Dera Sacha Sauda follower attacked, tension in Faridkot village

Faridkot : An incident of firing at a follower of Dera Sacha Sauda in Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village in the district on Monday morning has led to tension in the area. The Dera follower, who was seriously injured, was shifted to Ludhiana. Heavy police force was deployed subsequently in the village. A number of […]

Rahul Gandhi to protest against drug menace in Punjab

Jalandhar : Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will lead a protest in Punjab’s Jalandhar city on Monday against the drug menace in the state. Gandhi, who will be accompanied by members of the Congress’ Punjab unit, is also expected to highlight the alleged deterioration in the law and order situation in the state. “Will join the mass […]

Pollution monitoring tower installed at Golden Temple

Amritsar : An air pollution-monitoring tower has been set up at the Golden Temple complex to collect real-time data of the pollution around the shrine. Costing around Rs 1.10 crore, this equipment will guide the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in initiating steps to save the shrine that has been losing its sheen due to vehicular […]

Punjab elections on agenda in the BJP National executive meet: Kamal Sharma

CHANDIGARH : with two-day Bhartiya Janata Party national executive meeting scheduled to get underway in Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) from June 12 (Sunday), the issue of the preparations of the forthcoming Punjab elections would be one of the main issues on the agenda. Disclosing this before leaving for the meeting, former Punjab BJP President Shri Kamal […]