Batala The Council of Ministers on Thursday decided to summon a Special Session of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha for one day, on November 6, for commemoration of the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak. The cabinet, at a meeting here chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, approved recommendingRead More

Chandigarh Young Punjabi-origin politician Jagmeet Singh is set to play kingmaker in Canada with his New Democratic Party (NDP) winning 24 seats, which may prove vital for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to get a second term in office. In the results of general election declared today, Trudeau’s Liberal Party baggedRead More

Jalandhar As many as 20 Indian-origin politicians have scripted history by making it to Canadian parliament — House of Commons — in this year’s general election. Of these, 19 are Punjabis. As many as 19 Indians, including 18 Punjabis, got elected in the 2015 elections. Ontario alone has sent asRead More

Jalandhar With 47 Indian-origin candidates in the fray in Canada’a national elections, 16 of the sitting MPs, and a Punjabi versus Punjabi contest on several seats, their relatives back home are keeping their fingers crossed. In 2015 elections, 38 Punjabis were in the fray and half of them made it.Read More

Amritsar For the first time, a delegation of Resident Foreign Heads of Missions from nearly 85 countries paid obeisance at the Golden Temple dedicated to 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Originally, 91 envoys, sans the participation of Pakistan and China, were part of this trip. The visit wasRead More

Phagwara Phagwara Assembly constituency recorded a polling percentage of 28.31 per cent by 1 PM on Monday amid tight security. Polling began at 7 am and would continue till 6 pm, Returning Officer Latif Ahmed said. Elaborate security arrangements were made and 800 police personnel, including two SPs, Five DSPsRead More

Chandigarh Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday slammed Pakistan for its insistence on charging USD 20 as service fee from Indian pilgrims visiting Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, saying the neighbouring country has made a “business out of faith”. “The $20 fee each charged by Pak for Kartarpur Sahib darshan isRead More

Chandigarh “Ati, sundr”: said a Twitter user, when a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the “Nari Shakti” of Bollywood surfaced on social media. Twitter went into a frenzy, when the pictures of Mahatma Gandhi event surfaced on Saturday. The picture of Modi with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh KhanRead More

Lahore Pakistan will open the much-awaited Kartarpur Corridor on November 9, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Sunday. The proposed corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian pilgrims, who will have to just obtainRead More

Chandigarh Campaigning for the October 21 bypoll on four Assembly seats in Punjab drew to a close today. The main contest is between the Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance. The alliance partners are contesting two seats each in the bypoll at Mukerian, Phagwara, Dakha and Jalalabad. Phagwara BJP candidate RajeshRead More