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All posts tagged "Punjab"

Politics2 weeks ago

BJP lowering prestige of the Governor’s office, says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

Reacting sharply to BJP state unit's tweet accusing him of trying to make Punjab into another West Bengal, the Chief Minister said it was the "power-hungry...
Cities2 weeks ago

Punjab ready to vaccinate 4 lakh people daily: Health Minister

Under the National Health Mission, 833 specialists and medical officers and 4,212 paramedical, 205 ministerial staff and 14 Class IV have been recruited.
Business2 weeks ago

Airtel says Jio’s allegations ‘baseless’, condemns tower damage

It also said that Jio’s annexure to the complaint did not demonstrate any evidence that Airtel has hand in the ongoing issues faced by Jio.
Cities2 weeks ago

Punjab withdraws night curfew from January 1

Chandigarh: With decline in coronavirus cases, the Punjab government on Wednesday decided to lift the night curfew from January 1 but advised the public to follow...
Business2 weeks ago

Incidents of damage to infra would turn investors away from Punjab: Assocham

The blockade of important highways connecting J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and the NCR has been resulting in a daily loss of Rs 3,000-3,500 crore, as...
India2 weeks ago

Punjab Governor concerned over damage to telecom towers

The Governor said the state government should take immediate action to prevent such vandalism from reoccurring and protect the communication infrastructure.
Cities2 weeks ago

Punjab to enhance counter-terrorism capacity

It will also work on setting up a state grid as a network of databases about arms, arms license holders, arms dealers, vehicles and suspects.
India3 weeks ago

Disruption of telecom services in Punjab violation of Supreme Court order

Despite the appeal, 1,467 towers were downed at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Despite this, 400 sites were upped by companies.
Cities3 weeks ago

Punjab CM appeals to farmers not to damage mobile towers

Amarinder Singh pointed out that the prolonged economic crisis, which would be aggravated as a result of telecom service disruption in the state, would have a...
Cities3 weeks ago

Punjab farmers shut power supply to Reliance Jio towers

‘Farmers’ vandalise several Reliance Jio towers to ‘protest’ against farm laws, Punjab CM appeals for calm after fanning protests
Entertainment3 weeks ago

Kirti Kulhari visits Golden Temple to seek blessings

Actress Kirti Kulhari was recently in Chandigarh on a break. During her time off, she visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar to seek blessings. Posting photos...
India1 month ago

Farmers’ agitation: Deserted roads turn play ground for children

Racing on bicycles, playing cricket and running after ‘gilli’, these are common sights during the day here. But children being children, they also argue and fight...
India1 month ago

Indigo crew seen pulling luggage through Punjab’s fields

Chandigarh, Dec 11: An Indigo crew was seen pulling their luggage on a narrow road between farm fields in Punjab while heading to the international airport...
India2 months ago

Centre offers Punjab farmers to hold more talks on farm laws

The new farm laws will encourage Mandis to provide better services to the farmers, they claimed.
India2 months ago

Punjab CM’s go-ahead to state’s second sero survey next week

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS): Punjab will conduct its second sero survey next week, for which Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday gave the go-ahead. The survey will...
India2 months ago

Amarinder leads dharna at Jantar Mantar, says it’s his duty

Taking the fight of Punjab farmers to Delhi and to highlight the crisis of supplies in the state due to suspension of goods trains, Chief Minister...
India3 months ago

CM Amarinder praises farmers for lifting blockade on goods

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday welcomed the farmer unions’ decision to allow movement of goods trains, saying it was in the interest of the...
India3 months ago

Expose BJP’s dishonesty, says Cong on Punjab farm Bills

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS): Even as Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday presented four Bills in the Vidhan Sabha to negate what were dubbed as...
India3 months ago

Supreme Court’s Big Move On Stubble Burning, Declines Centre’s Request

The Supreme Court today appointed retired judge Justice Madan B Lokur to monitor stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh amid rising pollution in Delhi...
India3 months ago

Manpreet Badal Asks GST Council To Eastablish Mechanism For Adjudiction Of Disputes With Centre And States

Manpreet Badal asks GST council to eastablish mechanism for adjudiction of disputes with centre and states
India3 months ago

Punjab, Haryana Farmers Protest : If farmers are happy, why are they protesting, says Rahul Gandhi

Punjab, Haryana Farmers Protest Today Live News Updates: Meanwhile, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Saturday reiterated that Rahul Gandhi will not be allowed enter the state...
India4 months ago

Punjab CM announces Rs 50 lakh for upkeep of Bhagat Singh’s memorial

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced Rs 50 lakh for the upkeep and maintenance of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh’s memorial at the revolutionary’s ancestral village...
India4 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari to be brought from Punjab jail to UP

Mau (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 28 (IANS) Jailed mafia don and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Mukhtar Ansari will now be brought to Mau from Punjab’s Mohali...
India4 months ago

Punjab Youth Cong workers set tractor ablaze near India Gate, 5 detained

A day after President Ram Nath Kovind signed the Agriculture Bills and made them laws, the Punjab Youth Congress workers on Monday set ablaze a tractor...
India4 months ago

Shiromani Akali Dal pulls out of NDA over farm Bills: Sukhbir Singh Badal

The decision was taken at a late-night emergency meeting of the party core committee, the apex decision-making body of the SAD, presided over by party chief...
Cities4 months ago

UP farmers join nationwide bandh over 3 farm bills in a big way

BKU state president Rajveer Singh Jadaun claimed Friday’s ‘chakka jam’ was completely successful with wide support from traders and the public. He regretted that police tried...
India4 months ago

Pain of agitating farmers will reach Central govt: Amarinder

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday expressed hope that the pain of the agitating farmers, who braved the pandemic and the heat to protest against...
India4 months ago

Cutting across party lines, farmers protest in Punjab, Haryana

Heavy police force has been deployed in both the states to deal with any untoward situation. Even shopkeepers in most of the major towns in both...
India4 months ago

Punjab to start Covaxin’s Phase-3 trials

Punjab’s three Government Medical Colleges will participate in the Phase-3 trials of Bharat Biotech Ltd’s Covaxin, the first indigenously-developed vaccine candidate against coronavirus, in collaboration with...
India4 months ago

Punjab lowers market fee on basmati rice

Chandigarh, Sep 22 (IANS): Paving the way to provide a level-playing field for basmati traders and millers from within and outside Punjab, especially in the light of...
India4 months ago

Akali Dal to hold ‘chakka jam’ in Punjab on Sept 25

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the BJP”s oldest ally, on Tuesday announced road blockades across Punjab on September 25 to protest against the contentious farm Bills...
Politics4 months ago

