For months, Dera Sacha Sauda has been a target of hatred and violence because of the controversial attire and mannerisms that its chief Ram Rahim Singh adopted to emulate 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh. Over a dozen people died and an attempt was made on Ram Rahim’s life after clashes broke out between Sikhs and [...]
The 20,000 capacity Tau Devi Lal stadium in Panchkula, which will host matches of the Indian Cricket League, will be given to the organisers on lease for 50 days annually for a period of 10 years.
Apart from the lease rent, the civic body will also get a share of revenue from sale of ticket, food [...]
The official website of Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), has been out of order since yesterday, raising suspicion that the site may have been hacked.
On opening the website (cricketpunjab.Com), an image of a girl smiling back at you appears, instead of the photo of PCA president I S Bindra pasted on the website.
In place of links [...]
The inaugural tournament of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) - the ICL 20 20 Indian Championship - will be held between November 30 and December 16 at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Panchkula, Chandigarh.
The announcement was made at the ICL’s executive board meeting in Chennai. The tournament will consist of 20 Twenty20 [...]
The Indian Cricket League (ICL), an Essel Group venture, has finally announced dates for the first edition of its Twenty20 tournament.
The tournament will have 20 matches and will be played from November 30 to December 16 at Panchkula’s Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium. This decision was taken following an executive board meeting chaired by [...]
Government agencies and private millers have procured more than 87 lakh tonnes of paddy in the state till Monday, an official spokesperson said.
Out of total procurement of 87,15,936 tonnes of the grain, government agencies bought 69,73,045 tonnes whereas millers lifted 17,42,891 tonnes of paddy.
PUNGRAIN collected 17,26,222 tonnes whereas MARKFED procured 16,55,936 tonnes, PUNSUP [...]
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are paying the price for ban on exports of non-basmati rice as rates of this crop have dropped by Rs 200-250 per quintal with exporters refusing to lift the grain.
The prices of non-basmati crop such as PUSA 1121, Sharbati and duplicate basmati have come down by Rs 200-250 per quintal [...]
A Farmer from Nayagaon village has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court claiming that the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sanjeev Gupta, his family members and others have threatened him as they want to grab his land in the village. The petitioner has also apprehended threat to his life from the IGP.
Kuldip [...]
Veteran wicketkeeper Pankaj Dharmani will lead an inexperienced Punjab team in the Ranji Trophy this season. The team will be coached by Gursharan Singh, who played one Test for India and also led Punjab to the Ranji title in 1992-93.
The team, left depleted after seven of their players had defected to the Indian Cricket [...]
Baba Gurmukh Singh Uttam Singh Senior Secondary School, Khadoor Sahib, scored a 9-1 victory over Baroda High School, ONGC Nagar, in the 25th Nehru sub-junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium here on Monday.
Amandeep Singh (3), Rajat (2), Hamnot Singh (2), Gagandeep Singh, Lovepreet Singh scored the goals for the Punjab team. Amin Parth [...]