BJP, Akali Dal to fight Lok Sabha poll together in Punjab: Shah
BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday announced that his party and its old ally the Akali Dal will fight the Lok Sabha poll together and contest on the same number ...
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Farooq Abdullah takes up Kashmiri students’ safety with CMs of Pb, Raj and U’khand
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Monday took up the security-related issues of the students and others from Kashmir with chief ministers of Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttrakhand, urging them to ...
Traders’ body calls for nationwide market bandh on Monday
Traders' body CAIT has called for a nationwide trade bandh on Monday to express solidarity with the families of security personnel martyred in the Pulwama terror attack. In a statement, ...
Sidhu condemns Pulwama attack, asks if entire nation can be blamed for handful of people
Strongly condemning the "cowardly" attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama by a Pakistan-based terror group in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed, Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday ...
Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Banned poem ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ now in English
A poem on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by acclaimed Punjabi writer Nanak Singh which was banned by the British after its publication in 1920 has now been translated into English. ...
Letters to the Editor: February 11, 2019
Betting racket prevails Controversies concerning cricket betting are haunting Indian Cricket for over 50 years. Even though the Board is washing, its hand saying that no one is involved and then keeping the ...
9.16 cr toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared ODF since 2014: Govt
More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country till February 5 this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) launched in 2014, increasing the sanitation coverage in ...
Punjab govt’s senior minister Abdul Aleem arrested by Pak’s anti-graft body
Punjab government's powerful senior minister Abdul Aleem Khan has been arrested by Pakistan's anti-graft body on Wednesday for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income. The arrest has come ...
Amarinder wants open jails for women inmates
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has favoured the setting up of open jails for the female prisoners in the state to ease their rehabilitation after release, an official said on ...
Former SSP wanted in Behbal Kalan firing case arrested
Former SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma, who was wanted for Behbal Kalan firing, was arrested on Sunday morning from his house. He was taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team ...
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