Punjab allows opening of higher education institutes

The Punjab government on Saturday allowed the opening of higher education institutions for Ph.D scholars and postgraduate students of technical and professional programmes requiring laboratories and...
Cities4 months ago

Liquor mafia operating in Punjab, Centre should probe: Congress MP

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Charging that a liquor mafia was operating in Punjab under political patronage, a Congress MP from the state on Friday demanded...
India5 months ago

Punjab-born restaurateur making waves in Norway

A Punjab-born restaurateur has been making waves in Norway for the past 40 years, serving Indian traditional dishes with authentic ingredients and winning hearts. “Forty years...
India5 months ago

Punjab to collectively move apex court for NEET, JEE exams deferment

There was no time to take up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of deferment of exams, said Amarinder Singh in response to a suggestion...
India5 months ago

Punjab hikes relief to hooch victims’ kin to Rs 5 lakh each

Tarn Taran (Punjab), Aug 7 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced an increased compensation of Rs 5 lakh instead of Rs 2 lakh...
India6 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: CM suspends 7 excise officials

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered the suspension of, and inquiry against, seven Excise and Taxation Officers and Inspectors, along with two DSPs and...
India6 months ago

Punjab CM, Khattar pay tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday paid tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh on his death anniversary. “I join...
India6 months ago

Will do everything to protect nation’s security: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, July 29 : Taking strong exception to the so-called ‘warning’ by Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal on recent arrests under the unlawful activities, Punjab Chief...
India6 months ago

Punjab cancels pending school board examinations

The Punjab Government has decided to cancel the pending examinations of various classes which were earlier announced to be conducted after July 15 by Punjab School...
India6 months ago

Punjab CM seeks cancellation of college, varsity exams

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking cancellation of all...
India6 months ago

Punjab CM gives nod for formation of plasma bank

Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, here on Thursday, gave the nod for formation of a plasma bank to facilitate Covid plasma therapy,...
India7 months ago

Plasma therapy given to two patients in Punjab

Chandigarh, June (IANS) The first plasma therapy has been given to two Covid-19 patients in Amritsar, Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister O.P. Soni said, here...
India7 months ago

Will appeal against court ruling on school fees: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) The Punjab government will appeal against the High Court ruling allowing private schools to charge fees from students for the lockdown period,...
Cities8 months ago

Punjab shops, beauty parlours to open 12 hours daily

Bicycles, rickshaws and auto-rickshaws will be allowed subject to compliance of the SOP as issued by the Transport Department.
India8 months ago

No discontinuation of free power to farmers: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, May 30 (IANS) Categorically rejecting allegations about withdrawal of free power to Punjab’s farmers, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said his government is ready...
India8 months ago

Unorganised labour to be priority in Centre’s relief package: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Expressing disappointment at the Centre’s failure to address the humanitarian crisis resulting from the lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday...
India8 months ago

Punjab CM asks PM Modi to define path for economic revival

Chandigarh, May 7 Reiterating his demand for revenue grants to meet the shortfall in revenues and the higher expenditure being incurred on healthcare of Covid-19, Punjab...
Cities8 months ago

Punjab CM pegs April revenue shortfall at 88%

The Chief Minister said around 20,000 international travellers were expected to return to Punjab in three-four weeks, in addition to around 12,000 who had registered in...
India9 months ago

137 Hazur Sahib pilgrims who returned to Punjab from Maharashtra test COVID-19 positive

According to the health department, the total number of cases in the state now stands at 585 and the death toll is 20.
Politics9 months ago

Punjab CM asks opposition not to trigger panic

Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) Asserting that this was not the time to indulge in petty politics, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday appealed to the...
India9 months ago

Punjab sees 105 more Covid-19 cases in highest single-day spike

Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Punjab on Thursday saw 105 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day spike, with 87 of them those who returned to the...
India9 months ago

Punjab CM urges PM for special trains for migrants’ return

Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) After the Centre’s advisory on return of stranded migrants and others, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, here on Thursday, asked the Deputy...
India9 months ago

Punjab CM thanks PGI for treating corona warrior policeman

Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday thanked the PGI Hospital doctors and paramedical for staff for treating the COVID-19 warrior policeman...
India9 months ago

23 more Hazur Sahib returnees test positive in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Twenty-three more people, who returned to Punjab after a 1,750-km odyssey from the Sikh shrine in Nanded, Maharashtra, on Wednesday tested coronavirus...
India9 months ago

Punjab extends curfew by two weeks after May 3

Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced extension of curfew in the state by two weeks after May 3, while unveiling...
Politics9 months ago

Manmohan to assist Punjab to revive post-Covid state economy

Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will assist the Congress government in Punjab to revive its economy once the Covid-19 crisis ends. “I...
India9 months ago

Allow shops, industries to open in non-containment zones: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday drew the Centre’s attention to the critical needs of the state in the light of...
Cities9 months ago

Punjab’s first school ready for 1,000-bed isolation centre

Chandigarh, April 26 : The administration in the holy city of Amritsar in Punjab has converted a residential school into a 1,000-bedded care isolation centre for...
India9 months ago

Punjab procures 250% more wheat amid pandemic

Chandigarh, April 25 A positive note amid the coronavirus crisis. The agrarian state Punjab is heading to a record bumper wheat production with the state recording...
India9 months ago

Allow retired defence personnel to return home: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to grant special permission to defence personnel who have retired...
Cities9 months ago

2 Tablighi Jamaat members test negative for coronavirus in Punjab

Mansa, April 22: Two Tablighi Jamaat members have tested negative for COVID-19 after being admitted at a hospital here, the state Special Chief Secretary KBS Sidhu...
India9 months ago

Punjab seeks bailout package for COVID-19 crisis

Chandigarh, April 21 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday suggested to the Centre a three-pronged strategy to bailout the states from the COVID-19 crisis,...
India9 months ago

Punjab seeks Rs 3,000 cr relief over Covid-19 pandemic

Chandigarh, April 21 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, here on Tuesday, demanded Rs 3,000 crore as interim compensation for April owing to the Covid-19 pandemic...
Politics9 months ago

Punjab to allow limited industrial activity from Monday

Chandigarh, April 19 (IANS) The Punjab government on Sunday announced it woukd strictly regulate any activity in the containment zones but allowed a limited industrial activity to...
Politics9 months ago

Sidhu spotted without mask in public amid lockdown in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 18 (IANS) Even though his Congress party government in Punjab has made wearing a face mask in public a must, legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu has...
India9 months ago

