A day after the murder bid on former Deputy CM and SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, the culprit and pro-Khalistan activist Narain Singh Chaura was produced in the Amritsar district courts. Though the police pleaded for seven-day remand, the court,...
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Rakesh Kumar has been posted as Additional Commissioner of MC Jalandhar; Surinder Singh as Additional Commissioner and Jai Inder Singh as Joint Commissioner of MC Amritsar
Three of the expressions used in Article 19(2) -- sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the state and public order – are wide enough to give leeway to the authorities to stop any protest at any time and place, should they desire so
Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, was executed on the orders of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb
Among those arrested allegedly include four key operatives of cross-border terror module being operated by Pak-based Harvinder Rinda and foreign-based Happy Passian, Jeevan Fauji and Jashanpreet Singh alias Lal
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A Bench led by Justice JK Maheshwari gives 2 weeks to the CBI to file its response to Khokhar's plea
The Minister of State in the MEA, Kriti Vardhan Singh, gives a written reply to a question posed by Manish Tewari
Asks Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Directors-General of Police to issue ‘general instructions’ for protecting legitimate victims of visa fraud
Traffic likely to be hit due to security arrangements
Apart from Golden Temple, Akal Takht has asked Badal to perform service of 'sewadar' at Takht Kesgarh Sahib, Takht Damdama Sahib, and Darbar Sahib in Muktsar and Fatehgarh Sahib
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has scheduled an emergency meeting of its core committee to discuss all the aspects of the assassination bid on former Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal on December 4. But it fell short of meeting the deadline...
Tension is escalating at the Shambhu border on the National Highway-44, the epicentre of Kisan Andolan 2.0, as the first group of farmers, named ‘Marjeevda Jatha’, is scheduled to march to the national capital tomorrow. The situation turned grim after...
Sukhbir Badal has thanked the policemen who saved his life during the assassination bid on him at the Golden Temple entrance on December 4 where he was sitting on a wheelchair performing ‘sewa’ as a part of ‘tankhah’ awarded by...
Farmers were heading to Bathinda for protest over land relief
After Akal Takht advised the ‘baagi’ (rebel) and ‘daagi’ (tainted) groups of Akali Dal to wind up their separate bodies and reunite, a debate has started within all Akali Dal splinter groups on how this could be effected and to...
The administration has launched a campaign to raise awareness among residents about the importance of utilising non-conventional sources of energy. Residents are urged to take advantage of the ‘Prime Minister Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojna’ and install rooftop solar panels...
Post attack, security of ex-Dy CM, other tankhaiyas up
The Muktsar police and the Counter Intelligence Wing stated that they recently arrested four members of the Bambiha gang in a joint operation. The operation led to the seizure of a pistol, four live cartridges and a country-made weapon. Muktsar...
Dal Khalsa organised a Panthic convention at Moga today. The speakers at the convention give a call to all Sikh groups and parties to unite under a single umbrella and not to air controversial issues in public that divide them....
In a bid to curb drug abuse in the state, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Union Government) has initiated a campaign to urge youth to engage in sports. The campaign, called ‘Youth of Punjab’, was conceived by Sukhwinder...
The state government has begun the process of making attestation by councillors, sarpanches and lambardars online through the eSewa and mSewa portals. Although an official announcement about the launch of the new digital attestation system is pending from the Chief...
Hours after a couple was arrested with 50 gm of heroin and drug money in the Hindumalkot area, the police arrested another couple and seized 61 gm of heroin from them. A team led by Sub Inspector Girdhari Singh apprehended...
The Punjab Government has intervened in the issue of the recent doubling of the examination fee of affiliated colleges by the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) without approval of the state-level committee on fee hike. The committee is headed...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that denying bail solely as a pre-trial deterrent violates the core principles of justice and equity. Referring to the aphorism that ‘crime, not the individual, should be condemned’, Justice Anoop Chitkara has...
Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Cheema today chaired a high-level meeting with all Administrative Secretaries of the state government, emphasising the need to intensify efforts for capital creation and revenue generation. He said strategic moves aimed at further...
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today inaugurated a government degree college at Sukhchain village, which is a part of the open wildlife sanctuary area spread over 25 villages. The foundation stone of the college was laid by the then minister...
Close on the heels of shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) faced by the farmers last month, they are now staring at a shortage of urea, which is to be applied on the wheat sown on 35 lakh hectares in Punjab....
The Moga Deputy Commissioner today criticised the Gram Rozgar Sahayaks (GRSs) for failing to ensure maximum participation and utilisation of workdays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). He instructed the Additional Deputy Commissioner to withhold increments...
A disturbing video has gone viral on social media, which shows a man being tied up and beaten with sticks in Bazidpur Kattianwali village, located approximately 14 km from here. The footage shows the man restrained with ropes in a...
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