Chandigarh : The Irrigation Department got only Rs 40 crore this year against the estimated expenditure of Rs 350 crore on its preparedness for the rains. It is another matter that the state has so far not received enough rain that creates an emergency situation. But with the Met Department predicting heavy rain across the state […]
Chandigarh, August 2 : Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday asked the Chief Minister’s Office to take a call on the recovery of alleged tax evasion of Rs 20,000 crore by Fastway Transmissions Private Limited. Addressing a press conference here, Sidhu quoted the rough figures provided by Supreme Court advocate Vineet Bhagat. Hinting […]
Amritsar : The Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Justice has directed the Punjab Government to take appropriate action against the cops who had framed Kirpal Singh Randhawa (56), a human rights activist and a key witness in the Jaswant Singh Khalra murder case. Khalra, also a human rights activist, was kidnapped and murdered by the […]
Amritsar : Pathis (priests) working at the Golden Temple today protested against “low wages” in the presence of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who had organised an “akhand path”. The pathis, supported by colleagues from Gurdwara Shahidan Sahib, Gurdwara Budha Sahib and Gurdwara Baba Bakala, refused to accept fresh […]
Moga, August 1 : The police on Monday booked a local Akali leader’s son for allegedly abducting a minor girl from a Moga village, police said here on Tuesday. According to the details, Sadhu Singh, son of Akali leader Mall Singh, who is chairman of the Moga-2 Block Samiti, allegedly jumped over the boundary wall of […]