Reconsider decision on full wages to workers: Punjab CM to Centre

Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged the Centre to reconsider its directives asking industry, shops and commercial establishments to continue...
India9 months ago

Punjab starts rapid testing in 2 hotspot districts

Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Taking its battle against Covid-19 to the next level, the Punjab government on Tuesday launched rapid testing in two hotspot districts of...
India9 months ago

Police team attacked in Punjab, officer’s hand chopped off

Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) In a bloody clash in Punjab, a police official’s hand was chopped off and two others got grievous injuries on Sunday when a...
India9 months ago

Punjab facilitates return of 825 foreigners

Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) The Punjab government had facilitated return of 825 stranded foreigners to their countries, Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said, here on Saturday....
India9 months ago

Punjab village sees 32 corona patients of close-knit families

Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Adopting social distancing in lives is the best way to reduce the spread of novel coronavirus, which has the world firmly in its...
India10 months ago

Six Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive for coronavirus in Punjab

A total of 241 Tablighi Jamaat attendees have been traced in Punjab and among them, six have tested positive for novel coronavirus. Samples of 180 people...
India10 months ago

3 more Jamaat attendees test positive in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Three more members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who were at the congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz in March, on Saturday tested positive...
India10 months ago

4th Covid-19 death in Punjab

Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Barely a day after testing positive for coronavirus, a 65-year-old man with no travel history abroad died in the PGI hospital here on...
India10 months ago

COVID-19: One more tests positive in Punjab; total cases 39

Chandigarh, March 30 After two days of hiatus, one more patient in Punjab was tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, taking the total count to 39...
India10 months ago

Facilitate stranded migrant workers: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, March 28 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday asked local authorities to facilitate the people, especially migrant workers, who are stranded in the state...
India10 months ago

Punjab’s first coronavirus patient tests negative: CM

Chandigarh, March 27 Punjab’s first coronavirus patient, who returned from Italy and undergoing treatment in a government hospital, has tested negative and will be discharged on...
India10 months ago

Clear liabilities under MGNREGA: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) Amid the coronavirus crisis, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought financial assistance from the Centre to clear all liabilities under the...
India10 months ago

Three more test positive in Punjab; total rises to six

Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) Three more people in Punjab have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of patients to six, an official said on...
India10 months ago

Covid-19: Third positive case surfaces in Punjab

Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) An elderly woman with recent travel history to the UK has tested positive for coronavirus in Mohali, an official said on Friday....
India10 months ago

Gogoi’s RS nomination wrong, questionable: Punjab CM

Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Dubbing as “wrong and questionable” the nomination of former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, to the Rajya Sabha, Punjab Chief Minister...
India10 months ago

Punjab will fill up one lakh vacancies in two years: CM

Chandigarh, March 16 (IANS) As the Congress government completed three years in power in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said that one lakh government...
Cities10 months ago

Schools closed in Punjab till March 31 amid Covid-19 scare

One confirmed case has been reported from Punjab so far.
India10 months ago

Covid-19: Indo-Pak check post in Punjab’s Attari closed

Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) The movement of people and commodities from Pakistan at the joint check post (JCP) at Attari near Amritsar in Punjab was suspended...
Cities11 months ago

Suspected Covid-19 patient in Punjab runs away from hospital

One has a history of travel to Indonesia and Singapore last week with his family, while another has a travel history to Bali.
Cities12 months ago

Punjab to administer polio drops to 33 lakh children

Chandigarh, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday launched a three-day pulse polio campaign at Jagatpura village in Mohali district. More than...
India1 year ago

Suspected Pak drone spotted flying in Punjab

Chandigarh: A suspected Pakistani drone was spotted flying in villages in the Indian territory along the India-Pakistan border in Hussainiwala area in Punjab, security officials said...
Cities1 year ago

Overcast condition, cold wave in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Jan 9 A day after widespread rain, cold wave conditions with an overcast sky prevailed over most parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Thursday....
Politics1 year ago

Punjab CM greets people on New Year

Chandigarh,Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday greeted the people on the New Year with the promise to give them a peaceful, harmonious, secure and progressive...
India1 year ago

Punjab allows peaceful protest by students

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said his government would not stop students from protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and other controversial...
Cities1 year ago

Punjab,Haryana shiver; Faridkot sees 0.7 degrees

Chandigarh, Most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Monday saw a slight rise in the mercury despite dense fog and Faridkot town was the coldest in the...
Cities1 year ago

Severe cold wave grips Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Severe cold wave conditions continued across Punjab and Haryana on Saturday owing to cloudy skies with some places recording near freezing temperatures. The ongoing longest...
Politics1 year ago

Amarinder asks Akalis to clarify stand on NRC

Chandigarh, Slamming the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for their double standards on the issue of NRC and CAA, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked the...
Politics1 year ago

No democracy can work by suppressing voices: Punjab CM

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said no democracy could work by suppressing people’s voice. “I condemn the crackdown on peaceful CAA Protests in Delhi...
India1 year ago

Won’t let Pakistan create problem for Punjab : CM Amarinder

Mohali Dec 6 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the state government will not allow Pakistan to push in groups from the border...
World1 year ago

First Sikh Football Cup to mark 550th Prakash Purb

Chandigarh, Nov 10 To promote the Punjabi Sikh identity globally, non-profit organisation Khalsa Football Club in association with the Global Sikh Sports Federation is organising first...
Politics1 year ago

Modi visits Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak

Amritsar: On the way to inaugurate the historic Kartarpur Corridor, a first in seven decades between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid...
India1 year ago

Kartarpur Corridor: Punjab on high alert

Chandigarh, Nov 4: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said on Monday that Punjab is on high alert ahead of the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor as...
India1 year ago

Karnataka Rajyotsava: Rahul Gandhi Wishes 7 States, 1 UT on Formation Day

New Delhi, Nov 1 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday extended his wishes to the people of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala on...
India1 year ago

Punjab seeks Modi’s intervention on Kartarpur corridor opening

Chandigarh, Oct 31 Punjab Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention over the Centre’s decision to construct a parallel stage...
India1 year ago

Blast in illegally stored crackers in Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct 28 A major tragedy was averted in Jalandhar when a large consignment of crackers stored illegally at a vacant plot in a residential area...
India1 year ago

PM to inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor on Nov 9

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kartarpur Corridor on November 9 and dispatch the first lot of pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in...
Politics1 year ago

Ex-serviceman Punjab CM salutes India Post

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here on Thursday got nostalgic about his initial years of life in the army and receiving a letter while on duty...
Cities1 year ago

