Media Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Raveen Thukral on Thursday said Amarinder Singh will not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony. Modi and his council of ministers will take oath at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 7 pm on Thursday. The ministers selected for oath of office will meet ModiRead More

Chandigarh Having lost the Gurdaspur seat to BJP’s Sunny Deol, Sunil Jakhar has sent his resignation as Punjab Congress chief to party president Rahul Gandhi, a step which Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh felt was “totally unnecessary”. In his letter, Jakhar said that despite the support of party’s senior leadership,Read More

Chandigarh The crushing defeat for AAP and its breakaway factions in the recent Lok Sabha elections seems to have forced them to join hands. Sources said AAP state convener Bhagawant Mann had extended an olive branch to former Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Khaira and Kharar MLA Kanwar Sandhu. The sourcesRead More

Jalandhar Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, president, Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali), today alleged that the support of Sirsa dera and “secret pact” with the Congress ensured the Badal couple to win their seats in the state. He questioned SAD president Sukhbir Badal on what basis he was claiming it a victory ofRead More

Sangrur Dhuri town remained tense on Monday also over the “rape” of a four-year-old girl at a private school here. The locals along with various organisations staged a protest in front of the Dhuri city police station demanding the inclusion of the name of the school management in the FIRRead More

Chandigarh Consumers in the state will now have to shell out more for power, with the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission allowing the PSPCL to increase fixed charges by Rs 5-Rs 10 per kilowatt across all categories of consumers and energy charges by 8 paisa per unit. This will leadRead More

New Delhi Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar has sent his resignation from the post to party chief Rahul Gandhi taking moral responsibility for losing his own Lok Sabha seat of Gurdaspur and for the party’s not so encouraging performance in Punjab. Jakhar told The Tribune, “How can I continue asRead More

New Delhi Golfer Rashid Khan has levelled allegations of class bias against the Delhi Golf Club, one of the most prestigious clubs in the country that has a waiting period of 30 years for prospective members. Khan, a two-time Asian champion, and nine other caddie-turned-golfers were made to spend overRead More

Moga The Punjab government is encouraging farmers to adopt drip irrigation technology on cotton crop by providing a subsidy of 80 per cent on the total cost of the project. This is being done to overcome the scarcity of power in peak summer and preserve the constantly depleting groundwater resources.Read More

Jalandhar It took changing of three parties, an electoral loss and the denial of a Rajya Sabha ticket before luck finally smiled on singer-turned-politician Hans Raj Hans, who won the North West Delhi seat with a margin of 5,53,075 votes. After quitting the Congress in 2016, the Jalandhar-born singer createdRead More