Chandigarh, 12 March 2016: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday criticised the BJP led union government for levying one percent Cess on the gold jewellery and other gold products hence forcing the Punjab jewellers and many more from all across the country to on hunger strike in protest. AAP, PunjabRead More

Amritsar, March 12: After a gap of several months, yet another incident of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib has been reported. All the three accused have been detained. The incident took place in Ramdiwal Musalmanan under Mattewal police station in Amritsar where two Birs of Guru Granth Sahib and 10Read More

Chandigarh, March 11: The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today declared that the Punjab government would de-notify the land which had been acquired for the construction of the controversial Satluj-Yamuna Canal in Punjab. The said land measuring 5376 acres would be returned to its original owners. Making thisRead More

CHANDIGARH,  Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today suspected the credentials as well as the intentions of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the resolution he moved in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today against the construction of the SYL canal. Besides, the PCC president pointed out, MrRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today moved a resolution of utmost significance, seriousness and sensitivity related to the present and future of the state. The resolution says that Punjab is primarily an agrarian state and river waters are its lifeline. However, after the partition of the country,Read More

Chandigarh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday lambasted Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh for his claim of being champion to the cause of Punjab river waters whereas he was actually the prime architect and largely responsible for its loot. AAP, Senior leader and spokesman Himmat Singh Shergill said thatRead More

CHANDIGARH, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today warned the liquor contractors against the new excise policy being brought in by Sukhbir Badal saying the new government will cancel it. “Please do not bite the bait and get trapped as our government will reserve the right to scrapRead More

Chandigarh, Workers of Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) headed by its President Amarpreet Singh Lally took out a protest march against Centre’s favouring Punjab’s water to be shared through the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal with neighbouring state, Haryana. To express his solidarity with the cause, PPCC Chief, Capt Amrinder Singh alsoRead More

Chandigarh, Describing the incident of murder of a Dalit in Abohar as a gruesome act, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today categorically said the State government had taken all possible steps in the case and assured that the culprits would not be spared at any cost. Speaking inRead More

Chandigarh, All Congress MLAs were on Thursday suspended from the Punjab Assembly for a day after they trooped into the Well of the House amidst pandemonium over the official resolution moved by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal against sharing of river waters. Earlier, Congress MLAs staged a walkout in theRead More