Chandigarh One may agree or disagree with Jaswant Singh Kanwal, but an undisputed view about him is that he has never been a fence sitter. Perhaps that is why he was slapped with sedition charges for questioning Rajiv Gandhi with Dooja Zafarnama in 1986. And much before that, his mostRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore has given a clarion call to educational institutions, NGOs, voluntary organisations and public to work on a common platform for ensuring a drug-free and “tandurust” state. On the eve of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the GovernorRead More

Chandigarh Escalating his government’s fight against drugs, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday mooted preventive detention of repeat offenders in drugs smuggling or trading, amid reports that there were around 200 such criminals identified by the Punjab Police. The NDPS Act provides for preventive detention of such criminals,Read More

Chandigarh Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has assured British Deputy High Commissioner Andrew Ayre of full logistic support by his government to people of Indian origin settled in the UK for visiting Punjab to pay obeisance at Sultanpur Lodhi on the historic occasion of the 550th Parkash Purb of GuruRead More

Jalandhar The Sikhs of Canada have urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to constitute a new Commission of Inquiry with an absolute mandate to investigate the Air India (AI) flight 182 bombing that took place on June 23, 1985, in which 329 passengers lost their lives. The Sikh community of theRead More

Sangrur The deaths of two ‘chitta’ addict brothers in Khanauri town seem to have exposed the easy availability of the drug in the area. The elder, 21-year-old, died last year, while the younger, 17-year-old, died on June 18, but the family has not got their post-mortem done, nor made anyRead More

Kotkapura After a 48-hour standoff between Dera Sacha Sauda followers and the district administration, the former today cremated Mohinder Pal Bittu, who was killed by two inmates inside Nabha jail on Saturday. The 45-member executive committee of the dera agreed to cremate Bittu after Faridkot DC and SSP told themRead More

Chandigarh The state seems to be heading towards another confrontation between Dera Sacha Sauda followers and Sikh hardliners in the aftermath of the killing of Mohinder Singh Bittu, prime accused in sacrilege cases, at Nabha high security jail last evening. While dera officials have announced they will not cremate theRead More

Patiala The circumstances and timing of the murder of Mohinder Pal Bittu, main accused in the Bargari sacrilege incident, has put Nabha jail authorities in the dock. They are being questioned as to why Bittu was not produced in the Faridkot sessions court on June 14, as per schedule. Thereafter,Read More

Chandigarh Prime suspect in the Bargari sacrilege incident was killed by two of his inmates in the New Nabha jail on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred on Saturday evening. Mahinder Pal Bittu, a resident of Faridkot and a follower of Dera Sacha Sauda, was attacked by two other inmatesRead More