CHANDIGARH : A clash and firing between two groups over control of a gurdwara left three people dead in Punjab’s Muktsar district on Wednesday, police said. Six people, who were injured, were admitted to the Muktsar Civil Hospital. The incident took place in Mallan village of Gidderbaha sub-division, about 250 km from here. Village residents […]
Chandigarh : Ignoring warnings by state authorities on burning paddy stubble, many farmers in Haryana and Punjab are still continuing the banned practice, leading to health risks and adversely affecting soil health. Both the Haryana and Punjab governments have imposed a ban on burning of paddy residue and the erring farmers can also be prosecuted by […]
Ludhiana : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought the Centre’s intervention in improving the agriculture and industrial sectors in the state. During a programme at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) to honour MSME entrepreneurs, Badal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to constitute an expert group on farming as agriculture, the mainstay of the economy of […]
AMRITSAR : The Amritsar based journalsits under the banner of Chandigarh-Punjab Journalists Association led by President Jasbir Singh Patti today took out a protest march in the city against Punjab Public Relations and Information Minister Bikram Singh Majithia and burnt his ten headed ‘Raavan’ effigy for not taking any action against the police officials who […]
Chandigarh : Facing the onslaught of AAP’s latest poster campaign on his alleged understanding with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today tried to come out clean by claiming that an adverse verdict in the Amritsar Improvement Trust case could have benefited the Congress. “Just because I have been exonerated […]