Chandigarh Sept 14: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced the by-election for Vengara Assembly Constituency in Kerala and Gurdaspur Parliamentary Constituency in Punjab on October 11. Model Code of Conduct has come into place with immediate effect for both the constituencies. While the Vengara seat is set for a close battle between the […]
Patiala, September 13 : A local court on Wednesday acquitted Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo in the 2010 hawala case for planting bomb at the Nabha LPG bottling plant.Two cases were registered against Mintoo at Sadar police station, Nabha. He was acquitted in the bomb planting case by a local court in […]
Amritsar : A six-year-old boy, Shubhpreet Singh, was strangled to death at Malakpur village in the district last night. The police arrested a villager, Gurpreet Singh (18), who confessed that he committed the murder as the child used to scratch the paintwork on his tractor. Parampal Singh, SSP, said: “Gurpreet told the police that he […]
Chandigarh : Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has welcomed NRIs to invest in the state, assuring them of his government’s full support in ensuring a hassle-free business environment with all necessary clearances within a week of application. He said this during the London launch of his authorised biography titled “The People’s Maharaja”. During an interactive session […]
Chandigarh : The state government plans to press private moneylenders, mainly arhtiyas (commission agents), to limit the rate of interest they can charge from farmers seeking crop loans at around 16 per cent. As of now, the rate of interest charged by these arhtiyas is 18 per cent. Recent studies have shown that over 20 […]