Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday called Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal’s statements on former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi “lies”. Amarinder Singh said Badal’s statements—in which he condemned the former for celebrating Gandhi’s 75th birth anniversary—were “brazen falsehoods” meant to defame the former chief minister and divide theRead More

Chandigarh With heavy rains forecast in the region and the Bhakra Dam reservoir in Himachal Pradesh nearing its peak storage capacity, more water than usual is expected to be released from the dam. While a general alert has been sounded downstream by the civil administration for residents to take precautionaryRead More

Khanna Top leaders of the Congress and SAD skipped the Issru conferences this time resulting in low turnout during the functions. Chief Minister Capt Amrinder Singh did not turn up and even top leaders of the Congress failed to attend the function. Apart from the Congress, SAD leaders, including ParkashRead More

Baba Bakala Khadoor Sahib MP Jasbir Singh Dimpa accused the Akali Dal of deserting the Anandpur Sahib resolution by supporting the NDA government in the abolition of Article 370. Addressing a gathering in this historic town in Amritsar district on the occasion of Rakhar Punia, he said it contradicted theRead More

Batala A woman wanted for her alleged links with a pro-Khalistan group was arrested at Delhi airport, police said on Saturday. Kulbir Kaur was detained at the IGI airport by immigration officials on Thursday after her arrival from Malaysia. She was later handed over to the Punjab Police on Friday,Read More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has rejected Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa’s allegation that the Advocate General’s office had misled the state government and the Assembly on the sensitive and critical issue of withdrawal of the Bargari sacrilege cases from the CBI. In a statement issued here onRead More

Quetta, Pakistan/Kabul The brother of the leader of the Afghan Taliban was among at least four people killed in a bomb blast at a mosque in Pakistan on Friday, two Taliban sources told Reuters. Police said more than 20 people were wounded and the death toll could rise. The imamRead More

Jaipur The sole nomination of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for the Rajya Sabha election from Rajasthan slated for August 26 was found valid as the scrutiny process completed at 3 pm. Dr Singh is all set to be elected Rajya Sabha MP unopposed. Four sets of nomination filedRead More

Jalandhar Having already supported the Dalit activists who organised Punjab bandh yesterday, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said no FIRs would be registered against them for blocking the highways for eight to 10 hours during the bandh. Giving a leeway to the protestors, who were agitating against the demolitionRead More

Jalandhar On the occasion of the 73rd Independence Day, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh conferred state awards to 21 eminent personalities for their outstanding contribution in various fields, besides presenting the Chief Minister’s Police Medal to nine police officers and officials in recognition of their distinguished services. The stateRead More