Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday made it clear that he had not given a clean chit to Badals over their alleged involvement in the sacrilege case, which he said “more than manifested in their hobnobbings with Dera Sacha Sauda ahead of Bargari and their recent desperateRead More

Chandigarh Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to immediately formulate a national drug policy to combat the menace in a holistic manner. In his address at the 29th Northern Zonal Council meeting chaired by Shah here, Amarinder sought support from the Centre onRead More

Chandigarh Union Home Minister Amit Shah today urged Punjab to act like an elder brother and adopt a positive approach in resolving Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue with Haryana. Speaking at 29th meeting of the Northern Zonal Council here, Shah said the states must resolve pending water issues by risingRead More

Mumbai The exposition of the ‘padukas’ or ‘kharauns’ (sandals) worn by Guru Nanak Dev will take place at Mumbai’s Khalsa college on Monday as part of the 550th birth anniversary of the Sikh religion’s founder, according to officials of the institution. The ‘kharauns’ have been brought to India from NankanaRead More

Chandigarh Byelections to four Assembly constituencies in Congress-ruled Punjab will be held on October 21, the Election Commission announced on Saturday. The byelections were necessitated to Jalalabad seat, vacated by former Deputy Chief Minister and Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal; Dhaka seat, vacated by AAP’s H.S. Phoolka; Phagwara, theRead More

Chandigarh “Amazingly, none of the culprits in these (sacrilege) incidents has so far been identified and brought to justice. These incidents are clearly threatening hard earned peace of Punjab.” This was Point IV of Congress manifesto in 2017, which had expressed “shock” at the incidents of disrespect to Guru GranthRead More

Lahore Pakistan on Monday announced that the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor will be opened for Indian Sikh pilgrims on November 9. The announcement was made during the maiden visit of local and foreign journalists to the proposed Kartarpur corridor in Narowal, 125 km from Lahore, amidst fresh tension between India andRead More

Patiala After his comments on Punjabi language stoked controversy among the writers in the state, Urdu poet Sardar Panchi on Tuesday apologised for his comments. In an open letter, Sardar Panchi said he was sorry for hurting the sentiments of Punjabi writers. The poet further said that before turning towardsRead More

Chandigarh Bharatiya Janata Party’s ally Shiromani Akali Dal has said that regional languages were “inalienable part” of India’s federal structure—a development that comes at a time when a debate rages on about making Hindi India’s national language. SAD, whose core committee met on Tuesday, passed has a resolution to promoteRead More

Chandigarh The first half of the five-year term of the Capt Amarinder Singh government witnessed a multi-level campaign against the drug abuse and smuggling. While the enforcement agencies have been able to expose many layers of the network, a decisive blow needed to break the nexus between smugglers, officials andRead More