Tohra family blames Sukhbir Badal for selling party tickets, looting Punjab

CHANDIGARH : Harmel Singh Tohra former minister and son-in-law of ‘Taksali Akali leader’, former SGPC president late Gurcharan Singh Tohra has accused Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal of selling party ticket for 2017 assembly elections. He also said that only motive of Sukhbir Badal is to loot Punjab. These serious allewgations were levelled […]

Can’t stomach this: Amritsar man eats 40 knives

Amritsar : A team of doctors have removed 40 knives from a man’s stomach in a surgery that lasted five hours in Amritsar. In a most unusual case, the patient, Surjeet Singh, a policeman, said on Saturday that he ate knives because he craved them.  Dr Jitendra Malhotra, MD of Corporate Hospital, said the man, aged […]

Punjab Border range on alert after sensitive call intercepted

Pathankot : An alert was sounded by security forces, including the army, after the Pathankot police intercepted a “sensitive” phone conversation made by using a Pakistani SIM from inside the Indian territory. Pathankot SSP Rakesh Kaushal confirmed that the border area was put on alert following a “technical intercept” (phone conversation). The exchange, in Urdu, lasted […]

Three teachers on AAP’s second list

Amritsar : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today announced its second list of candidates. Its women cell convener Baljinder Kaur is among those selected for 13 Assembly seats. Punjab goes to the polls early next year. The party’s first list comprised candidates for 19 constituencies. Baljinder Kaur has been allotted the Talwandi Sabo seat, party’s […]

I was told my family did not have money for elections: Tohra

Patiala : A former Akali minister has accused party president Sukhbir Badal of denying him a ticket to contest elections because of lack of money. Harmail Singh Tohra, who has served as minister under Chief Minister Parkash Badal, said on Friday that Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal refused to give him a ticket to […]