Chandigarh/Gandhinagar, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he is yet to see the letter written by Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal seeking release of 13 jailed terrorists, a day after state government approached the Centre demanding to set free all prisoners “who have served their jail terms.” “As ofRead More

* Rolls on red carpet to welcome NRIs desirable of investing in the state Gandhinagar (Gujarat), The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today called upon the NRIs especially the Punjabi diaspora to make huge investments in the state as the Punjab Government has already taken out- of- the-Read More

Amritsar,  Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, who was to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple today, could not make it to Amritsar. There were reports that his supporters were headed towards the city. Apprehending trouble, the police last night took some Sikh leaders into preventive custody. They were let offRead More

Paris, Black-hooded gunmen shot dead at least 12 persons, including two police officers, at the Paris offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a satirical publication firebombed in the past after publishing cartoons lampooning Muslim leaders and the Prophet Mohammad, the police said. President Francois Hollande headed to the sceneRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he will speak to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in the wake of his letter to his counterparts in five states seeking premature release of 13 convicted terrorists. “I will talk to him (Badal) on this issue,” Singh told reporters here.Read More

Chandigarh, Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini today made it clear that there was no prisoner in the jails in the state who had completed his sentence and was yet to be released. There was only one prisoner in Punjab in Nabha jail who was part of theRead More

* Only a sudden drug test can deliver results against Bajwa Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) senior leader and general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia today said Pradesh Congress president Partap Bajwas’s shady past and long history of drug smuggling and links with terror modules had been officially detailed by formerRead More

Chandigarh: In a landmark judgement, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that prisoners in jail also have the right to have sex with their legal partners. The court said that it is the fundamental right of jail inmates and convicts to be allowed to have conjugal visits orRead More

* 29 more quarries to be started in first week of February * Asks PSIEC to install CCTV cameras on pitheads as well as delivery points * Mandi Board to install display boards with subsidised rates and helpline numbers Chandigarh, With a view to drastically reduce the prices of sandRead More

Chandigarh, Sukhpal Singh Khaira Spokesperson and Harminder Gill General Secretary PPCC, today met Bhai Gurbaksh Singh near Ambala who is in his 55th day of hunger strike. They expressed solidarity with his mission to seek release of Sikh prisoners languishing in jails, despite having completed their sentences. They questioned theRead More