The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex body which manages Sikh shrines, will send a four-member delegation to Pakistan to take stock of the situation following a mob attack on Gurdwara Nankana Sahib. Strongly condemning the mob attack on the historic Sikh shrine, SGPC chief Gobind Singh LongowalRead More