Chandigarh, April 7 In an effort to check spiralling prices of sand and gravel, the state government is planning to bring a mechanism in the amended mining policy to regulate operations of stone crushers and prices of minerals for end-users. The Cabinet sub-committee on mining, which met here for theRead More

Chandigarh, April 7: Taking serious note of media reports suggesting dissension among the top brass of the Punjab Police, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday warned that he would not tolerate any indiscipline in the force. The Chief Minister discussed the issue with Home Secretary NS Kalsi, DGP SureshRead More

Patiala, April 7 A security guard on Saturday shot a female nursing student at a college at which he worked in what is believed to be a case of sexual harassment. Security guard Balbir Singh entered the victim’s hostel on Friday night and shot her. The victim, who is currentlyRead More

Amritsar, April 7 A Pakistani smuggler was shot dead while another apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the India-Pakistan border on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Rashid and the arrested Sabir Hussain. Both were residents of Thata Dhilwan village in Lahore. Four packets of heroin weighingRead More

Chandigarh, April 7 The drugs matter pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has turned into a DGP versus DGPs case with IPS officer Siddharth Chattopadhyay on Friday placing in the dock his colleagues Suresh Arora and Dinkar Gupta before obtaining a stay in a case he was beingRead More

Jalandhar, April 7 AAP leader Sukhpal Khaira has demanded the removal of DGP Suresh Arora and DGP Intelligence Dinkar Gupta based on the allegations made against them by DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyay. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Khaira, while seeking a probe against the two, demanded that a HighRead More

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 7: The Punjab Government today issued transfer and posting orders of 32 IPS and 5 PPS officers with immediate effect. Disclosing this official spokesperson of the Punjab Government said that among the IPS officers who were transfers included, Mr. Sharad Satya Chauhan who has been transferred and postedRead More

Fatehgarh Sahib, Apr 6 : Five months after a furnace blast at SS Steel Limited Factory near Chanalo village on Sirhind-Bhadson road, around 30km from district headquarters, killed three people on November 10, seven people were injured in a similar blast at the same factory on Thursday night. The reasonsRead More

Amritsar, Apr. 6: A Pakistani smuggler was on Friday shot dead and another apprehended by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel here in Punjab. Rashid Ali was shot dead and Sabir Ahmad was nabbed by the BSF in Amritsar sector of International Border (IB) in Punjab. At least four kg heroinRead More

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President and Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur Mr. Sunil Jakhar today said that the NDA government has murdered democracy by stalling Parliament’s proceedings throughout the second half of current Budget session. Expressing resentment against the protest done by the BJP outside the ParliamentRead More