Chandigarh, February 15: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking special assistance for the commemoration of the 550th anniversary of the Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and urging him to constitute an organizing committee for the preparation. In his letter,Read More

Amritsar, Feb 15 A government delegation from Canada paid a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to India. The Canadian Prime Minister will visit the Golden Temple on February 21. On January 22, Trudeau announced that he will travel toRead More

Chandigarh, February 15– Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced the core committee for Mansa district besides Circle presidents as well as coordination committees for Mansa and Budhlada assembly constituencies. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said the core committees as well as coordination committees wouldRead More

Mohali, Feb 15 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said it has arrested another person involved in the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludiana. Parvez alias Farru, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of supplying a countrymadeRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 15 The Haryana Police on Wednesday questioned a close aide of jailed rape convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh but let her go despite a standing arrest warrant against her from a Panchkula court. Vipassana, the chairperson of the sect headquarters near Sirsa townRead More

Chandigarh, Feb 15 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will ‘gherao’ (lay siege) to the Punjab assembly on the opening day of the budget session next month to protest against the Congress government’s “betrayal of the people of Punjab and the non-fulfillment of Aany of its poll promises, especially hitting farmers,Read More

Chandigarh, Feb 15 The Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a case against a farmer in Amritsar district for allegedly stripping five children after they plucked some radishes from his fields. The farmer, A.S. Latti, had allegedly stripped the five boys of Sohian Kalan of their clothes on Sunday and hadRead More

Chandigarh, February 14 Less than a month after a Single Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the appointment of retired IAS officer Suresh Kumar as the Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, a Division Bench on Wednesday stayed the operation of the order. The Bench ofRead More

Chandigarh, February 13: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday authorized the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) to work on a PPP model for the maintenance and running of the Amritsar BTRS corridor, which the Congress government has decided to salvage even though it was ill conceived by theRead More

Chandigarh, February 13: The Punjab Government led by Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday notified a 6-member Revenue Commission to bring in greater efficiency and accountability in the functioning of Revenue Department. The Commission to be headed by Justice (Retd.) S.S. Saron, would be tasked with streamlining the existing laws, proceduresRead More