Live Updates Voter turnout till 10 am Faridkot: 14.20% Ropar: 18.25% Patiala: 14% Amritsar: 12% Ludhiana: 13.40% Muktsar: 18.43% Hoshiarpur: 15% Jalandhar: 11.8% Malout: 19% Giddarbaha: 21% Lambi: 20% Kapurthala: Voters of Gill Pind protest during panchayat elections in Sultanpur Lodhi Voting stopped in Bhatiyan village on the outskirts of[Read More…]
Chandigarh: A baby boy, who was flushed down the toilet of a train in Amritsar but was miraculously recovered alive by sweepers cleaning the train, was on Sunday being treated at the Amritsar Civil Hospital, officials said. The new-born was recovered from the Amritsar-Howrah Express train by sweepers on Saturday[Read More…]
Four days later, a 26-year-old woman Naina, returned home after her family in Patiala performed her last rites. The murder mystery has taken a revolting turn as police have restarted the investigation to identify the vandalised body discovered near Patiala-Sangrur southern bypass, while Naina’s family was shocked to see her[Read More…]
Patiala: Aam Admi Party suspended Member of Parliament Dharmavira Gandhi, rebel AAP leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira, and Bains brothers of Lok Insaf Party (LIP) and Bahujan Samaj Party state president Rashpal Raju has announced an alliance together ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election in an Insaaf march at Patiala on[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was admitted to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Sunday. He will undergo a kidney stone removal procedure. The 76-year-old Chief Minister wrote on Twitter on Sunday: “Got myself admitted to the PGI Chandigarh today evening for removal of[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Congress Party-led Punjab government has unanimously passed a resolution to provide 33% reservation to Women in Parliament and in the state assembly. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh took to social media and confirmed the decision and tweeted about the state assembly resolution on Friday. Captain said, “Thankful to[Read More…]
Chandigarh: The panchayat election date has been announced in Punjab. Voting will happen on December 30 and the same day later in the evening after the voting is over, counting of votes will start. Official notification will be issued on December 15. The nomination will start on 15 December and[Read More…]
At a scuffle between policemen and locals of Hakima Gate area (Amritsar), two police personnel sustained injuries. The incident occurred after a scuffle broke down due to Bittu Shah’s arrest. Bittu, who was arrested for possessing narcotics, according to his family lost his life while in the police custody. As quoted by[Read More…]
An elderly man of Ambala in Punjab has been given 20-years of imprisonment for raping his granddaughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Yashwinder Paul Singh has sentenced 70-year-old Mahinder 20 years of imprisonment for raping his minor granddaughter. Victim’s parents had died earlier and she along with her four sisters were[Read More…]
Pathankot: Six men have been detained on suspicion from the Pathankot railway station, Punjab Police officials said on Monday. They were on board the Pooja Express from Jammu to Ajmer in Rajasthan, when security forces stopped the train in Pathankot late on Sunday and took them in custody. The Punjab[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) concluded its inquiry of the deadly Amritsar Train tragedy and blames peoples negligence, as they were standing near the railway tracks to witness Ravan Effigy burning celebration. ‘No information was given about the Dussehra event to the railways’ CCRS Shailesh Pathak[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court have summoned the Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) for purposely not initiating action against self-styled God Woman Radhe Maa. Acting on the contempt petition filed by the petitioner Surinder Mittal, Justice Nirmaljit Kaur of Punjab and Haryana HC has summoned the officer who[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar appeared before the special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police on Wednesday in connection with an alleged deal mediated by him between controversial godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Police sources said that the questioning began around[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a bomb blast and firing has been reported at Nirankari Bhawan in Rajasansi, Amritsar on Sunday. At least three people were killed in the blast while 15 others suffered injuries. The blast took place around 12 noon on Sunday, November 18. The injured have been admitted[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was on Friday questioned by a Special Investigation Team of Punjab Police which is investigating incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and the subsequent firing on protesters in 2015. The SIT, headed by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Pramod Kumar[Read More…]
Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday suspended rebel MLAs Sukhpal Khaira and Kanwar Sandhu, over involvement in anti-party activities. Three months earlier, Khaira was sacked from Leader of Opposition post of Punjab assembly. Khaira had earlier stated that “It hardly mattered to me, even if AAP suspended me from party membership,[Read More…]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab core committee on Tuesday announced the five candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2019. The list includes Bhagwant Mann from Sangrur, Professor Sadhu Singh from Faridkot, Dr Ravjot Singh from Hoshiarpur, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Amritsar Sahib and Narinder Singh Shergil from Anandpur Sahib respectively.[Read More…]
Days after the Amritsar train accident which claimed as many as 60 lives, National Student Union of India, the student wing of the Congress, organised a programme on Sunday at Dhuri Line, Ludhiana, which is just a few meters away from the railway tracks. Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)[Read More…]
Punjab government on Thursday has announced to employ 558 doctors for state. Health Minister Brahm Mohindra stated that “The department has completed the process of recruiting 558 doctors in the state”. “The recruitment process is over”, he added. The newly recruited doctors including specialists will be posted across the state[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday sought Israel’s cooperation for sewerage water treatment in five major cities of Punjab, as the state looks to tackle pollution and boost irrigation. The Chief Minister, who is on an official visit to Israel, held talks in Jerusalem with Israel’s Minister of Energy[Read More…]
Arvind Kumar, the driver of the Diesel Multiple Unit train which was involved in the horrifying accident in Amritsar on Dussehra eve, wrote an emotional letter explaining that he applied breaks and honked in an attempt to stop the train, but then sped off after people started throwing stones. While[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Claiming to be “completely satisfied with the relief and rehabilitation measures being carried out for the victims of the Amritsar train tragedy” and following assurances by his ministerial colleagues that everything will be taken care of, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday decided to visit Israel. The Chief[Read More…]
The bussing cities of Punjab invited a huge risk of accidents. In fact, if there is no mishap, then it means that luck is nice to them. Many places in Punjab witnessed, Dussehra celebrations right on the railway tracks welcoming horrific tragedies. The railway tracks on the Dhuri Line in[Read More…]
Chennai: Friday’s Amritsar’s train tragedy is similar to the one that happened in 1986 in Kerala’s Thalaserry, where an Express train ran through revellers, leaving several dead and injured in its trail, recalled a senior journalist here on Saturday. “I was 20 and working in a private company. The rail[Read More…]
Amritsar: Dalbir Singh acted Ravaan in the Ramleela performed at Joda Phatak, where a speedy train mowed down 61 people; was getting ready after the play to watch himself the #RavaanDahan, saw the train coming from other direction tried his best to stop people standing on the railway track from[Read More…]
