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 [...]
A Delegation of members of the Panjab University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) submitted a memorandum with the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during the inauguration of the World Punjabi Conference in Panjab University today. The memorandum pertained to the ongoing struggle for Central university status for the varsity.
Highlighting the financial crunch that PU [...]
A letter purportedly written by a terrorist group of Jammu and Kashmir, Harkat-ul- Mujahideen, has threatened to blast railway stations in this pilgrimage town, Amritsar, Ambala and Phagwara on Baishakhi (April 13).
The Railway Protection Force, Kurukshetra, has lodged an FIR in this regard and all the railway staff and security personnel have been sounded [...]
Sukhpal Singh Khaira. Congress MLA from Bholath in Kapurthala district Thursday accused Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for shielding a “guilty” Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP) posted in Bholath even though the Chief Minister had on the floor of house had assured to take action against the police official.
Khaira in a statement said that [...]
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the Government would soon issue an ordinance on compulsory use of Punjabi in official work and as a subject in schools up to class X irrespective of their board or affiliation.
He said the government would wait till the next session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to [...]
Long gone are the days when the word Akali stood for a pious and selfless soldier of Guru Gobind Singh Ji who lived and died for righteousness. An Akali from today presents a completely different picture. Modern ‘Akalis’, or politicians associated with the Shiromani Akali Dal are known not for their piety and [...]
Upset over lack of action against police officials who allegedly misbehaved with women workers and later also manhandled media persons at a government function, local reporters boycotted the press conference of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here Thursday.
The media persons complained to the chief minister that over-zealous police officials not only misbehaved with [...]
Punjab and Haryana High court Justice and Chairman Punjab Legal Services Authority Mehtab Singh Gill Sunday expressed deep concern over the drug addiction among the youth and described Punjab as main hub of drug smuggling.
Talking to the media persons here Justice Gill said that unless the nexus between politicians and drug mafia is [...]
We wish to bring to your notice some issues pertaining to agriculture in Punjab . In particular we wish to present the status of suicide cases of Agriculturists, the case of the small landholder, the current Minimum Support Price for Wheat, the lack of insurance for crops damaged by frost, and the loan waiver [...]
Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge SK Garg, who is the designated judge in corruption cases probed by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau, today adjourned the hearing of the corruption cases involving Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his kin to April 9.
This, he said, was necessary to allow him to go through the court [...]