Former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday completed his 10-day religious punishment by performing ‘sewa’ for the second consecutive day at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Muktsar town. After completing the punishment, Sukhbir is expected to perform 'ardas' (Sikh...
Monday is the seventh day of Badal's penance for 'mistakes' made by the SAD and its government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017
Farmers were heading to Bathinda for protest over land relief
Farmers from Sangrur district were on their way to Leleana village in Bathinda to protest against Gujarat gas pipeline
Independent candidate Manprit Singh bags 141 votes, while another Independent Hardeep Singh secures 209 votes
More than 10 police personnel and a number of farmers were injured in a clash over “inadequate” land compensation for the Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway under the Bharatmala project at Shergarh here today. Officials of the district administration accompanied by the police...
Dissatisfied over the compensation offered, farmers under the banner of BKU-Ekta Ugrahan had given a call for taking back the possession at Dunewala village
Dimpy seeks blessings from mom; Amrita visits gurdwara with hubby Raja Warring, Manpreet monitors voting
Bathinda SSP says teams scrutinizing CCTV cameras; seems to be a case of personal enmity as per preliminary investigation
The circumstances surrounding Hardeep’s death are still under investigation, but preliminary reports suggest that the shot was fired from his own service weapon
Former Punjab Finance Minister and BJP candidate for Gidderbaha Assembly bypoll, Manpreet Singh Badal, today ended midway his conversation with a farmer leader and left the venue in his car without answering some of his queries. Manpreet had gone to...
Following a rise in air pollution caused by stubble burning, residents have reported a significant increase in respiratory and allergic diseases over the past week. Government and private hospitals have seen a surge in patients suffering from these conditions. Many...
Political spat turns personal as Bittu hits out at Raja Warring over his gender-biased remarks
Warring-Bittu rivalry intensifies as minister targets Ludhiana MP over ‘gender-biased’ comment
Union leaders’ meeting with officials over paddy purchase, tardy lifting & shortage of DAP remains inconclusive | BKU accuses govt of lying on procurement
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the state government over prolonged sewer overflow issue in Maur Mandi, Bathinda. Maninder Singh Sekhon, chief of the Punjabi Maha Sabha, who filed the...
Wants Centre to take up issue with Ottawa
Bathinda has seen a major drop in the stubble burning incidents and consequently, the AQI of the district has shown a significant improvement compared to the last year. As per the figures shared by the PPCB, against 405 incidents till...
Farmer unions in Punjab have announced highway blockades across the state from 1 pm today to protest the slow pace of paddy procurement. The unions, affiliated with the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, accuse both the state and central governments of inaction while farmers struggle in mandis. They also criticize former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh for playing politics instead of resolving the issue. The protests, which will block major highways, are a response to the delayed procurement and the reluctance of millers to lift the crop, threatening Punjab's economy and livelihoods.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday dedicated two important projects, including a newly renovated girls school and Balwant Gargi Auditorium, worth Rs 41 crore to Bathinda residents. Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said that the state government...
The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa today slammed the PM Modi-led NDA government for non-procurement and tardy lifting of produce from mandis across the state. During his visit to a grain market in Rampura Phul, the LoP said...
Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon is the co-owner of New Deep Transport
The family of Bhinder Singh today accused the CIA Staff of allegedly beating him to death in custody. Bhinder’s sister-in-law Sandeep Kaur said on Thursday, the CIA Staff took him into custody. She claimed that cops told them that Bhinder...
The panchayat poll in three Bathinda villages concluded with a wafer-thin margin — each candidate winning the post of sarpanch by just one vote each. The tight finish has put forth the importance of every single vote to elect the...
Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh’s announcement to resign has led to an outpour of support for him by leaders of various parties. Leaders from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) rebel faction, AAP and prominent Sikh figures flocked to his residence in...
Young & educated, their focus will be on sanitation, edu & health infra
Raja Warring had warned the SDM of FIR if anything untoward happened
Despite spending crores on machines and awareness campaigns to manage crop residue, the air quality index (AQI) has started deteriorating across the state with a jump in farm fire cases. The state witnessed 162 cases of stubble burning on Sunday....
Hundreds of Punjabi students in Canada have taken to the streets against the government decision to impose a cap on immigration workers. Fearing deportation, these students, who arrived with the hope of a promising future, are now expressing their anguish...
The protest being staged by teachers of Punjab’s technical universities has entered its 24th day, as they continue to demand the immediate implementation of revised pay scales. Faculty members from Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU) and other technical...