Akalt Takht exonerates Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim

Amritsar, September 24: In a decision which has wider political dimensions in the context of Punjabs’ electoral discourse, Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat symbolising sovereignty of the Sikh doctrine, today ended the confrontation with the controversial Sirsa based Dera Sacha Sauda by accepting the apology of its chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.The decision to […]

Punjab monsoon assembly session wasteful exercise- Bhattal

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal said here on Thursday that due to autocratic attitude of Badal government brief monsoon assembly session was a futile exercise as ruling combine did not allow opposition to raise major issues concerning welfare of common man. She said that monsoon session of assembly having only […]

Previous Cong govts at Centre of ignored farmers: Badal

Chandigarh, Sep 24 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today accused previous Congress governments at the Centre of ignoring issues of farmers struggling under huge debts.During a debate in the assembly on a resolution on “rising financial crisis of farmers”, Badal said “successive Congress governments at the Centre did nothing to benefit them”.”Previous Congress […]

310 killed in Haj tragedy, Indian among 450 injured

RIYADH : At least 310 pilgrims were killed while an Indian was among the 450 people who were injured in a horrific stampede during the Haj pilgrimage in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mina on Thursday. “…The number of cases has risen to 310 deaths from different nationalities,” said a tweet in Arabic from […]