Scheme to rename schools back, not for money

Scheme to rename schools back, not for money

Faridkot : Punjab’s Department of School Education has revived a five-year-old scheme of renaming government schools after private persons. However, instead of donations, it will be the latter’s credentials that will count. Earlier, anyone who donated a certain sum could have a government school renamed after his/her close ones. Rechristening schools will now be a […]

Former Akali minister Langah surrenders in Gurdaspur court

Former Akali minister Langah surrenders in Gurdaspur court

Gurdaspur, October 4 : Former cabinet minister Sucha Singh Langah, on the run since September 29 when the local police booked him in a rape case, finally surrendered in a Gurdaspur court on Wednesday afternoon once again taking the police by surprise. The police had made arrangements to take him in custody the moment he […]

Honeypreet appears in Panchkula court; sent to 6-day police remand

Honeypreet appears in Panchkula court; sent to 6-day police remand

Panchkula, October 4 : A Panchkula court on Wednesday sent Honeypreet Insan to six-day police remand.Haryana Police produced Honeypreet in the court. The police had sought her 14-day remand to probe her role in the conspiracy to incite violence in Panchkula on August 25. Thirty-five persons were killed and over 200 injured in the violence.Meanwhile, […]

Rape victims move HC, seek life imprisonment for Sirsa Dera chief

Rape victims move HC, seek life imprisonment for Sirsa Dera chief

Chandigarh, October 4 : The two women followers raped by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Wednesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking life imprisonment for the sect head sentenced to 20 years in prison. A special CBI court on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years […]