Akali Dal to contest Haryana polls with INLD

Chandigarh, Oct 3 The Akali Dal, an alliance partner with the BJP in Punjab and New Delhi, has announced it will contest the October 21 Haryana...
India1 year ago

Amarinder moots Punjab-Iran Chamber of Commerce for investment in agriculture

Chandigarh, Sep 24 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday mooted a dedicated Punjab-Iran Chamber of Commerce to harness investment potential between two sides, while seeking...
Cities1 year ago

Haryana applies brakes on traffic fines; Punjab, Himachal defer new rules

Chandigarh, Sep 14 The BJP-ruled Haryana, which was on a spree on imposing fines to motorists for road safety violations, has decided to focus on educating...
India1 year ago

Majority of Congress government’s promises fulfilled: Punjab CM Amarinder

New Delhi, Sep 14 In a meeting convened by Congress interim President to review the progress of Congress governments in states, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh...
India1 year ago

Punjab CM slams Pak Sikh girl’s conversion to Islam

Chandigarh, Aug 30 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday sought Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s intervention over reports of a Sikh girl in Pakistan allegedly...
India1 year ago

Flood threat in Punjab after Pakistan releases water, embankment in Ferozpur collapses

Chandigarh, Aug 26 A crucial embankment in Punjab’s Ferozepur district collapsed early Monday due to heavy discharge of water from Pakistan, posing a threat of flooding...
Cities1 year ago

300 Punjab villages badly affected by floods

Chandigarh, Aug 21 More than 300 villages, mainly in Punjab’s Ropar, Jalandhar and Ferozepur districts, were badly affected in floods by the Satluj river, damaging crops...
India1 year ago

Daughters of martyred soldiers tie rakhis to Punjab CM

Jalandhar, Aug 15 As a gesture of love and respect to mark Raksha Bandhan, five girls, including daughters of two martyred soldiers, on Thursday tied rakhis...
Cities1 year ago

At least 55 govt schools in Punjab don’t have any teacher

Chandigarh, July 31 At least 55 government schools located along the border areas of Punjab have students, but no teachers. The statistics of the Department of...
Cities1 year ago

Punjab to have ‘Cycle Valley’ with outlay of Rs 300 crore

A 100 acre plot has been allotted to Hero Cycles Limited for setting up its main unit and it would commence operation by April 2022
Politics1 year ago

Punjab Chief Minister accepts Sidhu’s resignation

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday accepted his Cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu’s resignation. The Chief Minister forwarded the resignation to Governor Punjab V.P. Singh...
Cities1 year ago

Crucial files from Sidhu’s previous department go missing

Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) In a major goof-up, crucial government files, including one pertaining to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in a case of Rs 1,144-crore...
India2 years ago

Google’s ‘Internet Saathis’ now cover 2.6 lakh Indian villages

New Delhi, July 16 Google Indias ‘Internet Saathi programme aimed to empower rural women how to use the Internet has now added two more states —...
India2 years ago

No issues with Sidhu, will see what can be done, says Amarinder Singh

New Delhi, July 15: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh clearly said that he has no issues with Navjot Singh Sidhu and claimed that he is yet...
India2 years ago

Parliament LIVE: ‘One Nation, One Poll’, Rajya Sabha Discusses Electoral Reforms Today

New Delhi, July 3 : Parliament Live-The debate in Rajya Sabha is on electoral reforms, including ‘One Nation, One Election’, electoral bonds and Electronic Voting Machines...
India2 years ago

Punjab CM Amarinder writes to Jaishankar, Seeks Help For Release of Indian Youth From Malaysian Jail

New Delhi, July 3 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written a letter to External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, seeking the Indian government’s...
Cities2 years ago

Employees of state-run buses in Punjab go on strike

Chandigarh, July 2 Commuters across Punjab faced inconvenience as employees of the state-owned Punjab Roadways went on a three-day strike on Tuesday, demanding regularisation of their...
India2 years ago

Bargari sacrilege accused killed in jail : Punjab CM promises stringent action

Chandigarh, June 23 Fearing communal violence, the police on Sunday stepped up security in parts of Punjab after Dera Sacha Sauda sect follower Mohinder Pal Bittu,...
India2 years ago

Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi, submits a letter

Punjab, June 10 : Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Monday met party president Rahul Gandhi...
Cities2 years ago

Infant trapped in Punjab borewell: Rescue operation underway for over 40 hours

Chandigarh, June8 : A massive operation continued for the third day on Saturday to rescue a two-year-old boy who fell into a 150-foot deep abandoned borewell...
India2 years ago

Punjab cabinet reshuffle: Navjot Sidhu loses key portfolio, gets Power

June6 : Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, was Thursday stripped of the local bodies department and was...
India2 years ago

Punjab CM seeks Modi’s intervention to tackle drug menace

Chandigarh, June 2 : Reiterating his demand for a national drugs policy to check the drug menace, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought Prime Minister...
Cities2 years ago

Punjab CM lays foundation stone of vegetable processing plant

Samrala, May 30: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a vegetable processing plant being set up jointly by IFFCO and...
India2 years ago

Amarinder Singh urges PM Modi to ask Pak to probe Guru Nanak Palace destruction

Amaritsar, May 29: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take up with Pakistan government to...
Cities2 years ago

Sidhu’s portfolio to be changed as Hugging the Pakistani Army Chief is unacceptable: Punjab CM Amarinder

New Delhi, May 24 : Punjab under the leadership of Captain Amarinder Singh have resisted the Modi wave and blamed Navjot Singh Sidhu inept handling of...
Election2 years ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Re-Polling underway at 1 booth in Amritsar

Amritsar, May 22: Re-polling for the 2019 Lok Sabha election is bieng held at booth number 123 in Amritsar on Wednesday. The Election Commission (EC) gave...
Election2 years ago

Polling in Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha constituencies peaceful

Chandigarh, May 19: All the 13 seats of Punjab and the lone seat of its capital Chandigarh went to the polls on Sunday in the seventh...
Election2 years ago

Key constituencies in final phase of Lok Sabha elections

As campaigning for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in 59 parliamentary constituencies concluded on Friday, over 10.17 crore voters across seven states...
Election2 years ago

Priyanka claims to be Punjabi ‘bahu’, says make Rahul PM

Bathinda/Pathankot, May 14 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attempted to establish an emotional link with local voters by describing herself as a...
Election2 years ago

Congress releases star campaigners list for Punjab, Chandigarh

New Delhi, April 30: The Congress on Tuesday released a list of star campaigners for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections to be held on May 19...
Election2 years ago

