Gurdaspur : The state government has sanctioned Rs 75 lakh for installing 1000 state-of-the-art closed circuit televison cameras in the border districts of Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot.“Nearly a thousand points have been identified where these cameras will be installed. Although the BSF has its own mechanism to track down infiltrators set up close to wire […]
CHANDIGARH: To protest against the high-headedness of the state Police, which slapped false cases against the AAP volunteers protesting peacefully against the supply of contaminated water in the villages, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today announced to hold a ‘rally’ in the village of Akali Minister Ajit Singh Kohar on August 31. The announcement of holding […]
JALANDHAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader HS Phoolka said here today that AAP, if voted to power, would impound all buses plying illegally and bring their owners to book. Phoolka was here to take part in a dharna organised by the family of Vinod Kumar Sahni, who died in yesterday’s Orbit bus mishap.He said, “The state […]
HOSHIARPUR : Dal Khalsa was highly critical of the police for using third degree torture on Jaspreet Singh Jassa arrested along with two other youths under various charges in the first week of August.Dal Khalsa ex-president H S Dhami said throughout Punjab, torture was practiced systematically in police stations. He said the torture was illegal […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal accorded approval to release additional funds of Rs. 22 crore for the completion of 22 cattle ponds across the state to house the stray cattle which were posing a serious threat to the human lives and causing major damage to crops in the state. A decision to […]