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Chandigarh, July 21 Thousands of workers of left parties staged a protest at all district headquarters in Punjab seeking dismissal of “ministers and chief ministers of the BJP involved” in scams like Vyapam and IPL quagmire. They also protested the land acquisition Bill. The call for the protest was givenRead More
Ludhiana, July 21 Radical Sikh leaders Gurdeep Singh Bathida and Mokham Singh supporting activist Surat Singh Khalsa were released on Tuesday, a day after the activist stopped drinking water in a bid to get leaders arrested for supporting his protest released. The 80-year-old Sikh activist has been on a ‘fastRead More
Patiala, July 21 Less than 10 months after Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS), Health, found that a diagnostic centre here reportedly conducted sex determination tests, it has been opened again. The Health and Family Welfare Department had lodged a case in a Patiala court against its ownerRead More
Ludhiana, July 21 The city police today conducted a raid at the house of Sikh leader Surat Singh Khalsa at Hassanpur village and arrested Sukhjit Singh Khosa of Satkar Committee and his supporters. Khalsa was rushed to civil hospital and put under the observation of doctors. (Also read: Two SikhRead More
Ludhiana, July 21 The prosecution today faced another jolt in the fake encounter case of two brothers Harinder Singh (23) alias Lalli and Jatinder Singh (25) of Macchiwara with an important witness turning hostile. Witness Harry Verma, who turned hostile, was residing in the neighbourhood where the alleged encounter tookRead More
Chandigarh, July 21 Free power to farmers will continue in Punjab. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the plea to set aside the policy of the state of Punjab with regard to providing free electricity to the farmers for agriculture. The tribunal today announced its verdict on certain otherRead More
New York, July 20 Minister for NRI Affairs Tota Singh and his delegation came under attack as hundreds of Sikhs protesting his visit allegedly threw stones and hurled a shoe at the leaders, following which the police took two youths into custody. Tota Singh and other Akali leaders were scheduledRead More
Jalandhar, July 20 Senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, on a visit to Jalandhar today, refused to side with either the pro-Captain or the pro-Bajwa faction competing for the top job in the state Congress. Bhattal said the reports, terming the state Congress as divided, were all media hype andRead More
Chandigarh, July 20 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has taken serious notice of the threat issued by former Chief Minister and Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh to the state officers that they should think twice before putting their signature on official documents at the behest of Akali leaders. The partyRead More
Hassanpur (Ludhiana), July 20 The police reportedly seized around 50 petrol bombs and a tractor trailer full of bricks from some youths at Sikh activist Surat Singh Khalsa’s native village Hassanpur today. A number of activists of the Satkar Committee, formed to seek the release of Sikh detainees, are campingRead More
