Chandigarh, August 17 Acting on tip-off by the Punjab Police, two terrorists associated with the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police from Unnao and Lucknow, for their involvement in a series of targeted killings of so-called `anti-Panthic elements.’ While the most wanted Jaswant SinghRead More

Chandigarh August 17 – Akali stalwart and five times former Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Parkash Singh Badal said here today that the centre’s decision to extend concessions to Punjab’s neighbouring hill states will “directly and fatally hit Punjab and its economy. “No one deserves these concessions more than does PunjabRead More

Chandigarh, August 17 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today appointed former civil officers – P S Aujla and Ajay Mahajan as Senior Advisors to SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal for Public Grievances. Disclosing this, the SAD President’s Media Advisor Jangveer Singh said the party was confident that both officers,Read More

Amritsar, August 17 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday inaugurated the world’s first Partition Museum as a tribute to the sacrifices of the millions of people who lost their lives and homes in the partition of the country in 1947, with a call for learning lessons from historyRead More

Chandigarh, August 16 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Union Railways Minister seeking permission for the utilization and development of the existing local Dalhousie Road Railway Station for arrival and backward departure of trains. In a letter to the union minister, Captain Amarinder urged him to accedeRead More

Chandigarh, Aug 16: Top officials of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday apprised the Home Ministry of the situation in the two states ahead of an impending court’s verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The Chief Secretaries and Directors General of PoliceRead More

Chandigarh, August 16: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday reiterated his government’s firm commitment to make rural Punjab Open Defecation Free (ODF) by the end of this year, followed by solid and liquid waste management in the state. The Chief Minister gave the assurance to Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary,Read More

Chandigarh, August 16: The Punjab Government has decided to organize job fairs on regular basis to fulfill the promise of ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’. In the first phase of this campaign, job fairs would be organized in government and private institutions throughout the state from August 21 to 31. The ChiefRead More

Chandigarh, Aug 16 :  The authorities in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday asked the police in both states to be on alert ahead of a special CBI court’s verdict in an alleged rape of a ‘sadhvi’ by Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Sources in both statesRead More

Chandigarh,  A minor girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified man at knife-point when she was on way to her school for Independence Day function here on Tuesday, police said. The victim, a 12-year-old Class VIII student, was sexually assaulted by the man, said to be aged around 40, atRead More