AMRITSAR : Amritsar Vikas Manch has urged the SGPC to make arrangements for setting up its own TV Channel for live telecasting of the holy programs of Sri Darbar Sahib (The Golden Temple). In a letter addressed to SGPC President Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar the Manch Patron Dr. Charanjit Singh Gumtala has reminded them of […]
Chandigarh : The Supreme Court verdict on the Presidential reference regarding the validity of the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 — expected this week — is set to trigger a battle of one-upmanship in the poll-bound state. For once, the Akali Dal, the BJP’s state unit and the Congress are saying in unison that not […]
Chandigarh : The tussle between the Punjab Government and the ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ organisers has reached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, with at least four petitions being filed by hardliners in connection with the event scheduled for November 10. SAD Amritsar chief Simranjit Singh Mann claimed that the DGP, the Home Secretary and the Transport Secretary […]
Tarn Taran : Warana village plunged into grief as it was told its valiant son Gursewak Singh, 24, had been killed in cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir. Betrothed to a girl of Nagoke village in July, he was to get married on February 13 next. An excited Gursewak had booked a marriage hall and […]
Chandigarh : The Punjab Government today denied permission for organising the second ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda on November 10. In a related development, it intensified crackdown against the organisers by taking 190 persons in preventive custody, while detaining hundreds of others. Those arrested include Dhian Singh Mand, who was appointed acting “Jathedar” […]