Bathinda : Hundreds of employees of state-run thermal plants participated in a state-level protest today against the government’s decision to shut the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and two units of the thermal plant in Ropar. Urging the government to take back its decision, members of the Punjab State Electricity Board Employees Joint Forum threatened […]
Amritsar : Inderpreet Singh, son of expelled Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) president Charanjit Singh Chadha, booked in a sexual harassment case, allegedly shot himself in the head today. Amrik Singh Powar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), said a five-page suicide note had been found in the deceased’s bag. Sources claimed it carried the names of […]
Chandigarh : For a better part of his career, retired Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Balwinder Bhattal — along with police equipment — carried a pair of crooked scissors, scalp, sponges and preservative cases with him. A box containing these is placed next to his bed at night also. No, as the impression of a policeman […]
Fatehgarh Sahib : The three-day annual Shaheedi Jor Mela, held in the memory of Guru Gobind Singh’s sons, concluded here today with religious ceremonies. A “nagar kirtan” was taken out from Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara to Jyoti Swarup Sahib Gurdwara. The Panj Piaras led the nagar kirtan. School bands, gatka parties, Nihangs, Kirtani Jathas, Sukhmani Sahib […]
Chandigarh : The Cabinet today approved the appointment of Ajitesh Kaushal, an international rifle shooter, as a Sub-Inspector in the Punjab Police. Ajitesh has won 85 medals in shooting at state, national and international levels. He is an A-grade sportsman of the state Sports Department. He was earlier given Rs 5.22 lakh for his performances. […]