New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended greetings to the Shiromani Akali Dal on its 99th foundation day, saying the party has always been at the forefront of serving the society. One of the oldest constituents of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, the SAD was founded in 1920.”Today,Read More

Moga Light to moderate showers lashed most parts of the state, including Malwa belt, in the past 24 hours. The rain is still continuing in most parts of the state and as per the forecast, it is to remain cloudy for the next 48 hours. Agriculture experts said rain atRead More

Jalandhar Reviewing the security preparedness in the state’s border districts in light of the heightened threat from Pakistan-based terrorists, Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Thursday asked the police force to intensify checks along the border. He also ordered a series of measures to further tighten the noose against gangsters, drugRead More

Bathinda The Cotton Corporation of India’s (CCI’s) entry into the market in a big way in the last month has come as a major relief for the farmers who were earlier complaining of being fleeced by private buyers, as the cotton prices were hovering around Rs 5,000-5,200 per quintal, belowRead More

Chandigarh, December 12 Terming the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) as a direct assault on India’s secular character, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said his government would not allow the legislation to be implemented in his state. Asserting his commitment to the protection of the Constitutional ethos ofRead More

Chandigarh, December 11 Claiming that he was being made a scapegoat following political rivalry between former Akali Minister Bikram Singh Majithia and Punjab Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, gangsters Jaggu Bhagwanpuria on Wednesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court maintaining he was nobody’s man and expressed apprehension of beingRead More

Amritsar The role of Sikh soldiers during the World War I and II was exemplary and the European countries owe their freedom to the brave soldiers from Punjab, British Army Brigadier Celia Jane Harvey said here on Wednesday. Speaking at a seminar on the ‘epic battle of Saragarhi’ at KhalsaRead More

Abohar Blaming the NDA government for slow pace of developmental works, Minister for Rural Development and Animal Husbandry Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa alleged that the Centre was deliberately withholding GST share to harass Congress-led governments in states. This not only created problem in carrying the scheduled developmental work, but alsoRead More

Chandigarh Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said he had shared with the Governor evidence of Akali leadership’s alleged nexus with gangsters even as the DGP claimed more than 2,000 gangsters had been nabbed in Punjab so far. A day after the SAD rejected an inquiry ordered by the CMRead More

Chandigarh/Batala Rejecting the inquiry into the politician-gangster nexus ordered by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, the SAD said on Sunday it was just an attempt to get a clean chit for Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. The SAD has demanded an inquiry by the CBI or that by a sittingRead More