Felt abandoned, rejected : Kavita Khanna on being denied poll ticket

Gurdaspur , April 27: Kavita Khanna, the wife late Union Minister and actor Vinod Khanna, after being denied a ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
Election2 years ago

Tough fight for BJP MP Rao Inderjeet Singh in Gurgaon

Gurugram, April 24: BJP MP Rao Inderjeet Singh is facing a stiff challenge from Congress candidate Captain Ajay Singh Yadav in Haryana’s Gurugram Lok Sabha constituency,...
India2 years ago

Punjab-Haryana rains worry farmers over wheat crop

Chandigarh, April 8: The skies turned dark over parts of Punjab and Haryana on Monday morning with some areas experiencing light rainfall accompanied by strong winds....
India2 years ago

Khalistan Commando Force terrorist Amrik Singh arrested

Jalandhar, March 28: The Counter Intelligence Wing on Thursday arrested a wanted terrorist linked to Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) in Jalandhar...
India2 years ago

India, Pakistan hold Kartarpur Corridor talks at Attari

Amritsar, March 14: Indian and Pakistani officials on Thursday held talks at Attari near Amritsar to finalise modalities of the Corridor, that’ll facilitate pilgrims to visit...
India2 years ago

End politicization of armed forces: Amarinder

Chandigarh, March 10 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday called for an end to politicization of the armed forces for political gains. Welcoming the directive...
India2 years ago

Pakistani woman gets married in Punjab’s Patiala

Patiala (Punjab), March 9: Amid the recent tension between India and Pakistan, a woman from Pakistan’s Punjab province married a Sikh man here on Saturday. Sarjit...
Politics2 years ago

It’s a battle of ideologies: Rahul Gandhi

Moga (Punjab), March 7: The battle between the Congress and the BJP as “a fight of ideologies”, said Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. “On the...
Politics2 years ago

Sher Singh Ghubaya joins Congress

New Delhi, March 5: Punjab MP Sher Singh Ghubaya on Tuesday joined the Indian National Congress (INC). Ghubaya, who represents the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency, was...
India2 years ago

IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to return today, huge crowd reach Attari to welcome him

Attari, Mar 1: A huge crowd assembled at the Attari Joint Check Post (JCP) on Friday to welcome Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who...
India2 years ago

Punjab: BSF apprehends youth in Ferozepur

Chandigarh, March 1: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday apprehended a youth from the border belt of Ferozepur in Punjab on suspicion of spying. The...
India2 years ago

Sikh group helps Kashmiri students travel back home

Chandigarh, Feb 22: Sikh non-profit organization Khalsa Aid has sent nearly 300 Kashmiri students from various places back to their home state following fear among them...
India2 years ago

Go, pick Jaish chief in Bahawalpur: Amarinder to Imran Khan

Chandigarh, Feb 19: Chiding Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his comments demanding proof of Pakistan’s role in the Pulwama attack, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh...
India2 years ago

Punjab CM Amarinder announces monthly pension for kin of martyred CRPF personnel

Ropar, Feb 17 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday met the bereaved parents of CRPF martyr Constable Kulwinder Singh at their village in...
Cities2 years ago

Woman gang-raped by 12 near Ludhiana, police conduct raids

Chandigarh, Feb 11 (IANS) The Punjab Police on Monday conducted raids at various places in Ludhiana district after a young woman alleged she was gang-raped by...
India2 years ago

Journalists in Punjab to get pension

Chandigarh, Feb 8: Accredited journalists in Punjab will now get a monthly pension of Rs 12,000. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh gave approval to grant a monthly...
India2 years ago

Dinkar Gupta appointed as Punjab DGP

Amritsar, Feb 7: Dinkar Gupta, a 1987 batch officer of the Indian Police Service, was appointed as the Director General of the Punjab Police on Thursday....
Cities2 years ago

Earthquake hits Delhi-NCR

Tremors were also felt in Delhi-NCR region and neighbouring states including Punjab.
India2 years ago

Centre red-flags 11 recommendations for appointment as HC judges

New Delhi, Jan 22: The Centre has recently red-flagged a host of recommendations for the appointment of judges to high courts with the top court collegium...
India2 years ago

AAP to contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab: Kejriwal

Chandigarh, Jan 20 Despite a virtual split in the leadership of its Punjab unit, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats...
Politics2 years ago

AAP MLA quits from party’s primary membership

Chandigarh, Jan 16: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Punjab, Baldev Singh, on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the party, citing “autocratic functioning”, “double...
India2 years ago

PM Modi worst leader India has seen since Independence, says Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday called the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “worst leader India has seen since Independence”. The Congress leader further...
India2 years ago

Phoolka to float non-political outfit, meet Anna Hazare soon

New Delhi, Jan 4 : A day after resigning from the Aam Aadmi Party, anti-Sikh riots petitioner H.S. Phoolka on Friday said he will float a...
Election2 years ago

Congress claims massive win in Punjab panchayat polls

Chandigarh, Jan 1: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday hailed the sweeping Congress victory in the just concluded panchayat polls in the state. Describing it...
Cities2 years ago

Free of cost blood in Punjab hospitals from Jan 1

Chandigarh, Dec 31: Blood will be provided free of cost in government hospitals across Punjab from Tuesday (Jan 1), a Minister said on Monday. Health and...
Cities2 years ago

Punjab CM Amarinder announces board against drugs smugglers

Chandigarh, Dec 28 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced setting up of an advisory board to enable detention of drug smugglers for a...
Cities2 years ago

Rajiv Gandhi’s statute vandalized in Ludhiana; Amarinder orders strict action

Warning him that "such acts would backfire on his party in the coming Lok Sabha elections", the Chief Minister asked Badal to immediately "apologize for the...
Cities2 years ago

Amritsar Dusshera event had no permission, Amarinder orders ‘stern action’

Chandigarh, Dec 6 : The magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train tragedy that claimed 61 lives has held that the Dusshera event organised by a ruling...
India2 years ago

Kashmiri terrorist Zakir Musa hiding in Punjab, high alert sounded

Chandigarh, Dec 6: Security agencies have been put on high alert in Bathinda and Ferozepur districts of Punjab on Thursday following intelligence reports that Kashmiri terrorist...
Cities2 years ago

Punjab: 6 detained in Pathankot on suspicion

Pathankot, Nov 26: Six men have been detained on suspicion from the Pathankot railway station, Punjab Police officials said on Monday. They were on board the Pooja...
Cities2 years ago

