Akali Dal ditched farmers on land bill amendments : Bajwa

CHANDIGARH : Lambasting the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for ditching the farmers on proposed amendments to the land bill from which the Narendra Modi government had now backtracked, the state Congress President Partap Singh Badal described the development as a first major victory for the […]

Punjab cabinet approves appointment of son of SP Baljit Singh as DSP

CHANDIGARH: Punjab cabinet which met under the Chairmanship fo Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday gave approval for appointing son of former SP Baljit Singh as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). Baljit Singh SP Detective Gurdaspur was killed by terrorists in an attack in Dinanagar.Strongly condemning Pakistan for clandestinely perpetrating a terror attack in […]

ALL FOUR ACCUSED SENTENCED TO LIFE IN GIKKI SEKHON MURDER CASE

Gurdaspur, August 3: All the four accused in the Gikki Sekhon murder case of Jalandhar were today sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court. They include Prince Makkar, nephew of former Akali leader Sarbjit Singh Makkar, Jasdeep, Amardeep Singh and Amarpreet Singh Prince Narula. They have also been fined Rs 10,000 each.It may be mentioned […]

Punjab cabinet lauds role of police in Dinanagar

Chandigarh, August 3: The Punjab cabinet today appreciated the role of the state police in countering the attack by three terrorists in Dinanagar last week. the cabinet, at a meeting here today, gave approval to the proposal to give a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of SP Baljit Singh who sacrificed his […]