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Inderpreet’s suicide: Woman principal among 11 booked

Amritsar, January 5 : The police today booked 11 persons for abetting the suicide of Inderpreet Singh Chadha, son of expelled Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) head Charanjit Singh Chadha. A case was registered under Sections 306 and 120-B of the IPC against Surjit Singh, Umat, Kuljit Kaur, Mania, Davinder Sandhu, Inderpreet Singh Anand, Gursewak Singh, […]

Thermal plant staffers to step up stir

Bathinda : Hundreds of employees of state-run thermal plants participated in a state-level protest today against the government’s decision to shut the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and two units of the thermal plant in Ropar. Urging the government to take back its decision, members of the Punjab State Electricity Board Employees Joint Forum threatened […]

HC stays NGT order on closing 19 tanneries in Jalandhar

Chandigarh, January 4 : Ruling that the shutting down of leather industries in Punjab would have grave implications, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the operation of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) recent order on the closure of 35 units, including 19 tanneries in Jalandhar district. The Vacation Bench of Justice Kuldip Singh […]

US accuses Pak of playing double game on fighting terrorism

United Nations, January 4 : The US has accused Pakistan of playing a “double game” on fighting terrorism and asked Islamabad to take decisive action against militants operating from its soil to “earn” the American aid. The tough message from the US came after an angry tweet from President Donald Trump on New Year’s day […]