AMRITSAR,FEB 24: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide and kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh walked out of a jail here Friday, hours after a court in Ajnala ordered his release based on an application by the police. The development came a day after supporters of preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh had stormed the Ajnala police station […]Continue Reading
PATHANKOT, JAN. 19: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday again attacked the AAP government in Punjab, alleging that it was being run with remote control as he sought to point towards AAP MP Raghav Chadha for calling the shots in the Bhagwant Mann-led dispensation in the state. The Wayanad MP also accused the Aam Aadmi […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, JAN. 6: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has written to the Punjab Government stating that it has suffered a loss of Rs 28 crore due to protesting farmers on 13 toll plazas of NHAI in six districts of the state since December 15, 2022. NHAI also said that any further loss of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, DEC 20: Dense to very dense fog engulfed the Indo-Gangetic plains, including Delhi, for the second morning on the trot on Tuesday, lowering visibility to 50 metres in the city and affecting road traffic and train movement. Flight operations, however, were unaffected, an airport official said. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), […]Continue Reading
AHMEDABAD, OCT. 30: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot will address different rallies in poll-bound Gujarat on Sunday. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Kejriwal and Mann will jointly address two rallies in Palitana town of Bhavnagar and Dhoraji in Rajkot district. The two AAP leaders are […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCT. 25: A day after Diwali, air quality was recorded as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ in Delhi and several other cities and towns, especially in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, but was still relatively better than in previous years in the national capital. The national capital and its neighbouring areas had witnessed severe […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, OCT. 24: Punjab recorded nearly 3,700 stubble burning incidents between September 15 and October 22 and about 60 per cent of these were in three districts of Majha region — Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur. According to data from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Tarn Taran reported 1,034 stubble burning incidents, maximum in […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI,SEPT. 14: Delhi CM and Aam Party Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday claimed that the BJP approached 10 MLAs of the party’s government in Punjab and alleged it was buying MLAs and breaking governments. The ruling AAP in Punjab on Tuesday accused the BJP of offering Rs 20-25 crore each to its […]Continue Reading
Punjab ,Sept 2 : As the country witnesses a spurt in crime against women, an MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Baljinder Kaur, was seen getting assaulted allegedly by her husband in a viral video on social media. The incident took place in the MLA’s Punjab home. It evoked extreme reactions as people were […]Continue Reading
CHANIGARAH,JULY 30: In a harrowing incident, a 13-year-old boy was viciously attacked by a pet pitbull dog in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Friday. During the attack, the boy’s ear was badly bitten off. The father of the child, who was with him at the time of the incident, saved the child’s life with great difficulty, […]Continue Reading