The accused kidnapped the child in order to extort money to release a Punjabi music album
In a bizarre incident, the annual calendar of the Punjab education department released recently under the “Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan” has 31 days in each month, totaling to 372 days instead of 365. The calendars which has 31 days in February, April, June, September and November, has been distributed widely by the department. The calendars[Read More…]
A case under Section 302 of the IPC (murder) has been registered against Mittar Pal and his supporters
The accused along with his friends had gone to the girlfriend’s place with a cake to celebrate her birthday
Jaimal joined CRPF at the age of 19 on April 223,1993 as a constable. He is survived by his parents, wife, son and a younger brother
Patiala: Protest by Rajiv Gandhi National University (RGNUL), Patiala law students against alleged sexism and administrative practices against fundamental rights continue on fourth day. It began when six students in the boys’ mess began striking plates in unison to complain and protest against unhygienic food. Following, the administration issued a[Read More…]
On January 28, 2014, doctors declared him dead but even today his body is placed in the freezer.
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, state affairs in-charge Asha Kumari and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Kumar Jakhar met India’s former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday evening 5 pm at his resident and aand urged him to contest from the Amritsar parliamentary seat[Read More…]
A 118-year-old woman named Kartar Kaur Sangha was fitted with a Pacemaker and became the oldest person to undergo surgery successfully. According to a news wire, she was admitted to hospital in Ludhiana where the pacemaker was operated in her body. The doctor who handled her case said that her[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday gave indications of her eagerness to contest from her present Lok Sabha constituency of Bathinda at a time when speculations around her shifting to another constituency are at a full flow. The Shiromani Akali Dal Bhatinda MP said, “Though it is[Read More…]
Amritsar: Farmers for second day in succession block the Amritsar-Jalandhar section of the busy Amritsar-Delhi rail route. Government has been asking the farmers to lift the protest. The farmers, under the banner of Kisan Sangarsh Committee (KSC), have blocked the railway tracks, accusing banks and various financial institutions of harassing[Read More…]
Former Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry and former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Virendra Kataria passed away here on Tuesday evening. He is survived by his son and a daughter, a senior officer in Punjab. Kataria, 88, breathed his last at the AIIMS where he was admitted for a surgery.
The protesters are demanding jobs from the government who promised them of providing employment after they clear Teacher Eligibility Test (TET).
Amritsar: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday laid the foundation stones of three surface water supply schemes, in addition to a domestic sewage treatment plant, worth Rs 197.69 crore, for the rural areas of Amritsar district. Terming the state’s water situation as precarious, the Chief Minister underlined the responsibility[Read More…]
Amritsar: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday warned that Pakistan would not hesitate to use its nuclear arsenal if it felt it was losing out against India in a conventional war. Pointing out that both India and Pakistan were nuclear powers, he said it was not in either country’s[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal’s MP from Ferozepur Sher Singh Ghubaya on Monday resigned from the party’s primary membership, while the party expelled him for ‘anti-party activities“. At a press briefing which took place at Ferozepur’s Jalalabad, Ghubaya announced the decision, blaming the party head Sukhbir Singh Badal’s wrong policies for[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday hailed the IAF air strikes targetting terrorist bases inside Pakistan in the aftermath of the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed. “Great job by the #IndianAirForce. The #IAFStrikes have sent the much needed signal to Pakistan[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has written to the Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal to press for inclusion of the state in “The Operation Greens” (TOP) scheme for promotion of potato production cluster. In a letter to Badal, the Chief Minister has expressed concern at[Read More…]
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday strongly condemned the decision of the Punjab government “to deploy heavy police force inside schools “for the implementation of the ‘Padho Punjab Padhao Punjab’ programme. “This has vitiated the pious and peaceful environment of the schools and created a fear psychosis among the[Read More…]
The police had sent the accused to the hospital for a check-up with constable Manjit Kaur.
Chandigarh: A young woman intruder from Pakistan was shot at and injured by Border Security Force (BSF) troopers in the Dera Baba Nanak sector of Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Wednesday morning. The woman was shifted to the government hospital in Dera Baba Nanak town, 275 km from here. “She is[Read More…]
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Monday slashed the rates of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Re 1, respectively in the annual budget presented for the state. The reduced rates will be applicable from midnight, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said. “Starting midnight (today), petrol and diesel will be[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Angry scenes were witnessed in the Punjab Assembly in a war of words between state cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLAs, especially Bikram Singh Majithia, which forced adjournment before the budget could be presented in the House here on Monday. Sidhu and Majithia[Read More…]
Chandigarh: To remind the Congress government in Punjab led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh about its pre-poll promise of giving smartphones to youth in the state, the Shiromani Akali Dal legislators on Thursday put up a stall of dummy smartphones outside the Punjab Assembly. Led by senior SAD leaders Bikram[Read More…]
The nation is highly gripped with the valentines week, spreading love all over. Breaking all odds, a 67-year-old man Shamsher Singh married a 24-year-old woman Navpreet Kaur in Punjab, going against the will of their families. Shamsher and Navpreet tied the knot at a Chandigarh gurdwara in January and the pictures of[Read More…]