Tuglakabad : Ace Indian shooter Heena Sidhu on Wednesday claimed gold medal in the 10m air pistol women’s event at the Asia Olympic qualifying competition and consequently secured her berth for this year’s Rio Olympics.Sidhu topped the qualification round with a score of 387 before she shot 199.4 in the final to finish with gold […]
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi to consider number of modifications in the recently launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) to make it far more farmer friendly and result oriented. In separate letters to Mr. Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Mr. Radha Mohan […]
Chandigarh : The former leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Sunil Jakhar has lambasted over the ongoing theft of natural resources in the form of illegal sand mining and recovery of illegal taxes by the self appointed unionists in Fazilka district. Sunil Jakhar blamed the state government for shielding sand mafia in the Fazilka […]
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress has decided not to contest the Khaadoor Sahib bye-election after former MLA Ramanjit Sikki refused to file nomination papers. The decision likelty to harm the ruling SAD as Congress voters may turn towards rebel AAP canddiate Bhai Baldeep Singh. Captain Amarinder PPCC President at a meet the press conference here at Press […]
London : Facebook messages posted by Jack Letts’ a 20-year-old Briton dubbed ‘Jihadi Jack’ appear to mock people who mourned the Paris terror attacks as ‘bloody fools’. Messages posted from Jack Letts’account revealed that his friends in the Middle East have killed soldiers, references to beheading was also cited, reports The Independent. Letts had used […]