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New Delhi The Navy will commission the second Scorpene submarine on September 28. The same day, the next generation of warships called ‘Nilgiri class’ will be sea-launched and the dry dock for aircraft carriers will be commissioned. Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, Vice Chief of the Navy, speaking to theRead More
New Delhi The government today said it had “reviewed” its “adverse list” of foreign nationals and removed the names of 312 persons belonging to Sikh community, but refused to reveal the names claiming “legal impediment”. The persons, whose names have been removed from the list, would also be eligible toRead More
New Delhi After Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh requested External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to help get the bodies of four Sikh men back to Punjab, who drowned in a sewage tank in Italy, the Ministry said the Indian embassy in Italy has been alerted. “Saddened to hear about theRead More
Chandigarh The Congress on Saturday rejected the resignation of Sunil Jakhar, who had resigned as Punjab chief after losing to BJP’s Sunny Deol on Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. “You have submitted your resignation as President, Punjab PCC. Congress party does not accept your resignation and you are expected to carryRead More
Ferozepur Direct descendants of the Saragarhi martyrs, besides ‘veer naaris’ and freedom fighters, were honoured during the state-level function organised here to commemorate the 122nd anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi. The event was presided over by State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, who on behalf of Chief Minister CaptRead More
Chandigarh Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to pressurise Pakistan into withdrawing its proposal to impose service charges on passage through the Kartarpur corridor. In a letter to the PM, the CM suggested that the Ministry of External Affairs take up the matterRead More
Amritsar The Congress-led state government and the SGPC are still not on the same page when it comes to celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Yet again, the SGPC has scheduled a coordination committee meeting on September 17 to finalise the programmes and asked Chief MinisterRead More
Amritsar During the last leg of his 10-day tour, the Archbishop of Canterbury, United Kingdom, Justin Portal Welby, reached Amritsar today. Accompanied by his wife Caroline Welby, the Archbishop got a warm welcome at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport amid Punjabi dhol beats. The bishop of the DioceseRead More
Chandigarh Even as the state government is holding workshops to celebrate Poshan Maah (nutrition month) in five-star hotels, it has failed to provide food to over five lakh poor children attending anganwadis for the past almost two months now. Sources claim since mid-July, a large number of anganwadis in theRead More
Chandigarh/Jalandhar To review the arrangements for the forthcoming celebrations to commemorate Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has convened a Cabinet meeting at Sultanpur Lodhi on September 10. It is rare that Cabinet meeting is held outside the state headquarters. “Given the importance of the celebrations,Read More
