Jalandhar, September 17 : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced Maj Gen (Retd) Suresh Khajuriya as its candidate for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll. Khajuriya, who hails from Bungal village in Pathankot, has served two tenures as Brigade and Division Commander in Punjab during his 40 years of service. While announcing this, Opposition leader […]
Chandigarh, September 17 : Dr Kirpal Singh Chugh, fondly called father of nephrology in India, passed away on Sunday. He was 85.Belonging to Patti in Tarn Taran, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, in 2000.Dr Chugh, a professor emeritus and former head of Nephrology Department at the Post Graduate Institute […]
Chandigarh : Within a month of cancelling the controversial appointment of an Additional District Transport Officer (ADTO), Simran Sra, in the Transport Department, the Capt Amarinder Singh government has revoked its decision. The officer’s father, Harmel Singh Sra (now retired), was Additional Transport Commissioner, when he (Simran) was transferred to the department in 2013 while […]
Ludhiana, September 16 : A complaint has been filed with police against suspended AAP MP Harinder Singh Khalsa for allegedly uploading an “objectionable video” on a WhatsApp group through his official mobile number. Khalsa, however, said he was in the UK when the video was posted on WhatsApp and his mobile phone was not with […]
Chandigarh, September 16 : A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula began hearing final arguments in two murder cases against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh amid heightened security on Saturday. The court is currently hearing two murder cases — one involving killing of a journalist, Ram Chander Chhatrapati, and another […]