Amritsar, After issuing stern warning to the producer of the controversial movie ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ and submitting memorandum to Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh  for its withdrawal, the Dal Khalsa today shot off a letter to Sukhbir Singh Badal in his capacity as the president of the Shiromani Akali DalRead More

Sangrur, Former Congress MLA Arvind Khanna was today expelled from the party for six years for resigning from the Assembly “without taking state or central party leadership into confidence”, thus “forcing” a bypoll on the people of the Dhuri constituency. Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today said Khanna has beenRead More

Chandigarh, Health Minister Punjab Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani has constituted a high level committee headed by the Chief Parliamentary Secretary D. Navjot Kaur to look into the issues of the agitating NHM employees in the state. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the government said that the other membersRead More

Chandigarh,  ThePunjab and Haryana High court today set aside the election of  Congress MLA from Bhadaur (reserve) constituency  Mohammed Sadique on  the election petition filed by Akali Dalcandidate  Darbara Singh Guru, a former bureaucrat who had joined politicsbefore 2012 Assembly election. Guru had challenged a certificate produced by Sadiqe claimingRead More

Breaks security cordon to interact with people in various villages. Gets overwhelming response from youth and women Dhuri, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today assured farmers who have been hit by a spell of unseasonal rain that the Stategovernment will request the centre to relax wheat procurementRead More

Chandigarh, While the Censor Board has cleared the controversial film Nanak Shah Fakir, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak today raised its pitch against it demanding immediate ban. The decision to demand ban was taken at its executive committee meeting presided over by its President Avtar Singh Makkar. The SGPC justified theRead More

Chandigarh,  People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today said the hollow slogan of the Parkash Singh Badal government of taking the state to a higher orbit of development stood exposed with its failure to release its committed contribution for the on-going works in the villages adopted by theRead More

Chandigarh, Facing the problem of dwindling numbers, the Punjab Congress today suffered a setback with the Punjab and Haryana High Court unseating its MLA Mohammad Sadique. The out-of-the-ordinary order by Justice Naresh Kumar Sanghi has brought down the party’s strength to 42 in 117-member Assembly.The fact that Sadique, a Muslim, wasRead More

Tohra (Patiala), The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today ruled out any possibility of interlinking the rivers as it was practically not feasible because Punjab has not even a single drop of surplus water. Talking to the media persons on the sidelines of the 11th Death anniversary ofRead More

Chandigarh,The Reserve Bank of india today sanctioned cash credit limit of Rs. 14640 Crore for the ensuing procurement of the food grains in Punjab setting in motion the procurement process for Rabi Marketing Season 2015. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the government said that the procurement was toRead More