London A British Sikh property tycoon is leading plans for a new trust for gurdwaras in Pakistan to facilitate religious tourism and preservation projects through the Kartarpur Corridor, planned on either side of the India-Pakistan border. Peter Virdee, founder of London-based B&S Property, said including the as-yet-undisclosed pledge of hisRead More

Chandigarh The Sikh community in London along with the Peter Virdee Foundation has committed an investment of up to £500 million for the Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan in a meeting with Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari, Chairman of the Pakistan Tourism Board and Special Assistant to Prime MinisterImran Khan, in London onRead More

Chandigarh The state government and the Airport Authority of India signed an agreement for setting up the New Civil International Air Terminal at IAF Station, Halwara, Ludhiana. Earlier, the state government had signed an MoU with the MoCA and Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the same. An official spokespersonRead More

Chandigarh In a bid to further alleviate the woes of the state’s distressed farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has asked for a hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP) on various crops for Rabi 2019-20 from the Central Government. On the directives of the Chief Minister, the State AgricultureRead More

Islamabad Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has earmarked Rs 100 crore in the federal budget 2019-20 for the development of the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor. The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims,Read More

Patiala A few pieces of expensive art from two erstwhile royal families of Punjab will be auctioned in New York the next week. Christie’s New York will unveil a sale on June 19 called ‘Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence’. In addition to jewellery pieces once owned by the Patiala royalty, itRead More

Sangrur Alleging negligence of the Sangrur administration and the NDRF during the operation to rescue two-year-old Fatehveer from a borewell, area residents today protested in various towns of the district and demanded action against the erring officials. The protesters raised slogans against the state government even as the family ofRead More

Chandigarh More than 100 open borewells have been closed in various districts of Punjab on the directions of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh after the death of a two-year-old boy. The two-year-old child stuck in a borewell shaft in Sangrur district was pulled out dead on Tuesday morning, bringing a four-dayRead More

Chandigarh The Capt Amarinder Singh government today directed all Deputy Commissioners to ensure no such open borewell existed in any of the districts. The DCs have been asked to submit a report within 24 hours. The state government has set up a helpline (0172-2740397) in Chandigarh to allow people toRead More

Pathankot A court in Pathankot on Monday sentenced three people to life term, hours after they were found guilty of gangrape and murder of an 8-year-old nomadic girl in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua in January 2018. Sanji Ram, the caretaker of the temple where the crime took place, Special PoliceRead More