Chandigarh, February 16 Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday condoled the demise of Satbir Singh Dardi (42), the son of the Chairman of Chardikala Time TV Group Jagjit Singh Dardi. Dardi (42) died of a sudden heart attack early morning at Patiala. The deceased is survived by his wifeRead More

Chandigarh, February 14 Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed shock over the recent statements of senior BJP leaders on the death of protesting farmers, saying the party had lost the moral and ethical right to continue to rule the country. “The BJP-led government at the Centre should stepRead More

Chandigarh, February 14 Violence marred the high-stake civic body polls to Punjab’s eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats on Sunday that saw a high voter turnout of 71 per cent. Mansa reported the highest polling percentage at 82.99 per cent, followed by Bathinda at 79 perRead More

Sonepat, February 12 Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan activist Nodeep Kaur on Thursday got bail in connection with an alleged extortion case registered at Kundli police station on December 28. But she had to stay in jail as her bail plea was rejected by Sessions Court in another case registered on JanuaryRead More

Chandigarh, February 12 The campaigning for the civic body elections scheduled to be held on February 14 in Punjab ended on Friday. Eight municipal corporations, 109 municipal councils, and nagar panchayats will go to the polls on Sunday with 9,222 candidates in the fray, state Election Commission officials said. TheRead More

Jhajjar, February 11 Punjab farmers have developed a park over 200 yards at Tikri-Bahadurgarh border by lifting garbage, levelling the surface by earth filling, sowing plants, placing some benches, kots and center tables besides setting up a guest room there. The park has been barricaded with the help of tied-upRead More

Fazilka, February 10 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State Election Commission to take appropriate measures to ensure free and fair conduct of elections in Fazilka. In all, 13 BJP candidates contesting the MC elections from different wards of Fazilka had filed a writ petition in theRead More

Chandigarh, February 10 British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi on Wednesday expressed concern over the arrest of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur over the farmers’ agitation, saying the abuse of peaceful protest activists, especially women, is an affront to democracy and civilised society. “Alarmed to learn of sexual assaultRead More

Chandigarh, February 10 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a Muslim girl who is less than 18 years old but has attained puberty is free to marry anyone as per the Muslim Personal Law. A bench of Justice Alka Sarin gave the verdict relying on various courtRead More

New Delhi, February 8 Farmer unions agitating against the three agri laws on Monday asked the government to fix a date for the next round of talks, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them to end their stir and invited them to resume the dialogue. They, however, objected toRead More