Sangrur/abohar : Under stress due to rising debt, two more farmers in the state committed suicide in the past 24 hours. In the first incident, Gurmale Singh (28) of Ramgarh Jawandhe village in Sangrur allegedly consumed poison this morning. He died on the way to hospital. Gurmale owned only 2 acres of agricultural land. He had […]
Amritsar : After getting no response from the Centre and the state government for GST exemption, the SGPC has started the process to get itself registered for the new tax regime. As per the GST terms and conditions applicable since July 1, the SGPC is liable to pay tax on the expenses made in the SGPC-run […]
Amritsar : Family members of eight Hemkund Sahib pilgrims, who went missing on their way back from the shrine in Uttarakhand, are reluctant to accept that they got perished in the strong current of Alaknanda river. Members of Mehta Taxi Union, who had gone to trace the missing pilgrims, believe otherwise. Members of the union returned […]
Ludhiana : Demanding the arrest of the culprits who shot pastor Sultan Masih outside a local church last night, his relatives, accompanied by hundreds of members of the Christian community, today blocked the Ludhiana-Jalandhar NH-1. The blockade lasted for over three hours. It was lifted after the police assured the protesters that the culprits would […]
Gurdaspur : In a dramatic turnaround of events, the two girls believed to have drowned in the Upper Bari Doab Canal while clicking selfies early Friday morning had concocted the story to run away from home, the younger sister of one of them told the police late last night. The news of drowning had resulted in […]