Sangrur Two-year-old Fatehveer of Bhagwanpura in Sangrur who was finally pulled out of the borewell on Tuesday morning has been declared dead. He was pulled after more than 100 hours of remaining stuck in the narrow tube he had fallen into. The child had stumbled into the borewell that wasRead More

Pathankot A three-tier security has been put in place by the Pathankot police ahead of the  Kathua case verdict by Pathankot District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh on Monday. According to the 5,600-word chargesheet filed by the Crime Branch on April 9, an eight-year-old girl of the minority Bakerwal communityRead More

Gurdaspur After the defeat of sitting MP Sunil Jakhar, the political dynamics for the ruling party in the Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency have altered to the extent where a once dominant minister has now been relegated to the sidelines while, at the same time, two of her colleagues have become powerfulRead More

Chandigarh After reshuffling portfolios of its ministers, the Congress government is all set to make appointments on political posts in the coming days. To be started in a phased manner, the appointments would include adjusting leaders in boards, corporations, improvement trusts and panchayati raj institutions. Some MLAs might also beRead More

Sangrur Over 80 hours after Fatehveer Singh (2) fell into a 150-foot-deep borewell near his house in Bhagwanpura, the joint rescue operation by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the local administration is still on. A parallel  borewell  of 36-inch diameter has been dug to pull the child out.Read More

Sangrur An NDRF team has reached near two-year-old Fatehveer Singh who has been stuck in a borewell for more than 72 hours. People have started ‘ardas’ for the child as he expected to be brought out anytime now. The toddler had fallen into a 150-ft deep borewell outside his houseRead More

Ludhiana When it was announced that Ludhiana will be developed as a ‘smart city’ in January 2016, many residents had expected to see major changes in the city’s outlook. However, more than three years have passed but the Smart City Mission is moving at a snail’s pace.The Ludhiana Smart CityRead More

Chandigarh The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced that its youth wing YAD would meet all expenses, including return tickets, to bring seven Punjabi youths stranded in Iraq back to their homeland. Addressing a press conference here along with family members of the stranded youths, senior SAD leader Bikram MajithiaRead More

Ropar Paratrooper Karamjeet Singh, who was killed in an accidental fire from his own gun in Kashmir, was cremated with full military honours at his native Hafizabad village near here on Saturday. Karamjeet was attached with the 23 Para Regiment. On Friday, when he, along with a party of hisRead More

Jalandhar Stating that Navjot Singh Sidhu was being victimised by the Congress for telling the truth, Punjabi Ekta Party founder Sukhpal Khaira on Saturday welcomed the Punjab minister to join the alliance. Khaira said the three regional parties of the Punjab Democratic Alliance shall be merged in the coming days.Read More