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Capt wants action against cops assisting drug mafia

Capt wants action against cops assisting drug mafia

Chandigarh Over a year after allegations of involvement of police officials in drug smuggling triggered a tug of war between DGP-rank officers, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today directed ADGP (STF/Drugs) Gurpreet Deo to identify and act against police officials found to be involved with drug traffickers, especially those postedRead More

Toddler still trapped in borewell, rescue op on

Toddler still trapped in borewell, rescue op on

Sangrur Even after the passing of 26 hours, two-year-old Fatehveer Singh is still trapped inside 150-ft deep borewell outside his house on Sunam-Sheron road in Bhagwanpura. However, the joint rescue operation of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Sangrur administration is on. The authorities are maintaining vigilance overRead More

Villagers claim crop damage by swelling Sutlej, admn denies

Villagers claim crop damage by swelling Sutlej, admn denies

Sanghera (Moga) Though the district administration has claimed that there is no loss to crops and properties in villages, people of Sanghera and its adjoining villages have alleged that their fields and houses located inside the Dhusi bundh has been inundated. Sanghera village sarpanch Balkar Singh along with other residentsRead More

Navjot Singh Sidhu goes incommunicado; speculation over his next move

Navjot Singh Sidhu goes incommunicado; speculation over his next move

Chandigarh A day after he was divested of key portfolios in a Cabinet rejig, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu went incommunicado, fuelling speculation on whether he will take charge of his new assignment. The cricketer-turned-politician and his wife Navjot Kaur stayed away from the media on Friday. An aide refusedRead More

Amarinder forms 8 consultative groups, leaves out Sidhu

Amarinder forms 8 consultative groups, leaves out Sidhu

Chandigarh Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been left out of the eight consultative groups constituted by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to accelerate implementation of his government’s flagship programmes. Sidhu and Medical Education and Research Minister Om Prakash Soni have not been made part of any of the groups, whichRead More

Sidhu must realise Power most powerful dept, says Rana Gurjit

Sidhu must realise Power most powerful dept, says Rana Gurjit

Jalandhar Even as minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is maintaining silence since the Cabinet rejig, Doaba-based Congress leaders are learnt to be trying to convince him to accept the new portfolio of Power Minister. Since Sidhu is learnt to be upset at being divested of Local Bodies and Tourism Ministry thatRead More

Akalis meet Shah, demand return of Sikh manuscripts

Akalis meet Shah, demand return of Sikh manuscripts

New Delhi The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today took up the issue of rare manuscripts and documents allegedly taken from the Sikh Reference Library at Golden Temple complex by the Army authorities during Operation Bluestar. The SAD urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to facilitate the return of all suchRead More

In Amritsar, parallel show by ‘parallel’ jathedars

In Amritsar, parallel show by ‘parallel’ jathedars

Amritsar The rift between Bargari Insaf Morcha leaders widened further as they stayed away from each other during the commemoration of Operation Bluestar anniversary at the Golden Temple today. The 2015 Sarbat Khalsa-appointed Akal Takht parallel acting Jathedar Dhian Singh Mand, Akal Takht parallel Jathedar Jagtar Singh Hawara-appointed committee membersRead More

Cabinet forms panel, amendment on hold

Cabinet forms panel, amendment on hold

Chandigarh The issue of amending the Punjab Private Health Sciences Education Institutions (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Fee and Making Reservation) Act has been put on the back burner with the Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, today constituting a three-member committee to study the problems and feeRead More

Turbans tossed, swords brandished at Golden Temple on Bluestar anniversary

Turbans tossed, swords brandished at Golden Temple on Bluestar anniversary

Amritsar There was a clash between pro-Khalistan groups and the SGPC task force, that was assisted by police personnel in mufti, during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple complex today. Markets in the vicinity remained closed for several hours. After Akal TakhtRead More