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 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 Punjab government has tied up with Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt Ltd to set up ‘Bharti Wal-Mart Skill Centre’ in Amritsar, a vocational training institute for the unemployed youth of the state.â€This skill centre will provide training to the youth to hone their technical skills regarding modern retail and allied sectors like logistics, supply chain and [...]
Two Tricity jawans died mysteriously on Tuesday with one of them reportedly falling to his death from the terrace of his house, while the other was found with a bullet in the neck. According to sources, UT constable Kuldeep Singh, 38, had gone to the terrace of his official residence in Sector 41 at 6pm [...]
Amritsar’s ambitious solid waste management programme, a brainchild of BJP Lok Sabha MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, which had been hanging fire for almost a year, is likely to see the light of the day soon. Amritsar Municipal Corporation has signed an agreement with a Mumbai-based company for the project.
With the implementation of this project, Amritsar [...]
The Punjab Government today signed an agreement with leading corporates for setting up an Indian School of Business (ISB) in Mohali.
The agreement was signed by Anjali Bhawra, Secretary Higher Education on behalf of the Punjab Government and Rajat Gupta on behalf of ISB along with four founder supporters Analjit Singh [...]
Two Tricity jawans died mysteriously on Tuesday with one of them reportedly falling to his death from the terrace of his house, while the other was found with a bullet in the neck. According to sources, UT constable Kuldeep Singh, 38, had gone to the terrace of his official residence in Sector 41 at 6pm [...]
The Indian School of Business (ISB), is setting up a Rs 300 crore campus at Mohali in Punjab, its second campus in the country.
ISB on Wednesday signed a tripartite agreement with the government of Punjab, and four leading business groups, to set up a second campus at Knowledge City, Mohali, Punjab.
The formal agreement was signed [...]
An investigating team, comprising five officials of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), today questioned two terrorists of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in the Burail jail here as part of its investigations in connection with the bombing of Air India flight ‘Kanishka’ in 1985.
The team questioned top Babbars — Jagtar Singh Hawara and Paramjit Singh [...]
In the ongoing dispute pertaining to the Amritsar land case, the Punjab government has submitted an affidavit stating that it has decided to revoke January 13, 2006, notification wherein 32.10-acre land of Veer Colonisers in the Amritsar Improvement Trust land case was exempted from acquisition. The case is being investigated by the Vigilance Bureau.
Major [...]