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 [...]
Amritsar is acquiring the status of a metropolitan city due to the huge influx of tourists and devotees visiting the city to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, the sixth most revered religious shrine in the world.
The district administration and police have taken a decision to launch radio taxis on the lines of major metro [...]
Noting that the population of migratory labourers in Punjab is in lakhs, the Samajwadi Party today said that its target is to spread its base in the border state and redress grievances of the people influxed from other states.
“Winning or losing does not matter to the Samajwadi Party in the Lok [...]
The Punjab Police has withdrawn all orderlies and gunmen of its officers in an effort to mobilise 100 per cent forces for election duty.
Sources said in two separate orders issued recently by the administration wing and by ADGP (Security) to all the ADGPs and IGs, they have been told to mobilise all the personnel from [...]
The northern states of Punjab and Haryana too saw the mercury soar way above normal with the city of Hisar being the hottest at 45.
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4 degrees Celsius, officials said.
The temperature recorded at most places was above the 40-degree mark and Hisar in Haryana saw the mercury rise five degrees above normal, a weather official [...]
With a fortnight left before Anandpur Sahib goes to polls, of which Mohali and Kharar are parts, the candidates of national political parties are putting in their best efforts to woo the voters.
Opening election offices, holding corner meetings and rallies of senior leaders among other things are keeping the nominees on their toes these days. [...]
In a late night violence in Mohali, a young realtor was shot at after being abducted from phase 3B2 here.
Property dispute was cited the reason behind the firing.
Gulraj Singh Randhawa, 25, sustained a bullet injury in his left thigh, Emergency Medical Officer (EMO) at Mohali Civil Hospital Jasdeep Kaur told PTI.
She said the bullet pierced [...]
Over 10.1 million tonnes of wheat has been procured in Punjab this season, a record in recent years, food and supplies officials said here Thursday.
The officials said the record procurement till Wednesday evening had been achieved in just over 20 days this year.
The target of 10 million tonnes of procurement was achieved last year May [...]
HAVING studied in a creative environment of Punjabi University Pataila, Ludhiana seemed to be a cultureless city to me. I had had stalwarts like Dr Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Prof Attar Singh, Prof Balwant Singh and other such big names as my teachers and thinkers like Gurbhagat, Sutinder Singh Noor, Harinder Mehboob, Ajmer Rode, Navtej Bharti [...]
The challenge has begun. And students of St Stephens School, St Johns High School, Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary Model School, St
Anne’s Convent School, Guru Nanak Public School, Sikhya the school of learning, Mount Carmel School have been testing their intelligence quotients as they take on problems in mathematical, verbal, analytical abilities and current affairs.
As [...]