Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today advocated peace with Pakistan to ensure progress, but made it clear India would not allow ISI-backed forces such as the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) to disturb nation’s stability. He said this while addressing the diaspora on the occasion of the 550th birthRead More

New Delhi The drive to join the armed forces — the Army, Indian Air Force and the Navy — continues to grow in North India. Punjab leads among northern states as far as non-officer strength within the Army is concerned, while Haryana sends maximum airmen to the IAF and sailorsRead More

Birmingham Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has advocated peace and friendship with Pakistan to enable both countries to move forward towards development and progress, but made it clear that India would not allow ISI-backed forces such as the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) to disturb its harmony and stability. The ChiefRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed shock over the delay in the release of Rs 4,100 crore of GST compensation to the state and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the matter. “Shocking that the Centre is delaying theRead More

Chandigarh Keeping in view the inconvenience faced by pilgrims, the Punjab Government has started a bus service from Dera Baba Nanak to the entry point of the Kartarpur corridor. Transport Minister Razia Sultana said the bus service had started operating from Saturday. “The service will start from the Dera BabaRead More

New Delhi Britain’s main Opposition Labour Party has launched its election manifesto that promises an audit into the colonial past, including an apology to India for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar a century back. The manifesto also assured a public review of Britain’s role in Operation Bluestar that hasRead More

Jalandhar Four Indian-origin ministers have made it to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet, which was announced on Wednesday. Anita Anand, in her early 50s, has become the first Hindu woman to be inducted into a Canadian Cabinet. The three others — Harjit Singh Sajjan (49), Navdeep Bains (42) andRead More

Chandigarh Affecting 27 lakh residential, commercial and industrial properties in 167 urban local bodies across the state, Punjab’s Local Government Department on Thursday extended the deadline for payment of outstanding house/property tax without penalty by another three months. The interim relief given would come into force from the date ofRead More

Chandigarh The Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday accused the police of trying to “save” the accused in the brutal murder case of a party leader in Gurdaspur at the “behest” of a Punjab minister. Dalbir Singh Dhilwan (51), a two-time sarpanch and the current vice-president of the Gurdaspur unit ofRead More

Chandigarh The state government has initiated a process to enhance the monetary benefits payable to the next of kin of armed forces personnel killed in the line of duty from the present Rs 12 lakh to Rs 1 crore, a hike by around eight times. A new policy being examinedRead More