Operation Bluestar anniversary: Sukhbir meets Sikh leaders, calls for peace

Badal (Muktsar) : Three days ahead of the 32nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar, Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal today met a five-member committee of Sikh radical leaders at his residence at Badal village here. Sukhbir said: “I have appealed to the committee members to maintain peace on June 6 during the observance of Operation Bluestar […]

BJP leaders demand Gurdaspur assembly seat back from SAD

GURDASPUR : Even as the BJP state leadership is mum, local leaders are demanding that Gurdaspur Assembly seat, which had been given to the SAD under seat-sharing formula between the alliance partners, should be handed back to the party as after delimitation not only the profile of the constituency had been changed, but majority of […]

Rahul Gandhi will be instrumental in fall of Congress: Majithia

AMRITSAR : Bikram Singh Majithia, Revenue and Information & Public Relations Minister Punjab here today said that ‘India is on road to be Congress free’ and politically naïve Rahul Gandhi will be instrumental in the fall of Congress. He said that the earlier Rahul is appointed as the Congress President, the earlier will the doom […]

Sukhbir lays foundation stone of solar energy plant, inaugurates another

Muktsar : Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today laid the foundation stone of 150 MW solar power plant at Vanwala and inaugurated 28 MW plant at Killianwali in the district. He was accompanied by revenue and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia.The Vanwala project would come up with investment of Rs 1000 crore to […]

Golden Temple priest refuses to honour Badal with siropa

Amritsar : Golden Temple priest (Ardasia) Bhai Balbir Singh today refused to honour Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal with siropa (robe of honour).He had earlier refused this honour to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.It may be mentioned that the members of the Badal family are extended this honour every time they visit the […]