Chandigarh,The Punjab Government has appointed Satish Kumar Dhanda as member of the board of directors of Medium Industries Development Board, Punjab. He has also been appointed as Vice Chairman of the board. This was disclosed by an official spokesperson.

Chandigarh, Director Bureau of investigation Sh. V.K.Bhawra Punjab today deposed before Punjab State SC Commission with the action taken report on the issue of malicious campaign against Sri Guru Ravidas. The Punjab police in its reports has clarified that it was a case of personal animosity between the culprit andRead More

Sangrur, The crisis in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is far from over as Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann has now demanded expulsion of senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from the party. Both Yadav and Bhushan were removed from the political affairs committee (PAC) of the party recently. “TheRead More

Bathinda, Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), which has declared a four-day-long protest in the state against the land acquisition ordinance, held protests in Sangrur and Bathinda. In Sangrur, the protesters, led by state president of the union Joginder Ugrahan, burnt an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Read More

Sangrur, The ruling SAD-BJP combine has managed to clinch the president’s post in Dhuri municipal committee (MC), but the BJP is sulking. The Akalis, with only one candidate on its party symbol, gathered support of a majority of the Independents, while three BJP candidates fought the MC polls on theirRead More

Amritsar,Though the Akal Takht today constituted a committee to resolve the Nanakshahi Calendar row, confusion now prevails over the calendar for the Sikh New Year starting March 14. The highest temporal seat of the Sikhs has come out with a vague direction for the SGPC in this regard. Following aRead More

Ludhiana, The police on Tuesday arrested another person accused of raping a 21-year-old hotel employee from Ambedkar Nagar near Model Town following a tip-off. The accused has been identified as Sunny, a resident of Ambala. The police on Monday arrested Badal, a native of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. The thirdRead More

Chandigarh, About a month after senior Aklai leader and former Cabinet Minister Sucha Singh Langah was sentenced to three years in a disproportionate assets case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today suspended the sentence. Taking up an appeal filed through senior advocate RS Rai, Justice Paramjeet Singh has ordered theRead More

Bathinda, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal today said the Director General of Police (DGP) had been directed to probe the allegations levelled by arrested druglord Jagdish Bhola. He had alleged that he was being harassed by the staff at Nabha Jail. Sukhbir further said the government had taken steps to ensureRead More

Chandigarh, All India Youth Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today said the organisation would gherao Parliament on March 16 to protest against the dilution of the pro-farmer clauses in the land bill that is being amended by the BJP government headed by Narendra Modi. Addressing a news conference here,Read More