Punjab rushes to name rights panel chairman

Chandigarh : Appearing to be making most of the absence of the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, the state government today rushed through the appointment of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, as the State Human Rights Commission Chairman. The appointment was finalised despite the law suggesting that […]

Capt tells ADC to submit report on discrepancies before joining new posting

Muktsar : Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday directed ADC (D) Muktsar Kulwant Singh to submit his report in the alleged discrepancies in disbursement of Rs 40 crore house repair funds in Lambi and then only take charge of the ADC (G), Pathankot. Raveen Thukral, media adviser to the CM, confirmed the development on phone. The […]

ED chargesheets Avinash, Phillaur

Jalandhar/Mohali : The Enforcement Directorate today submitted its fifth chargesheet naming 12 persons, including former Akali minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur, his son Damanvir Phillaur and former Akali CPS Avinash Chander, in the Bhola drug case. The 211-page charge sheet was submitted by ED’s special public prosecutor Jagjit Singh Sarao, who was accompanied by the ED Deputy […]

Loan default: Bank attaches farmer’s pension

Muktsar : The farmers who have stopped repaying loans on an assurance by the Congress government are in trouble. Nationalised banks have started recovering loans from the social security pension credited into their accounts. Recently, a Gidderbaha farmer was denied his old-age pension by the State Bank of India, as he had failed to clear […]

Nabbed gangster behind dera follower’s killing: Cops

Ferozepur : The state police today claimed to have busted an inter-state militant module following the interrogation of two persons who were arrested after a shootout at Kohala village in Ferozepur and Bhanolanga in Kapurthala yesterday. The police also claimed to have cracked two murder cases of Dera Sacha Sauda follower Gurdev Singh (31) of […]