New Delhi, February 23 A Delhi court Tuesday sent actor-activist Deep Sidhu to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with the Red Fort violence on Republic Day during farmers’ tractor parade against the Centre’s three new agri laws. Sidhu was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Samarjeet Kaur on expiry ofRead More

Chandigarh, February 23 Amid growing concern over the rising Covid trend in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered restriction on indoor gathering to 100 and outdoor to 200 persons from March 1, along with strict enforcement of mask, social distancing, etc., with testing to beRead More

Chandigarh, February 22 The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Wednesday hear a bail plea of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, arrested on charges of extortion and attempt to murder. The bail application of the 23-year-old labour rights activist had come up for hearing on Monday but on theRead More

Chandigarh, February 22 Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Jakhar on Monday said Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh would lead the party in the 2022 assembly polls, as the people of the state had reposed their faith in his leadership with their landslide verdict in Congress’ favour in theRead More

New York, February 22 Alphabet Inc’s Google will resume accepting political advertisements in the United States from Feb. 24, according to an email to advertisers seen by Reuters. Google paused such advertisements in January following the violence at U.S. Capitol and in the run up to the presidential inauguration. “WeRead More

Chandigarh, February 19 With the strength of farmers thinning at Singhu and Tikri borders, Gurnam Singh Charuni, the leading farmer leader from the state, on Friday announced that there would be no more ‘mahapanchayats’ in Haryana and Punjab. Charuni said farmers from the two states would rather be asked toRead More

Chandigarh, February 19 The Captain Amarinder Singh government plans to unveil its budget for Punjab for 2021-22 on March 8. A Cabinet, meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday, approved summoning of the 14th Session (Budget Session) of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha from March 1-10 andRead More

Chandigarh, February 18 A 34-year-old youth Congress leader Gurlal Singh Bhullar was allegedly shot dead in Punjab’s Faridkot on Thursday evening, said police. Two unidentified motorcycle-borne men fired around 12 shots at Bhullar near Jublee Chowk in Faridkot district, a police official said over the phone. He later died atRead More

Chandigarh, February 18 Farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the four-hour ‘rail roko’ protest against the Centre’s three farm laws, with officials saying trains were halted at stations as a precautionary measure. Normal movement of trains on various railRead More

Chandigarh, February 16 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday issued notice of motion to the Union of India and other respondents on a petition seeking action against persons who had dug the national highways and other roads following farmers’ agitation against the farm bills. The petitioner submitted thatRead More