Batala (Gurdaspur), October 2: Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal today announced that the Capt Amarinder Singh government was committed to generate five lakh jobs per year to fulfil the promise of providing 25 lakh jobs to the people in five years. He said he was also the minister forRead More

Chandigarh, Oct 2 The Chandigarh District Court on Monday refused to take rape accused Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sucha Singh Langah into custody, and asked him to surrender before the Gurdaspur District Court”>Gurdaspur District Court. Langah was booked for rape on Saturday and attempted to surrender before Chandigarh’s DistrictRead More

Chandigarh/02 October/Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today congratulated Punjabi-origin Canadian leader Jagmeet Singh for being elected as the new leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP). In a statement here, the SAD president said Jagmeet Singh had not only created history by heading a political partyRead More

Gurdaspur, October 2 Taking Sunil Jakhar’s Gurdaspur campaign to a new level, Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa joined the Congress candidate’s electioneeringon Monday with fulsome praise for his nomination and a promise to campaign aggressively for him in all the nine Gurdaspur assembly segments. Speaking to media at theRead More

Batala, October 1 Punjab Congress president and Gurdaspur candidate Sunil Jakhar on Sunday questioned Sukhbir Badal’s continued silence on Sucha Singh Langah even two days after the latter was booked in a rape case, while deriding BJP candidate Sarwan Salaria’s defence of the former minister. Even as he challenged SalariaRead More

Chandigarh, October 1 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has accused SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar of obstructing the course of justice by refusing to appear before the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission probing sacrilege cases in the state. Instead of cooperating with the Commission in the interest of the state’sRead More

Chandigarh, October 1 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today castigated the Congress government for using the T Haq committee, which was formed to recommend ways and means to waive off farmer loans, to impose power bills on Punjab farmers. In a statement here, former minister and party spokesman DrRead More

Sangrur, October 1 The police forcibly dragged a man dressed only in his undergarment to a police station and allegedly misbehaved with his family in Sangrur on Sunday, his wife and children said about an incident that has been captured on close-circuit television cameras (CCTVs). Images captured by a CCTVRead More

Pathankot: Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal today campaigned in Dinanagar segment of Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency. He was accompanied by Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary.

Chandigarh, Sep 30 : Effigies of self-styled godmen were burnt at a few places along with the effigies of Ravana and others to symbolise the victory of good over evil as Dussehra was celebrated across Punjab and Haryana. Dusshera festivities were held amid tight security arrangements at all places. TheRead More