Terror module busted in Punjab, nine held

Chandigarh : The Punjab Police today busted an alleged terror module involving nine persons, including a woman alleged to be a drug smuggler, a retired District Education Officer’s son and a 17-year-old boy, allegedly radicalised through the Internet.A police spokesperson said they had formed a group, “Khalistan Zindabad”, and were planning to raise a new […]

Numahal woman sold in Saudi Arabia returns home; BJP leaders receive her

Amritsar, May 31 : Sukhwant Kaur, 55, from Nurmahal village, who was sold in Saudi Arabia, arrived at Guru Ramdas International Airport here on Wednesday. BJP leaders Manoranjan Kalia and Anil Joshi received her at the airport.Kaur thanked the government and local leaders for their help in bringing her back.The party left for Nurmahal without […]

AAP MLAs stage dharna, demand sacking of Rana Gurjit

Chandigarh : The opposition AAP held a dharna outside the Punjab Assembly complex here on Tuesday demanding immediate sacking of Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh over allegations of impropriety against him. The AAP legislators and other leaders including the party MP Bhagwant Mann, who is also the state unit chief, demanded that Chief Minister Amarinder […]

Sand mine expose: Capt orders judicial probe

Chandigarh : Days after The Tribune expose of the successful bidding of sand mines by the employees of Power and Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today ordered setting up of a one-man judicial commission to probe the allegations of impropriety against the Minister in the multi-crore sand mining auctions. […]

Minister’s cook is director of 3 companies too

Chandigarh :Punjab Power Minister Rana Gurjit Singh’s cook — who successfully bid for a Rs 26-crore sand mine in an e-auction recently — might have had just Rs 4,000 in his bank account, but documents accessed by The Tribune show him as the director of three companies. One of these is registered at the same […]