Chandigarh, Raninder Singh has been re-elected as president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for another four-year term.He defeated Shyam Singh Yadav, president, Uttar Pradesh Rifle Association, with an overwhelming 89-1 margin. The elections were held at the PCA Stadium premises in Mohali on Saturday.Singh assured the federationRead More

Sangrur, Reacting to the registration of an FIR against unknown persons for obstructing the police in performing duty at the Vidhan Sabha during the recent Budget session, AAP state co-convener and Sunam MLA Aman Arora today said the party would not succumb to the government’s pressure tactics. “Chief Minister Capt AmarinderRead More

Patiala, The state-run PRTC today announced that it would not ply its buses to Delhi on Monday in view of the protest call given by the Haryana’s main Opposition party, INLD, on the issue of SYL canal. MS Narang, MD, PRTC, Patiala, said: “No PRTC bus will go to Delhi onRead More

Chandigarh,  A record number of 1.7 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at Hemkund Sahib Gurdwara so far this year. Sewa Singh, manager of Gurdwara Govind Dham, said today that NS Bindra, chairman of the Uttarakhand Minority Commission and vice-president of the Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib Trust, was on a three-day visitRead More

Amritsar,  The SGPC has sought a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over the continuing denial by the Centre to send Sikh jathas on pilgrimage to Sikh shrines in Pakistan. SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar said the SGPC had applied for sending a jathaRead More

Chandigarh,  Senior officers of Haryana and Punjab met here on Friday to review preparations following the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) threat to prevent entry of Punjab government vehicles into the neighbouring state on July 10 over the SYL Canal issue. The meeting was attended by the Home Secretaries andRead More

New Delhi, July 7 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that he had no objection to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visiting Punjab but urged him to keep anti-Indian pro-Khalistani elements operating from Canadian soil in check. Trudeau is welcome to come but we will not beRead More

Chandigarh, July 7 – Union food processing industry minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today appealed to farmers of Punjab to make food processing a mass movement by taking advantage of various ministerial schemes to establish own units, form mini clusters or become a part of mega food parks under the SAMPADARead More

Chandigarh, July 7 A court in Ludhiana on Friday cancelled the bail granted to controversial actress Rakhi Sawant and issued fresh warrants against her. The bail for Rakhi was cancelled just a day after the court had granted it to her on Thursday. The court directed that she be presentedRead More

Chandigarh, July 7 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has approved the release of Rs. 40 crores to the Drainage Department for preventive flood control measures, while ordering Special Girdawari to assess crop damage resulting from natural calamities. Disclosing this here, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) saidRead More