Chandigarh : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh may rave and rant but he could not change hard facts including the truth that Punjab’s GSDP (gross state domestic product) had increased substantially during the last nine years of SAD-BJP rule as compared to the previous Congress tenure. Senior […]
CHANDIGARH : The Punjab Congress Legislature Party chief Mr Charanjit Singh Channi today expressed his sense of shock over alarming rise in crime against Dalits ever since Mr Parkash Singh Badal took over as the Chief Minister in 2007. He said the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal had perhaps overlooked this “achievement” of […]
CHANDIGARH : Thousands of people offered prayers at various temples across Punjab and Haryana on Monday to mark Maha Shivratri amid tight security arrangements. In view of intelligence reports of the possibility of a terror strike on this festive occasion, tight security arrangements could be noticed around temples at various places. Lord Shiva temples were […]
Ludhiana : Three policemen were injured during a scuffle near here between police and a group of miscreants including a proclaimed offender, who allegedly set a building on fire and vandalised a police van today. The incident took place near Nangal village under the Payal Police Station in this district after the proclaimed offender, identified […]
Patiala : Though the state government has cleared a proposal to purchase a dozen bullet-proof Land Cruisers for the CM and the Deputy CM worth Rs 25 crore, the law and order situation in the state is virtually running on credit.The state government is yet to clear pending fuel bills worth Rs 4.5 crore, thus […]