Chandigarh : Call it losing interest of the legislators to engage in a debate on issues of public importance or the failure of the political system to churn out statesmen, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha sessions are not only getting shorter, but also noisier. From 45 sittings annually between 1952 and 1969 that saw MLAs participating […]
Chandigarh : The recent visit of UP strongman Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya to Punjab has raised eyebrows in the police as well as intelligence agencies. He was hosted by Faridkot’s Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon at his residence. Dhillon, who posted a picture with the UP MLA on social media, said he had […]
Chandigarh : The fate of two Punjabi youths among 600 illegal migrants is uncertain after the Papua New Guinea police today stormed the Manus Island detention centre and whisked them away in buses, more than three weeks after the centre was decommissioned. Papua New Guinea is a country in southwestern Pacific. Ravinder Singh and Manjit Singh […]
Amritsar : The SGPC has terminated the services of its 15 employees posted at Gurdwara Gurusar Madoke Brar in Ajnala. The employees, who had been serving as sewadars and clerks, have written to SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar that if they were not taken back, they would give up Sikhism and surrender their religious symbols […]
Gurdaspur : Three hundred policemen and commandos surrounded two Gurdaspur villages after the police received reports that Nabha jail escapee Vicky Gounder and the gangster’s accomplices were hiding there. The policemen laid siege to the twin villages of Talibpur and Mahanta Di Pandori village, 7 km from here, around 4 pm after the intelligence wing […]