Chandigarh, Dec 11 : Chandigarh on Monday got direct air connectivity to Southeast Asian region as the first flight from Bangkok to the City Beautiful landed here, followed by a return flight which took off from the international airport here. Air India will deploy A320 Neo aircraft into service onRead More

Chandigarh, Dec 11 : Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has deposited the fine of Rs 30 lakh imposed on him by a CBI special court following his conviction on two counts of rape. The fine was deposited by the convicted sect chief’s counsel in theRead More

Chandigarh, December 11 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday called upon all political parties not to block highways but to find alternative ways to protest, saying any form of dissent causing inconvenience to people cannot be termed “democratic”. He also lashed out at the Akalis for indulging in “streetRead More

Chandigarh, December 11 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has extended his heartiest congratulations and warmest wishes to the new Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, saying his elevation would trigger the next phase of the party’s growth. In a statement, the Chief Minister said under the able and dynamic leadership ofRead More

Chandigarh, December 11 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today appointed former cabinet minister and party Bathinda district president Sikander Singh Maluka as President of the SAD Kisan Wing. An official release here while quoting the SAD president said he was confident that party core committee memberRead More

Chandigarh, December 11 Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today declared that his party “fully accepts the challenge of a repressive Congress government on the denial of democratic rights for raising our voice in favour of the beleaguered Punjabis who are feeling cheated by it”. Talking to mediapersons afterRead More

Jalandhar, December 11 State Congress president Sunil Jakhar today said the cases registered against SAD leaders under Section 307 (attempt to murder)of the IPC and for holding dharna and disrupting traffic on the national highway still stand and won’t be withdrawn. In response to the former Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal’sRead More

Amritsar, December 11 To keep a ‘live evidence’ of the Operation Bluestar, as many as 147 bullet marks on the façade and sidewalls of the historic Teja Singh Samundri Hall at the Golden Temple complex have been preserved by the SGPC. Besides, a decrepit ‘Darshani Deodi’ (entrance of the sanctumRead More

Barnala, December 11 A video of an attack on a leader of the women wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) from Barnala has gone viral on social media. The video was allegedly uploaded two days ago by the accused. In the video, the accused is seen beating Jaswinder Kaur,Read More

Chandigarh, Dec 10 Cold weather conditions prevailed in most parts of Punjab and neighbouring Haryana where Bathinda was the coldest place at 4 degrees Celsius today. Among other places in Punjab where night temperature dropped below normal included Faridkot, where the mercury settled at 4.8 degrees Celsius, a MeT DepartmentRead More