Chandigarh,  The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked Pradesh Congress president Sunil Jakhar to stop sham protests on the issue of lowering taxes on petrol and diesel and instead put pressure on the Congress government to slash VAT on these petroleum products to give an instantaneous relief of Rs 20Read More

CHANDIGARH, The Cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu here today presided over a high level meeting with the higher officials of the department in order to chalk out a comprehensive roadmap to transform and develop potential places inside the state as the tourism and cultural hubs thusRead More

Chandigarh, The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has offered to help the Haryana Forest department in rescue operation of a stork that has its beak jammed by a plastic ring. A doctor from WWF would be arriving at the rescue site on Tuesday to assist the teams in whatever way possible, theRead More

Faridkot, Continuing its spate of arrests in the three-year-old sacrilege incidents at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala and Bargari villages, which triggered massive protests in the state in October 2015, the special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police rounded up 10 more Dera Sacha Sauda followers on Sunday from Kotkapura andRead More

Amritsar, In a first, a water recycling plant has been proposed to set up on the Golden Temple premises by the Ministry of Water Resources. During the recent visit of Minister of State for Water Resources and River Development Arjun Ram Meghwal to the Golden Temple, it was observed that gallonsRead More

Moga, Applicants of arms licences or its renewal are being allegedly harassed by the authorities concerned and employees of the Suvidha Centre in the city to donate funds for the Red Cross Society and strike a deal with “agents” to get the job done. Investigations by The Tribune revealed that theRead More

Patiala, The body of serial child killer Darbara Singh, 57, who was on death row, has been lying in the mortuary of Government Rajindra Hospital here for the past four days. The killer’s family won’t claim it for cremation. Darbara Singh, an ex-serviceman, targeted children of migrant labourers. He was sentencedRead More

RUPNAGAR, The matter related to Desecration of the holy pages of Sri Guru Granth Sahib at Singh Shaheedan Gurudwara Sahib, village Dangoli has been solved by the Rupnagar police within few hours and the accused Jagtar Singh, who works as a granthi in the same gurudwara, has also been arrested.Read More

Chandigarh, The dream project of the Chief Minister, Punjab, to have a Sports University established in the state at Patiala has finally begun to take shape with the State Government identifying the site for the same. The university would commence its operations from the next session in the building of PhysicalRead More

CHANDIGARH,  The Punjab Government has denied reports about the likely appointment of former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal as Vice Chairperson of the Punjab State Planning Board being linked to the retention of her Government accommodation in Chandigarh’s high-security Sector 2. An official spokesperson clarified here on Sunday that theRead More