Chandigarh, The government today handed over grants worth Rs 75 crore to 131 local bodies, comprising five municipal corporations and 126 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, for development works. The move came at a time when elections to the municipal bodies are round the corner. In a function organised at PunjabRead More

Sangrur, BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh here said Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia should have resigned ahead of appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the drug smuggling case.Chugh, who was here for the party’s membership drive, said by doing so, Majithia, who holds a constitutional post, would have saved hisRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today condemned a statement in Punjab Vidhan Sabha by Akali legislator Virsa Singh Valtoha whereby he allegedly tried to glorify terrorism by claiming himself to be a terrorist .“You better be proud of something better,Read More

Jalandhar, The BJP’s youth wing ABVP as well as the Opposition Congress here yesterday held demonstrations even as Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was being interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged involvement in the Bhola drug racket. The protesters demanded Majithia’s resignation to ensure a “fair probe” intoRead More

Jalandhar, Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for investigations into the Rs 6,000 crore Bhola drug racket. He was served summons a few days ago.Choosing not to put up any show of strength, the minister came with his lawyers at 10:23 am in hisRead More

New Delhi, Punjab MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring was yesterday declared as the new president of the Indian Youth Congress. He comes in place of Rajiv Satav, Congress MP from Maharashtra, whose term ended some time ago. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the name of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as presidentRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress plans to gherao BJP national president Amit Shah on January 12 when he is scheduled to launch an anti-drug campaign in the state.Congress MLAs Gurkirat Kotli, Lal Singh, Parminder Pinki, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Bajwa and Ravneet Bittu (MP) today said the move was aimed at exposingRead More

Chandigarh, State Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today alleged Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia was misleading people by saying that he had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate as a witness and not accused. He claimed the ED had summoned the minister on the basis of statements furnished by various accused inRead More

Patiala, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has dubbed the winter session of the Vidhan Sabha as a “wasteful exercise”. On a private visit to the city, Bhattal said “the SAD-BJP government did not allow the Opposition to raise major issues of common interest in the Assembly”.Read More

Ferozepur, More than 100 cinema halls have been booked by the Dera Sacha Sauda for the scheduled release of a film ,“Messenger of God”, that features sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim in lead role. He plays a legendary hero fighting social ills single-handedly.A dera worker said a large number of followersRead More