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” […]
Chandigarh : Confronting the Centre with evidence, the Punjab Government today refuted the charge that the state and its farmers were responsible for smog clouds enveloping New Delhi for the past some days. The Centre today held a meeting with the officials concerned of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to discuss smog and other […]
Amritsar : Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar was appointed the 41st president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee at the Sikh body’s general house meeting here on Saturday.He replaces Avtar Singh Makkar whose one-year term ended on Saturday. There was some opposition to his name by a few members who had proposed the name of Surjit Singh […]
CHANDIGARH : Aam Aadmi Party today criticized Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal for stooping to the lowest level of politics and trying to create communal tension in the state. Addressing the media on Friday, AAP state convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich said that Sukhbir must owe the responsibility of pressurizing police officer to falsely implicate […]