Border villagers don’t want another Indo-Pak war

Moga : Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after ‘surgical strikes’ in PoK by the Indian Army, people living along the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur district who were shifting to safer places said they were not willing to bear the cost of another war with Pakistan. In the wars of 1965 and 1971 we […]

Indian Army, IAF on high alert in Punjab

CHANDIGARH : The Indian Army, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Border Security Force (BSF) were put on high alert in Punjab and neighbouring states to counter any escalation of the situation following the surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC), sources said on Friday. Army convoys, carrying artillery guns, could be seen […]

It’s not war yet, but Punjab border villages face war-like situation

AMRITSAR : There has been no gunfire, no alert sirens and no fighter jets dropping bombs. It is not war time yet but tens of thousands of villagers in Punjab’s border belt with Pakistan are already experiencing a war-like situation.Over 400,000 people in Punjab’s border belt, comprising Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Fazilka […]

Evacuation ordered along border in Punjab

Chandigarh : Following instructions from the Centre, Punjab has ordered the evacuation of people from villages falling within 10 km of the border with Pakistan after India conducted surgical strikes across the LoC on Wednesday night.Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday put the entire government and political machinery in an emergency mode following reports […]

Ravi flows into Pak as Centre reviews treaty

Chandigarh : Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has favoured maximising the internal use of three rivers, the Indus, Jhelum and the Chenab, that are part of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, the Punjab Government’s Irrigation Department engineers have showed their concern over the flow of the Ravi waters to Pakistan downstream Madhopur […]