Chandigarh, September 22: State Vigilance Bureau today nabbed a Senior Assistant Bhupinder Singh red handed while taking bribe of Rs. 50,000. Disclosing this here an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said Bhupinder Singh Senior Assistant posted at office of Punjab Land Records Jalandhar was nabbed red handed by VigilanceRead More

CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22: The Welfare Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has said that the welfare schemes concerning the students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Backward Classes (BC) categories would be implemented with full transparency. In a meeting here today with the delegation comprising various unaided colleges, Mr. DharamsotRead More

Chandigarh, September 21: Four candidates today filed their nominations for the Gurdaspur Parliamentary Constituency by-poll to be held onOctober 11, 2017. Disclosing this, a Spokesperson said those who filed nominations include Aam Aadmi Party candidate Mr. Suresh Kahjuria and his covering candidate Taripata Kumari besides Mr. Rajinder Singh of HindustanRead More

Chandigarh, September 21: State Vigilance Bureau today nabbed a Revenue Patwari red handed accepting bribe of Rs. 40,000. Three persons have also been arrested by the Vigilance for helping in getting government job on compassionate basis. Disclosing this here an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said Kulvir Singh PatwariRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 21  : Battle lines have been drawn for the by-election to the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announcing the name of Swarn Singh Salariya as the party’s candidate. Party’s Central Election Committee secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda made the announcement of Salariya’sRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 21 :  A day after the Supreme Court of Canada stayed the extradition of two prime accused in the Jassi Sidhu murder case, Punjab Police was on Thursday awaiting details from Canadian and Indian High Commission authorities, informed sources said. Canada’s highest court on Wednesday gave the last-minuteRead More

Chandigarh, Sep 21 : A Punjab Police commando, posted for the security of AAP candidate in the Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency, went on a unprovoked firing spree from his automatic weapon in Pathankot town on Thursday, police said. No one was however hurt in the firing. The commando, Lakhwinder Singh, postedRead More

Chandigarh, Sept 21: Punjab AAP chief and MP Bhagwant Mann has accepted challenge from Congress president Sunil Jakhar for open debate on performance of Capt Amarinder Singh govt. He said let Jakhar decide time and venue for open debate..

Chandigarh, September 21 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed extension of paramilitary deployment in Patiala city, till September 26, in view of the farmers’ protest scheduled to begin on Friday. The court accepted the plea of Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda that the paramilitary forces, which were alreadyRead More

Chandigarh, September 20: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered an investigation into Tuesday’sfirecracker explosion in a Sangrur godown, while announcing Rs 1 lakh each as compensation to the families of those killed in the incident. Expressing grief at the death of five people and injuries to some others,Read More