Navjot Sidhu case: Does spicy comedy behove a minister, asks High Court

Chandigarh : The Punjab and Haryana High Court today did not accept the plea of the Punjab Advocate General who questioned the “maintainability” of a public interest litigation (PIL) against propriety of Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu appearing in a popular “spicy comedy” television series, “The Kapil Sharma Show”. “Lakhs follow the example set by […]

Non-bailable warrant against Rakhi Sawant for remarks against Valmiki

Ludhiana : A Ludhiana court has issued a fresh non-bailable warrant against actress Rakhi Sawant for allegedly making objectionable remarks against sage Valmiki, who wrote the Hindu epic Ramayana. The court of Judicial Magistrate Vishav Gupta on Tfixed June 2 as the next date for hearing in the case. A local advocate Narinder Adiya had […]

2 men killed in firing over dera possession in Barnala district

Sangrur : Two men were killed and five others were injured in firing at Tapa in Barnala district on Friday over the possession of a dera.According to sources, one group wanted the possession of Dera Parmanand by unseating the other and allegedly opened the fire on the members of the other group. The deceased men […]

Amarinder pushes for consensus on SYL issue at zonal council meet

Chandigarh : Pushing for a consensus solution to the SYL dispute, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday called for coordination by the states concerned with the Centre to find a feasible solution for optimal utilisation of river waters based on internationally accepted riparian principles. Addressing the 28th meeting of the Northern Zonal Council […]

Navjot Sidhu promises game changer E-governance project for Punjab

CHANDIGARH : The Local Government Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu here today presided over 2 brain storming meetings with representatives of 24 companies focusing on technical and financial audit of all local bodies and e-Governance project of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) at Local Bodies Bhawan. He said that the project has been initiated on […]