Tarn Taran/Amritsar : It’s still two days to go before June ends, but Punjab has already recorded a staggering 23 deaths from an overdose of drugs this month. Many working with NGOs and de-addiction centres told The Tribune as its team fanned out across Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Kotkapura that it’s a “national scandal” that’s […]
Beijing, June 29 : Chinese military stationed in Tibet has carried out a drill to test their logistics, armament support capabilities and military-civilian integration in the remote Himalayan region, official media reported here on Friday.The drill carried out by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units on Tuesday was the first such reported exercise in Tibet […]
ਜੋਧਪੁਰ : ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਕੈਪਟਨ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਜੋਧਪੁਰ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਦੇ ਕੈਦੀਆਂ ਲਈ 2.16 ਕਰੋੜ ਰੁਪਏ ਦੇ ਮੁਆਵਜ਼ੇ ਦੀ ਰਕਮ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।ਬੀਤੇ ਦਿਨੀਂ ਕੈਪਟਨ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਜੋਧਪੁਰ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਦੇ ਬੰਦੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਹਦਾਇਤ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਹਿੱਸੇ ਦਾ ਮੁਆਵਜ਼ਾ ਜਰੂਰ ਦੇਵੇਗੀ।ਜਿਸ ਵਾਅਦੇ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਅੱਜ […]
Washington, June 28 : Amul Thapar, an Indian-American legal luminary, is among the 25 shortlisted judges US President Donald Trump could nominate to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, according to American media reports. Justice Kennedy, 81, announced his retirement from the US Supreme Court on Wednesday. He met Trump at the White House in […]
Chandigarh, June 28 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday awarded compensation to 40 people who were arrested and kept in a Jodhpur prison following Operation Bluestar in 1984 and assured that the remaining 325 detainees, who did not move court, would also be given financial aid. He was addressing a programme organised to […]