Punjab Police launches search operation after movement of 4 suspicious men

Chandigarh, Nov 24: The Punjab Police and other security agencies the frontier districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur on Saturday launched a search operation after movement of four...
Cities2 years ago

Thousands throng gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana to mark ‘Gurpurab’

Chandigarh, Nov 23: Thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Friday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ –...
India2 years ago

Amritsar train accident: Probe blames negligence, trespass for tragedy

New Delhi, Nov 22: Nearly a month after 60 people lost their lives, the probe by Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) into the Amritsar train tragedy...
Cities2 years ago

Amritsar grenade attack kills three; DGP admits terror act

Amritsar, Nov 18 (IANS) In a major terrorist incident, three people were killed and 20 others injured when two motorcycle-borne masked youths threw a grenade at...
Cities2 years ago

Air quality dips despite winds and favourable weather

New Delhi, Nov 16 : Despite good winds and almost favourable weather, the air quality of the national capital and areas around it deteriorated on Friday...
India2 years ago

Entry of Trucks banned in Delhi during November 8-10

New Delhi, Nov 6 : The Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority or EPCA on Tuesday banned the entry of trucks into Delhi between...
India2 years ago

Muzaffarpur case: Supreme Court orders transfer of Brijesh Thakur to Patiala jail

New Delhi, Oct 30: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a transfer of Brijesh Thakur, the main accused in Muzaffarpur shelter home case, to a high-security...
India2 years ago

SIT constituted to investigate Amritsar Train Accident

New Delhi, Oct 22: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted on Monday to investigate Amritsar Train Accident. “SIT has been constituted to investigate. A...
India2 years ago

Kerala Nun Rape Case: Key witness found dead in Punjab’s Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Oct 22: Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, a key witness in the Kerala Nun Rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal was found dead in Punjab’s Jalandhar on Monday. ...
India2 years ago

Amritsar train accident: Punjab CM orders magisterial inquiry, seeks report within 4 weeks

Amritsar, Oct 20: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday arrived in Amritsar to meet the victims who were injured in a tragic incident in which least...
Cities2 years ago

Loco-pilot informed station master at next station about terrible accident

Amritsar, Oct 19 (IANS) Minutes after the DMU Jalandhar-Amritsar passenger train on Friday crushed over 50 people watching the burning of a Ravan eggify from a...
Cities2 years ago

Train kills at least 50 Dussehra revellers in Punjab

Witnesses said the dead included children. There were reportedly around 700 people at the accident spot.
Disaster2 years ago

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi asks state govt, party workers to provide immediate relief

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi asks state govt, party workers to provide immediate relief at Amritsar train accident site. The train accident in Punjab in which over...
India2 years ago

President, PM mourn Punjab train tragedy

New Delhi, Oct 19 : President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of political parties on Friday expressed shock and grief over a...
India2 years ago

Punjab train disaster: Rajnath promises Centre’s help

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday spoke to the Punjab government over the mowing down of people watching the burning...
Cities2 years ago

Amritsar Train accident: Punjab CM cancels Israel visit

Chandigarh, Oct 19 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday cancelled his five-day visit to Israel in view of the terrible accident in which at...
India2 years ago

Punjab CM lays stones for five projects in Amritsar

Amritsar, Oct 15: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday laid the foundation stones for five infrastructure projects worth Rs 127.86 crore in Amritsar, and announced an...
India2 years ago

Three Kashmiri students nabbed in Punjab with AK-47, explosives

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, Oct 10: In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested three students after...
Cities2 years ago

10-Year-Old Boy Circumcised by Men to ‘Forcefully Convert’ Him to Islam

Ludhiana, Oct 1 : Three people have been booked by the police on Sunday for allegedly performing circumcision on a 10- year old boy in Machhiwara,...
Cities2 years ago

Yamuna in spate, flowing above danger mark in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 25: The Yamuna river is flowing above the danger level in the national capital following the release of water from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage due...
Cities2 years ago

Punjab Rains: Schools, colleges to remain shut on Tuesday

New Delhi, Sep 24: Due to incessant rainfall, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered the closure of all schools and colleges for tomorrow i.e....
Cities2 years ago

Rains affect life in Punjab, Haryana; damage paddy, cotton crop

Chandigarh, Sep 24: Moderate to heavy rainfall continued in most parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh for the third day on Monday affecting normal life. With...
India2 years ago

Widespread rains in Punjab, Haryana may damage paddy crop

Chandigarh, Sep 22: Widespread rainfall across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Saturday brought miseries to farmers as untimely showers have affected the standing paddy crop in...
India2 years ago

Navjot Singh Sidhu, Harsimrat Kaur spar over Kartarpur corridor

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Both Union Cabinet Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj entered into an heated argument over Kartapur corridor...
India2 years ago

Hoping for a positive response from Modi govt on Kartarpur Sahib corridor: Sidhu

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Hoping for a positive response from the central government on Kartarpur Sahib corridor, Punjab Congress minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said he...
Politics2 years ago

Sidhu releases Kotkapura CCTV footage, wants action against Badals

Chandigarh, Sep 6 (IANS) Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday released CCTV footage that he said showed police action against peaceful protesters and subsequent firing...
World2 years ago

Imran Khan Bans First-Class Flights for Pakistan President and Chief Justice

Islamabad, Aug 25 :The cabinet of newly-appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has imposed a ban on first-class air travel by the President, Chief Justice, Senate...
India2 years ago

Action taken on 258 of 337 complaints put forward by Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Commission

Chandigarh, Aug 23 : Of the 344 complaints allowed so far by the Justice (Retd.) Mehtab Singh Gill Commission, investigating the false cases registered under the...
India2 years ago

Kerala flood: Punjab CM announces immediate relief of Rs 10 crores

Amritsar, Aug 17: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced Rs. 10 crores worth of immediate relief for flood-hit Kerala. “Rs 5 crore is being...
India2 years ago

BSF, Rangers exchange sweets on Pakistan Independence Day

Attari, Aug 14: On the occasion of Independence Day of Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistani Rangers exchanged sweets on Tuesday. The sweets were...
Cities2 years ago

Heavy rains disrupts normal life in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, July 21: A heavy downpour on Saturday afternoon disrupted normal life in several areas of Chandigarh with roads inundated and traffic snarls occurring at several places....
India3 years ago

Himachal: MiG-21 crashes in Kangra

Shimla, July 18: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday crashed in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Kangra Superintendent of Police Santosh Patial...
Cities3 years ago

Himachal Pradesh: Gangster killed by Punjab Police

Shimla, July 14: Punjab Police on Saturday killed a gangster and held two of his accomplices in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh after a brief encounter. However,...
India3 years ago

