A team of police personnel from Canada on Tuesday held talks with the top brass of Chandigarh police and CBI here in connection with the bombing of Air India flight ‘Kanishka’ in 1985.
The five-member team is on a visit to Chandigarh and Punjab to probe a few leads in connection with the incident in which […]
The current spell of weather marked by a sudden rise in temperature, could hit the wheat yield in the state, if it continues for a couple of days more, says agricultural experts. “if mercury continues to remain upward for longer period, it could result in an adverse impact on wheat yield,” Punjab agricultural university head […]
With the Ranji Trophy one-day season round the corner, Punjab captain Pankaj Dharmani has called for an “improved performance” from his players.
Speaking on the sidelines of a warm-up session at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium, the right-hand batsman said he hoped to lead by example and take his team to the title.
The chances of […]
Nobody in the BJP, least of all “Hindu hriday samrat” Narendra Modi, had expected the relatively low-profile party president Rajnath Singh to make the sweeping changes he did in the party structure.
Political circles are agog with speculation on what the changes mean, particularly with regard to the party’s brightest star and “ruler of Hindu hearts” […]
Rains at many places in Punjab and Haryana today broke the long dry spell and also brought down the Mercury, which had witnessed a steep rise in the region during the past five days.
Rain lashed Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana in Punjab and Ambala, Karnal, Panchkula and Kalka in Haryana, the Met Department here […]
The Janata Dal (United) will support the candidates of Akali Dal-BJP combine in February 13 assembly elections in Punjab, party president Sharad Yadav today said.
“We will support the candidates of SAD-BJP alliance in the coming assembly polls. Even though we do not have mass base in Punjab, we are in a position to defeat […]
Apart from the Punjab Police, paramilitary forces would also be deployed in Jalandhar for strengthening the security arrangements during polls.
At the same time, the District Administration has directed liquor vend operators to not to sell liquor in large quantities to people so that misuse of liquor in polls could be curtailed.
Addressing a joint press conference […]
Delhi-based Ansal Properties & infrastructure (APi), a leading real estate developer in india, would invest about Rs 150 billion in Punjab in the next three to four years in various real estate projects, reports Business Standard.
APi has its plan lined up for Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Pathankot and Amritsar for real estate projects. […]
inderjot Singh of Patiala and Vinayak Mehta from Jalandhar won the under-18 and u-10 titles respectively at the Yonex PAU Total Tennis Academy Championships being played at PAU Total Tennis Academy’s premises today.
in the youngest age group, Vinayak Mehta defeated Shrey Seth 8-4 in a tightly contested match which lasted for over an hour. […]
Embarrassed by the unpleasant outbursts by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu against the opposition candidate, some BJP leaders have appealed to the party high command to reign in the Punjabi puttar.
“Such reckless outbursts can not only mar his electoral prospects, but also affect the chances of other party candidates,” said a ex- general secretary of BJP.
Sidhu […]