SIT recreates crime scene, probes role of jail officials

Patiala : The special investigating team (SIT), constituted to probe the Nabha jailbreak, met today on the jail premises. It sought the deployment of over 400 Punjab Armed Police (PAP) personnel across the state jails and providing modern weapons to the jail staff. The role of jail officials is under the scanner for allegedly facilitating […]

Pargat, Navjot Kaur join Congress

New Delhi : Punjab MLAs Pargat Singh and Dr Navjor Kaur Sidhu joined the Congress in the presence of party’s Punjab incharge Asha Kumari and state chief Capt Amarinder Singh here yesterday. Pargat Singh represents Jalandhar Cant in the Punjab Assembly and Navjot Kaur represents Amritsar East. Asked if they will defend their segments in […]

Note ban: Month on, farmers not paid for paddy

Fatehgarh Sahib : It has been a month since Manpreet Singh of Dudhal village sold his paddy in the nearby Khanna grain market. The commission agent told him that his produce was worth Rs10 lakh. But exactly a month after his paddy was sold, he is yet to get any money. Manpreet is one of […]

Latest twist: Navjot Kaur, Pargat to join Congress on November 28

Chandigarh : Three months after  cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as MP from Rajya Sabha, the Awaaz-e-Punjab outfit led by him today brokered a deal with the Congress after his wife Dr Navjot Kaur, former BJP MLA from Amritsar (East), and Pargat Singh, former SAD MLA from Jalandhar Cantt, met AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi and […]

Navjot Sidhu is an opportunist, good for nothing, says Badal

BADAL (Muktsar Sahib) : Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that ‘disarrayed and opportunist’ people like former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu were good for nothing in public life. Interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of Sangat Darshan program in Lambi assembly segment here today, the Chief Minister, when asked […]