Sonu Sood’s sister Malvika Sood will contest the Punjab assembly elections, the Bollywood actor declared on Sunday. However, there was no announcement on the party she would be joining. “Malvika is ready. Her commitment to serve people is unparalleled,” Sood said at a press conference at his home in Moga.Read More

New Delhi: Two Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders and their driver were named in an FIR registered by police in Ferozepur, where a group of farmers accused them of attacking them with a car. Among the sections that have been invoked in the case are attempt to murder, rash drivingRead More

In a first, a Punjab-cadre woman IPS probationer officer will lead the passing out parade’ at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, this year. Darpan Ahluwalia (27), an MBBS degree holder from the Government Medical College, Patiala, and who hails from Mohali, is only the sixth woman toRead More

With elections just a few months away, Punjab is the first, and so far only, Congress-ruled state to have cut Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel, days after the Centre cut excise duty on fuel. The effective drop in fuel prices is the latest in a series ofRead More

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 7 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet on Sunday approved a 50 per cent reduction in interest charged on the amount of enhancement recoverable from allottees of Improvement Trust . According to a statement issued by Punjab Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today, the State Cabinet approved to reduceRead More

Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday announced that the Punjab cabinet has decided to reduce petrol prices by ₹10 per litre and diesel by Rs. 5 per litre. This comes after the central government announced a reduction in excise duty on fuel, a day before Diwali earlier thisRead More

Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma on Saturday slammed the Charanjit Singh Channi-led government in the state for not reducing Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel to provide relief to consumers. He said that the Centre had provided relief to people by reducing excise duty on petrol and dieselRead More

Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal’s brother-in-law and Congress leader Jaijeet Singh Johal, alias Jojo on Monday filed a case of criminal defamation against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a Bathinda court. Johal said during an address at a political programme in Bathinda on October 29, Kejriwal, the Aam AadmiRead More

New Delhi: Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who recently announced that he is quitting the Congress and will form his own party soon, Monday made a big statement when he said that the Central government and the farmers have reached some sort of understanding over the issue ofRead More

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday rubbished the report of backend dialogue with the Congress party, saying the time for rapprochement is over, according to his media advisor Raveen Thukral. Singh said his decision to part ways with Congress is final as it was taken after givingRead More