Chandigarh: Dilpreet Singh Baba, who shot at Parmish Verma; arrested

Chandigarh, July 9: The Punjab and Chandigarh police on Monday jointly arrested gangster Dilpreet Singh Baba, who had also allegedly shot at Punjabi Singer Parmish Verma....
India3 years ago

Punjab orders annual drug test for all government employees

Chandigarh, July 5: In a bid to curb usage of drugs, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday issued notifications mandating an annual drug test for all...
Cities3 years ago

Rain brings relief to parts of Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, July 3: Rain in several parts of Punjab and some parts of Haryana brought relief to people on Tuesday from the hot and humid conditions. Monsoon...
Cities3 years ago

7 killed as SUV rams into truck in Punjab

Chandigarh, June 18: At least seven people were killed on Monday when the sports utility vehicle (SUV) they were travelling in rammed into a truck near Punjab’s...
Cities3 years ago

Rains in Chandigarh bring relief from dust, pollution

tChandigarh, June 16: Chandigarh and its nearby areas in Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rains, bringing much relief from a thick haze of dust and pollution...
India3 years ago

Eidul Fitr 2018: No exchange of sweets at Attari-Wagah border

Amritsar, June 16: Due to continuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, there was no exchange of sweets between the Border Security Force troops...
Cities3 years ago

Chandigarh Airport remains shut owing to Dust

Chandigarh, June 15: All national and international flights from the Chandigarh International Airport remained suspended on Friday, the second day, owing to low visibility due to dust,...
Election3 years ago

Congress clinches Punjab’s Shahkot Assembly seat

Chandigarh, May 31: The ruling Congress clinched Punjab’s Shahkot Assembly seat byelection on Thursday. Congress candidate Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia surpassed Shiromani Akali Dal rival Naib Singh...
Election3 years ago

By-Polls 2018: Samajwadi Party, RLD complains of EVM malfunctioning

New Delhi, May 28: Voting is presently underway in four Lok Sabha seats and 10 Assembly constituencies across the country. Polling began at 7 a.m. and will...
India3 years ago

PSEB 10th Result: 89,000 students fail in English

New Delhi, May 9: The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) on Tuesday released the PSEB Class 10 secondary examination ranking on its website. The pass percentage...
India3 years ago

Supreme Court transfers Kathua case to Pathankot

New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the trial in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua to...
India3 years ago

Rains lash Chandigarh; Storm alert in Haryana, Punjab

Chandigarh, May 7: Early morning rains lashed Chandigarh and nearby areas on Monday while authorities in Haryana and Punjab remained on high alert following a storm advisory...
India3 years ago

Punjab: 24 people injured in gas cylinder explosion

Ludhiana, April 26: At least 24 people injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Punjab’s Giaspura on Thursday.
Cities3 years ago

Phagwara clash: Internet services suspended in four Punjab districts

Chandigarh, April 14 : Internet services were suspended in four districts of Punjab on Saturday after tension gripped the industrial town of Phagwara following clashes between...
India3 years ago

Mosul death: Punjab govt announces ex-gratia for kin of victims

Amritsar, April 2: Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday announced ex-gratia of compensation of Rs 5 lakh per family of the 27 Indians belonging from Punjab,...
India3 years ago

Bharat bandh: 4 killed in MP, Internet service blocked in Gwalior as Protests turn violent

New Delhi, April 2: Violent protests triggered on Monday in several parts of the country during a countrywide bandh called by several Dalit organisations against the alleged...
India3 years ago

Mortal remains of only 38 Indians to be brought back from Iraq: VK Singh

New Delhi, Apr 1: Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh (retd) left for Mosul on Sunday to bring back the mortal remains of the...
India3 years ago

Punjab waives its share in GST on community kitchens

Chandigarh, March 21: 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...
India3 years ago

Punjab: Absconding for 27 years, proclaimed offender arrested in Kapurthala

Kapurthala, March 20: Punjab Police arrested Ranjit Singh Rana, who has been a member of pro-Khalistan group The Bhindranwale Tigers Force and was absconding from the...
Election3 years ago

Voting begins for Ludhiana MC poll

Chandigarh, Feb 24: Voting began for the biggest municipal body in Punjab, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC), on Saturday morning. Voters started queuing up before 8 a.m.,...
India3 years ago

Punjab CM meets Trudeau, Sajjan

Amritsar, Feb 21: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau here. Both leaders discussed the strong bond that exists between...
India3 years ago

Canadian PM visits Golden Temple in Amritsar

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by his wife and two children, offered prayers at the Golden Temple on Wednesday, underlining the significance of the large...
India3 years ago

Punjab: Border Security Force shot one Pakistani smuggler in Ferozepur, 10 kg heroin recovered

New Delhi, Feb 20: A Pakistani smuggler has been shot by the Border Security Force in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector on Tuesday. The officials recovered 10 Kg heroin,...
India3 years ago

UP, J&K, Jharkhand fastest improving states on health: NITI Aayog

New Delhi, Feb 9: Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the top-three large states in the country in terms of annual incremental performance...
India3 years ago

Two Pakistan-trained LeT terrorists held at Wagah-Attari crossing

Jammu, Feb 3: Two Pakistan-trained LeT militants from Jammu and Kashmir were nabbed soon after they returned to India via the Wagah-Attari border crossing in Punjab with...
Sports3 years ago

Harbhajan Singh to lead Punjab in Vijay Hazare Trophy

New Delhi, Feb 3: Seasoned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will lead Punjab, whereas, Ishan Kishan, the wicketkeeper-batsman, will lead Jharkhand in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, starting on...
Cities3 years ago

Punjab DSP killed in accidental firing

Chandigarh, Jan 29: A Punjab Police officer was killed on Monday when he went to an institutional campus in Jaitu town in Punjab’s Faridkot district to resolve...
Politics3 years ago

Punjab minister submits resignation after corruption taint

Chandigarh, Jan 16: 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...
Cities3 years ago

Ludhiana: Fire breaks out clothing factory at Kakowal road

Ludhiana, Jan 10: A massive fire broke out in a clothing factory at Kakowal road, short circuit believed to be the reason behind the blaze. #Visuals...
Cities3 years ago

Punjab CM to launch farm debt waiver scheme on Sunday

Chandigarh Jan 6: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will on Sunday formally launch the farm debt waiver scheme, which will benefit 5.63 lakh farmers in the initial...
Entertainment3 years ago

Feel good after seeing Kylie Jenner, says Diljit Dosanjh

Chandigarh, Dec 9: Popular actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, who is a big fan of Kylie Jenner and often comments on her posts over various social media platforms,...
Blog3 years ago

‘Padmavati’ protests much ado about nothing?

