SFS candidate Kanu Priya is elected president of Panjab University students’ council. She is the first woman to win the top post. Daler Singh of the SOI alliance has won vice president’s post. Daler Singh of the SOI alliance has won vice president’s post in Panjab University students’ council election. There were[Read More…]
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Punjab CM failed to fulfil poll promises: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday slammed his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh for not fulfilling his 2017 Assembly election promises. Kejriwal, who also visited Pandori village in Barnala district to condole the death of the father of Aam Aadmi Party’s Mehal Kalan MLA Kulwant Singh, told party leaders and[Read More…]
Pakistan may open routes for Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara for Guru Nanak’s 550th birthday
Punjab minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu yesterday attended the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. After meeting the Pakistan army General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the oath-taking ceremony of Mr Khan, Sidhu announced that Pakistan may allow Sikh pilgrims a direct access to the historic Gurdwara[Read More…]
Highest number of kidnapping accused lawmakers are from BJP
New Delhi: At least 16 BJP MPs and MLAs – the highest for any political party in India – have criminal charges related to kidnapping filed against them, according to an analysis of affidavits of 4,867 sitting MPs and MLAs. The findings were released on Monday by the Association for[Read More…]
Four deaths reported after Measles Rubella vaccination in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: Gujarat health officials on Saturday said they have received reports about four children died after they were given measles-rubella vaccination. A Central investigating team has, however, ruled out any linkage between these deaths and the vaccination process. Deputy Commissioner, immunization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, said: As per[Read More…]
Congress needs no alliance in Punjab for Lok Sabha elections: Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh: Amid reports suggesting that the Congress could go in for an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at the national level, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday made it clear that the party did not need an alliance to fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the[Read More…]
“Can’t benefit colonisers who robbed govt”, says Navjot Sidhu on the Colony Bill regulations
Chandigarh: In a meeting on Tuesday, Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu , expressed his anger on a Group of Ministers here while questioning the rationale behind bringing in a draft of The Punjab Laws (Special Provisions for Regularisation Authorised Colony) Bill, 2018, which, he claimed, would benefit only colonisers[Read More…]
Death by drug: One death a day due to drugs in Punjab
Chandigarh: On an average, for the past two months one person dies every day due to drugs. As per the records accessed by The Tribune since May 15 drugs are being mentioned as the cause of death in the post-mortem reports of more than 60 young men at government hospitals across[Read More…]
Punjab: Private de-addiction centres under lens to curb drug overpricing
Chandigarh: Buprenorphine, a substitute to treat narcotic addicts and psychotropic substances are being sold at price range of Rs 20-100 while the same is sold at a price as low as Rs 4.38 in the government hospitals. As many as 96 private de-addiction centres are under the lens to keep[Read More…]
Punjab vigilance Bureau books Akali Dal leader Dyal Singh Kolianwali
Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Sunday registered a case of disproportionate assets against senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Dyal Singh Kolianwali. A Bureau spokesman said that Kolianwali has been booked for amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income. He has been accused of allegedly misusing his official position.[Read More…]
Punjab waives its share in GST on community kitchens
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced waiver of the state government’s 50 per cent share in the goods and services tax on the community kitchen at the Darbar Sahib, even as the state assembly unanimously passed a resolution to seek total waiver from the Centre. The Chief Minister[Read More…]
Bhagwant Mann resigns as AAP Punjab chief
New Delhi: Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Bhagwant Mann resigned on Friday saying his “fight against drug mafia and corruption will continue”. “I’m resigning as a president of AAP Punjab… But my fight against drug mafia and all kind of corruption in Punjab will continue as an ‘Aam Aadmi’[Read More…]
Trudeau offers prayers at Golden Temple; says no support for separatists
Amritsar: Underlining the significance of the large and influential Sikh and Punjabi community settled in his country, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by his wife and children, offered prayers at the Golden Temple on Wednesday. Dressed in traditional Indian clothes and their heads covered, the Trudeau family bowed before the[Read More…]
Punjab sex ratio up due to changing mindsets: Harsimrat Badal
New Delhi: Both the low sex ratio and child sex ratio in Punjab have improved over the last decade due to sustained civil society efforts to change the mindset, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Friday. Inaugurating the One Globe Forum on the digital economy, Badal said that besides[Read More…]
Punjab minister submits resignation after corruption charges
Chandigarh: Punjab’s powerful cabinet minister Rana Gurjit Singh has submitted his resignation from the Congress government in the state led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh following allegations of corruption and money laundering against him. The resignation is yet to be accepted by the Chief Minister, sources in the government said. Rana[Read More…]
National opposition should work together to challenge Modi: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday threw enough hints that she is not averse to taking the lead in bringing together opposition parties on a single platform against the BJP in the next Lok Sabha election in 2019. The Trinamool Congress chief also stressed on “collective leadership” and[Read More…]
Special: “Indira Gandhi’s fearlessness brought out the best in her”
No past Prime Minister of India evokes as much passion as Indira Gandhi. Her admirers believe she could do no wrong and was the messianic leader India needed in her time; her detractors hold her responsible for creating a personality cult, encouraging dynastic politics and weakening the institutions of democracy.[Read More…]
NIA takes over killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana in Punjab, an official said on Friday. The agency took over the case from Punjab Police following a Home Ministry order on Thursday, nearly a month after[Read More…]
Kejriwal wants to meet Haryana, Punjab CMs over pollution
A day after Delhi witnessed its worst ‘air quality’ and ‘smog situation’ of the year, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he wished to meet his Haryana and Punjab counterparts to find a solution to pollution in the National Capital Region. On Tuesday, a yellow blanket of smog hung[Read More…]
SC asks HC to decide Pintos’ bail plea in 10 days
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to decide in 10 days the anticipatory bail plea of three Ryan group trustees in a case relating to the murder of a seven-year-old boy in the group’s Gurgaon-based school, as per the boy’s father and lawyer. Taking[Read More…]
Thousands throng gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana to mark Gurpurab
Braving the early morning chill of the onset of winter, thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Saturday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ – the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev. The holiest of Sikh shrines ‘Harmandir Sahib’,[Read More…]
Punjab: Driver dead as train collides with cement mixer truck
In yet another incident of train mishap, a railways driver was reported dead after a train collided with a cement mixer truck in Punjab on Saturday afternoon. It reportedly happened at the Firozpur-Fazilka rail section, near Sukhera village. The deceased was identified as Vikas, a resident of Uttar Pradesh. Following[Read More…]
AIDS spreads through handshake, sharing utensils, phones, says Punjab govt aided campaign
Punjab State Aids Control Society (PSACS) has said in its pamphlet that AIDS can be transmitted by shaking hands and also through using utensils used by an infected person in a shocking case of spreading misinformation. The Society has published a pamphlet that is meant for spreading awareness about AIDS.[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Section 144 imposed in nine districts bordering Punjab, Haryana
Following the ongoing tension in Haryana and Punjab over the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the state government on Saturday imposed Section 144 (Unlawful Assembly) of the Criminal Procedure Code in west Uttar Pradesh’s nine districts bordering the two states. This is because followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief,[Read More…]
‘You let Panchkula burn over political motives,’ HC slams Khattar govt
The Haryana government was highly criticized by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a day after 31 people were killed and more than 250 were injured in violence started by supporters of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh after he was found guilty of rape. The court had even said that the[Read More…]