New Delhi, January 15: Rahul Gandhi welcomed People’s Party of Punjab headed by former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal to the Congressformalizing the merger of the two parties. Rahul announced that the 12-point agenda of the PPP would now be the agenda of the Congress. All 55 central committee membersRead More

SAD ACCOMPLISHED WHAT IT PROMISED: SUKHBIR BADAL Rupana (Sri Muktsar Sahib), January 14- Evoking the rich historical legacy of Maghi, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today exhorted the people to make a firm pledge for forming the SAD-BJP alliance government in the state for third consecutive term toRead More

Chandigarh,  Maheshinder Singh Grewal, General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal, today welcomed the decision of bhagoda AAP leader Sanjay Singh’s ploy to not apply for bail in the criminal defamation case filed against him by Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. Mr. Grewal said that self proclaimed revolutionary Sanjay Singh is justRead More

Muktsar, Kick-starting his party’s campaign for the February 2017 Punjab Assembly poll, Delhi Chief Minister and aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on both the Akalis and Congress, accusing them of being hand in glove with each other, and asked people to vote forRead More

MUKTSAR,  Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today warned against pushing Punjab into another five years of chaos and uncertainty after ten years of Badals’ misrule. He said, Punjab needs an efficient and experienced government which can retrieve the state from the social, economic and political mess 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