Chandigarh, January 13: Two more jawans from the Border Security Fotrce are under the scanner of Mohali police for their alleged involvement in drug smuggling from across the border following some arrests earlier. Sources maintain their names have been disclosed by Havaldar Prem Singh arrested earlier from Fazilka sector. TheRead More

PATIALA, January 13: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today welcomed People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Badal’s encouraging response to the idea of broad based secular alliance with the Congress in the interest of the state for the forthcoming elections in Punjab. Reacting to Mr Badal’s statementRead More

Chandigarh, January 13:  Punjab would suffer a revenue loss of about Rs 5000 crore annually with the implementation of Goods and Services Tax. Speaking at a meet-the-press programme at the Chandigarh press club here today, Punjab finance minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa claimed the state was in good financial health. HeRead More

Chandigarh: In a comment that can trigger a wave of outrage, Punjab Cabinet Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra on Wednesday said farmers commit suicide due to `God’s will`. Notably, the minister had last year drew condemnation when he had said that the death of 13-year-old Arshdeep Kaur, who was allegedly molestedRead More

Batala, Principal of a private school was arrested today in connection with an incident in which three students were killed when a school bus fell into a drain after colliding with a jeep near Thatha village. Harinder Singh, Principal of Captain School of Excellence at Fatehgarh Churian town, has beenRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab and Haryana High Courts to Punjab, Haryana and the Union territory of Chandigarh to to include courses at the school level to create awareness against the use of drugs. The court also called for launching campaign on the issue by involving NGOs at the local level toRead More

Chandigarh, January 12 : The Shiromani Akali Dal President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today nominated Senior leaders Bibi Jagir Kaur, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Dr. Upinderjit Kaur and S. Hari Singh Zira as members of the Core Committee of the party. In a statement released fromRead More

Ludhiana, January 12: Punjab Revenue and Information and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today filed defamation suit against state incharge of Aam Aadmi Party Sanjay Singh. The suit pertains to the allegations being made by Sanjay Singh by linking Majithia’s name in the drug smuggling. Majithia filed the suitRead More

Chandigarh, January 12 : Undeterred with the defamation suit slapped against him by Punjab Revenue Minister, Bikramjeet Singh Majithia in Ludhiana today, the Aam Aadmi Party core committee member and Punjab Incharge, Sanjay Singh has stated that he reiterates that the curse of drug trade in Punjab is being petronisedRead More

Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda), January 12: Launching a scathing attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that the AAP had made tall claims of being sympathetic to the common masses in the past but lost its moral high ground as it hadRead More