Chandigarh, S Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Punjab Congress MLA from Gidderbaha assembly constituency, will take the charge as the 17th President of the Indian Youth Congress on 5Th January2015. Amarinder thanked the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-president Rahul Gandhi for entrusting him with this enormous responsibility. He assured theRead More

Chandigarh, Political circles in the state as well as Delhi are abuzz with speculations whether or not former Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Jagmeet Singh Brar had parted ways with the party. Sources said Jagmeet, who lost the race to the PPCC chief’s post to Partap Singh Bajwa, was preparing toRead More

Amritsar,  The American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC) has once again appealed to Akal Takht to revert to the original Nanakshahi Calender so as to end confusion over the clash of dates of gurpurabs and the other events. In a letter to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, the AGPC todayRead More

Talwandi Sabo, Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh today said if there was any fault in the Nanakshahi calendar developed by Pal Singh Purewal, it could be rectified.Replying to a query, he confirmed that the ‘path’ for the January 5 bhog to celebrate Gurpurb would be held as planned.Though heRead More

Srinagar/Mumbai,  As the impasse over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir persisted for the 11th day today, the BJP said talks were on with both the PDP and NC but there has been no “fruitful outcome” yet. BJP president Amit Shah gave his assessment on the status of government formationRead More

New Delhi,  A suspected 26/11 type suicide bomb attack has been foiled off the coast of Gujarat. A Pakistani boat, suspected to be carrying explosives, was sunk on December 31 night in the Arabian Sea and four people on board killed. The Pakistan boat had sailed from ‘Keti Bandar’, aRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Bhartiya Janata Party for trying to play politics on the issue of drug pedalling and addiction in Punjab. He said, the party lacked any will to take any corrective measures which were well withinRead More

Chandigarh, Making mockery of leadership crises being faced by Punjab Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal today questioned Mr. Partap Singh Bajwa whether he was comfortable being called himself PPCC President. In a statement issued here, party Spokesman Mr. Maheshinder Singh Grewal said facing revolt from various factions of his party Mr.Read More

Channu (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Terming the proposed protest by the Congress party on the issue of drugs in the state as a ‘political gimmick’, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that the Congress leadership was ‘shedding crocodile tears’ over this sensitive issue. Interacting with the mediaRead More

Chandigarh, Giving a major incentive for the general public to claim 10 per cent rebate on property tax, Mr. Anil Joshi, Minister for Local Bodies Department toady extended the last for filing the property tax of 2014-15 up to February 28. In a press communiqué Mr. Anil Joshi said thatRead More