Tug of War between SGPC President and Jatehdar Akal Takht comes to fore

AMRITSAR: Tug of war virtually appeared on surface between the SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar and Jatehdar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh. These two persons are heads of two important Sikh religious bodies in the Sikh community. Today, Jatehdar Akal Takhat (highest Sikh Temporal Seat) Gyani Gurbachan Singh has called meeting of Sikh intellectuals, scholars […]

Channi blasts Badal for harassment of farmers in Dana Mandis

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab Congress Legislature Party leader Mr Charanjit Singh Channi today held the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal responsible for the harassment of the farmers in the mandis who have to wait for days for their produce to be procured. Channi also warned the Government to address the problems of the farmers […]

Kirpal Singh’s body reaches India from Pakistan

AMRITSAR: The body of Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh, who died in a prison in Pakistan’s Lahore city on April 11, was brought to India on Tuesday afternoon. The body was brought to the Attari-Wagah border by Pakistani authorities and handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) after completing the legal formalities. Close relatives and […]

SAD asks Amarinder to stop living in fool’s paradise

CHANDIGARH : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder to stop living in a fool’s paradise and day dreaming about power which had become out of his reach with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi refusing to name him as the party’s chief ministerial candidate. Stating that this was an insult […]

SAD (Longowal) merges with Congress

CHANDIGARH : The Shiromani Akali Dal Longowal today merged with the Congress. The merger was announced jointly at a press conference by the leaders of the two parties in presence of hundreds of party workers who had converged from different parts of Punjab, here today. The SAD-L workers led by the president Ms Surjit Kaur […]