Gurdaspur, September 27 Launching a tirade against Sukhbir Badal for unleashing mafia rule to destroy the state in the past 10 years, Punjab Congress president and Gurdaspur nominee Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said with his Sukhvillas renting out rooms for Rs 5 lakh a night, the Akali leader naturally foundRead More

Chandigarh, September 27: The Punjab government has come out with an elaborate action plan to curb the deadly menace of stubble burning in the state through a multi-pronged approach, backed by a strong appeal from Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to farmers to abstain from the harmful practice. The planRead More

Chandigarh, September 27: Eleven candidates are in fray for Gurdaspur Parliamentary Bye Election. No one withdrew nomination papers on last day of withdrawal. Today was last day for withdrawal of nomination papers. Disclosing this here today, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Mr. Manpreet Singh IAS said that the election symbolsRead More

GURDASPUR, September 27: Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh today questioned Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s moral authority to dub Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar as an outsider in Gurdaspur, when he had himself contested from Jalalabad in Ferozepur district despite himself belonging to Lambi in Muktsar district.Read More

Chandigarh, September 27 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to come clean and tell farmers why he was doing away with free power subsidy for new agriculture tubewell connections, even as it asked farmers to shun the new scheme and force theRead More

Chandigarh, September 27 Captain Amarinder Singh has expressed his strong appreciation for the emotional and inspiring work of award-winning poetess Lily Swarn, who presented her collection of poems, `The Trellis of Ecstasy’, to the Chief Minister on Tuesday. Congratulating the poetess, Captain Amarinder Singh said her beautiful expression of theRead More

Chandigarh, September 27: The Punjab government has issued transfer orders of two IPS officers. DIG Bathinda Range Mr. Ashish Choudhary has been transferred and posted DIG provisioning Punjab Chandigarh. Another IPS officer SSP vigilance Ludhiana Gaurav Garg has been transferred and posted as AIG Personnel-3, CPO Chandigarh.

New Delhi, The Panchkula Police after conducting raid at Dera property in South Delhi, confirmed that Honeypreet Insan, the elusive foster daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was not found at the location. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) Romil Baaniya said, “Raids were conductedRead More

Chandigarh, September 26: Giving a further boost to the government’s anti-drugs campaign, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today constituted a steering committee to monitor and coordinate with all the concerned departments to implement the drug de-addiction and rehabilitation programme in a mission mode. The decision to set up theRead More

New Delhi, Sep 26 : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet Insan, the “adopted daughter” of the now jailed Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. “The plea is without merit. Honeypreet has been evading arrest in Haryana,” ruled Justice SangitaRead More