CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has extended his heartiest congratulations and warmest wishes to the new Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, saying his elevation would trigger the next phase of the party’s growth. In a statement, the Chief Minister said under the able and dynamic leadership of Rahul, he expected the Congress to not […]
Chandigarh : The state government has no plans to arrest Akali leaders even as almost the entire top brass of the party has been booked by name for non-bailable offences. Pulling the rug from under their feet yet again, the Capt Amarinder Singh government has decided not to arrest any of the Akali leaders, including […]
Chandigarh : Punjab has been battling financial crunch, but austerity seems to be meant only for the common man as the government has recently almost doubled the allowance for treatment of its ministers, legislators, former MLAs and their dependants. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed with 33 top corporate hospitals of the region […]
Jalandhar : State Congress president Sunil Jakhar today said the cases registered against SAD leaders under Section 307 (attempt to murder)of the IPC and for holding dharna and disrupting traffic on the national highway still stand and won’t be withdrawn. In response to the former Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal’s dare to the Punjab Government to arrest […]
Amritsar : To keep a ‘live evidence’ of the Operation Bluestar, as many as 147 bullet marks on the façade and sidewalls of the historic Teja Singh Samundri Hall at the Golden Temple complex have been preserved by the SGPC. Besides, a decrepit ‘Darshani Deodi’ (entrance of the sanctum sanctorum), leading to Atta Mandi near […]