BY Amit Kapoor It’s that time of the year again when our sentiments are hurt, and it is acceptable to temporarily suspend liberal democracy because of...
Politics3 years ago

Neither backed ‘Padmavati’ ban nor those against it: Amarinder Singh

Chandigarh, Nov 22: Rejecting suggestions of supporting a ban on the movie ‘Padmavati’, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday decried attempts by some vested interests to...
Cities3 years ago

Ludhiana factory collapse toll rises to 10

Ludhiana, Nov 21: The death toll in the building collapse of a plastic factory in Ludhiana, in Punjab, has risen to 10, an official said here on...
Cities3 years ago

10 motorcycles gutted in Ludhiana police station fire

Punjab, Nob 19: A Fire which broke out in a police station in Ludhiana early morning now doused. At least 10 motorcycles gutted in the fire....
India3 years ago

President Kovind awards standards to 2 Indian Air Force units at Adampur

Adampur, Nov 16: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday presented standards to two units of Indian Air Force, viz 223 Squadron (Tridents) and 117 Helicopter unit (Himalyan...
India3 years ago

Smog in NCR: Kejriwal wants to meet Haryana, Punjab CMs

New Delhi, Nov 8: A day after Delhi faced its worst ‘air quality’ and ‘smog situation’ of the year, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he...
Cities3 years ago

Accident due to fog kills 8 in Punjab

Chandigarh, Nov 7: At least eight persons were killed and nearly 20 others injured in an accident between a bus and a long-body truck due to dense...
World3 years ago

Indian farmers responsible for smog in Pakistan: Officials

Islamabad, Nov 5: Pakistani officials have said that stubble burning by Indian farmers has caused a thick blanket of smog in Punjab province. The officials with Environment...
India3 years ago

Thousands throng gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana to mark Gurpurab

Chandigarh, Nov 4: Braving the early morning chill of the onset of winter, thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Saturday...
Cities3 years ago

Four killed as car falls into Punjab canal

Chandigarh, Nov 3: Morning fog and smog from stubble burning took its toll in Punjab on Friday when four people died after their car fell into a...
Cities3 years ago

Punjab: 16-year-old girl died after gangrape in Fazkila’s Jalalabad

Amritsar, Oct 30, 2017: A 16-year-old girl died under critical condition after allegedly being gang raped in Fazkila’s Jalalabad in Punjab on 25th October. The incident...
Cities3 years ago

Massive fire in Ludhiana yarn factory building

Chandigarh, Oct 24: A massive fire was reported on Tuesday at a private yarn factory building in Punjab’s industrial city of Ludhiana, police said. The building is...
Cities3 years ago

Punjab restores ‘Special Pension Scheme’ for widows of employees killed by extremists

Chandigarh, Oct 20: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced that the special family pension has been restored for the widows of government employees, who were killed...
Cities3 years ago

RSS leader shot dead in Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct 17: Unidentified assailants shot dead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Ravinder Gosain on Tuesday in Punjab’s Ludhiana, police said. Eyewitnesses told the police that Gosain was...
India3 years ago

Farmers protest against the Government’s order of banning stubble burning

Farmers in Sangrur’s Daska village of Punjab on Thursday protested against the Government’s order of banning the practice stubble burning. The farmers demanded subsidy as compensation...
Politics3 years ago

Voting begins for Gurdaspur LS bypoll

Chandigarh, Oct 11: Voting began for the by-election in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on Wednesday. Nearly 15.22 lakh voters, who are eligible to exercise...
Cities3 years ago

Truck hits local train in Punjab, train driver killed

Ferozepur/New Delhi, Oct 8, 2017: A train driver was killed when a truck rammed into a passenger train at an unmanned crossing in Punjab’s Ferozepur district...
Politics3 years ago

Amarinder hits back as Khattar questioned Punjab for delay in Honeypreet arrest

Chandigarh, Oct 5: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was on Thursday locked in a bitter war of words with his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar over the...
Cities3 years ago

Rape accused ex-Punjab minister Langah surrenders

Chandigarh, Oct 2: After remaining underground for three days, Punjab’s rape accused former Shiromani Akali Dal Minister Sucha Singh Langah dramatically surrendered before the District and Sessions...
Uncategorized3 years ago

Four suspected Babbar Khalsa terrorists arrested in Ludhiana

Chandigarh, Oct 2: Four suspected terrorists of Khalistani terror outfit Babbar Khalsa were arrested from Punjab’s Ludhiana district, police informed on Monday. They were held after...
Cities3 years ago

Ravana effigies, with self styled godmen, go up in smoke in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Sep 30: Effigies of self-proclaimed godmen were burnt at several along with the effigies of Ravana and others to symbolise the victory of good over evil...
Election3 years ago

11 in fray for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha by-election

Chandigarh, Sep 27 :A senior Punjab poll official today said that eleven candidates are in fray for the upcoming Gurdaspur Parliamentary by-election which is scheduled to...
India3 years ago

Sunil Jakhar files nomination for Lok Sabha bypoll from Gurdaspur

New Delhi, Sep 22, 2017: The Punjab Pradesh Congress committee president Sunil Jakhar on Friday filed his nomination for Lok Sabha by-election from Gurdaspur which is...
Politics3 years ago

Congress nominated Sunil Jakhar as party candidate for Gurdaspur bypoll

New Delhi, Sep 20, 2017: The Indian National Congress on Wednesday appointed Punjab Pradesh Congress committee president Sunil Kumar Jakhar as the party candidate to contest...
Cities3 years ago

Five killed in Punjab cracker godown blast

Chandigarh, Sep 20, 2017: At least five persons were killed in a powerful blast in a cracker godown in Punjab’s Sangrur district, police said on Wednesday....
India3 years ago

Two Pak intruders killed as BSF foils infiltration bid in Punjab’s Ajnala sector

Amritsar, Sep 20, 2017: Two Pakistani intruding militants were killed as the Border Security Forces (BSF) troopers foiled an infiltration bid across International boundary in Punjab’s...
India3 years ago

Punjab: Fire in Army ammunition depot near Bathinda

Chandigarh, Sep 7: A fire broke out in an Army ammunition depot near Bathinda town in Southern Punjab on Thursday morning, police said. However, no causalities was reported....
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Haryana, Punjab suspend mobile internet till Tuesday

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