Chandigarh, October 13 Vikas Barala and Ashish have been charged with stalking and attempt to abduct Varnika Kundu. Charges were framed against the duo at the district courts in Chandigarh here on Friday. The charges are under sections 354 D, 365 and 341 of the IPC. The trial will beginRead More

Panchkula, October 13 Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chairperson Vipassana on Friday reached Panchkula as she was summoned by the police. Vipassana reached the town in her private vehicle along with a few others at the Chandimandir police station. The police will question Vipassana in the presence of Honeypreet Insan. TheRead More

Chandigarh, October 13 Taking up the issue of pollution caused by firecrackers, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the home secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and the Chandigarh administration, giving them a day’s time to respond. As the suo motu or “court on its own motion” caseRead More

Bathinda, October 13 The Panchkula police are now looking into the role of Iqbal Singh, whose wife Sukhdeep Kaur was arrested with Honeypreet, for having made arrangements for the latter’s stay at Jangirana village, near here. The house in Jangirana village is owned by Gurmeet Singh, cousin of Iqbal Singh.Read More

Chandigarh, November 13: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee today resolved that Rahul Gandhi should take over as the party president. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh attended the meeting presided over by state party chief Sunil Jakhar.

Chandigarh, October 13 More than a year after the Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu cognisance of reports carried in these columns on alleged sexual assault on women in the fields of Murthal by 30-odd goons, the amicus curiae today told the court that nine rapes had takenRead More

Chandigarh, October 13: The Punjab government is all set to present over 30 farmers tomorrow morning before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in response to the latter’s directive to produce 21 farmers incentivized to check stubble burning. The NGT had on Wednesday directed the state government to bring before itRead More

Chandigarh, October 12 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked the Congress government to immediately stop victimizing farmers who were burning paddy stubble in despair and instead incentivize them by offering them a minimum compensation of Rs 4,000 per acre to stop this practice. In a statement here, formerRead More

Chandigarh, October 12 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the low turnout in the Gurdaspur parliamentary by poll was a direct result of the planned intimidation of SAD-BJP workers by the Congress government even as it lauded the people for participating in the democratic process despite grave provocations.Read More

Chandigarh, Oct 12 : An 80-year-old man from Tarn Taran district in Punjab was booked on Thursday for the murder of his daughter-in-law, police said. Police said Arjun Singh doused Harjinder Kaur, 45, with petrol on Wednesday night and set her on fire following a row over money in BurjRead More