Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira was released from the central jail in Patiala on Friday, a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted him bail. The Enforcement Directorate arrested Khaira in November in connection with its money laundering investigations.The Punjab and Haryana granted him regular bail on a personal bond of Rs 5 […]
The Delhi Police have made traffic arrangements for the Beating Retreat ceremony that will be held at Vijay Chowk in the national capital on Saturday. According to the advisory issued by the Delhi police, the traffic restrictions will be in place from 2 pm to 9.30 pm. During this time, the Vijay Chowk will remain […]
Days ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, fresh controversy seems to be plaguing the Congress, and more specifically Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Navjot Singh Sidhu. NRI Suman Tur, who claims to be sister of Sidhu’s, described her brother as a ‘cruel person’ and alleged that he had deserted their old mother after their father’s […]
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Friday disclosed that as per the data available on the encore software only 176 nominations were filed in the State on the third day. With 126 nominations filed on earlier days, now the total number of nominations filed in the state are 302. Dr Raju […]
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday accused Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu of having “failed” the people of Amritsar East as their representative as he filed his nomination papers from the assembly constituency here.Majithia also alleged that Sidhu, who is the sitting MLA from Amritsar East, has not done anything for […]
Chandigarh reported 399 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed officials on Friday. The UT’s active cases stand at 4,647. No new deaths were recorded, the bulletin showed.Chandigarh’s total fatality since the pandemic began stands at 1,112.The bulletin also showed 1168 people had recovered over the last 24 hours.Positivity rate stands at 8.67 […]
Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Friday upped the ante against the central government saying it would mark January 31 as a day of betrayal given the non-fulfilment of promises the BJP ruled Centre made to farmers of the country on December 9, 2021, leading to farmers ending their year-long sit in at Delhi borders. In a […]
The BSF on Friday foiled a cross-border drug smuggling bid and recovered 58 kg heroin after an exchange of fire with Pakistani smugglers along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district that also left a force personnel injured, police said. The incident took place at 5.15 am in an area under Chandu Wadala border outpost.Gurdaspur […]
India got its first-ever export order for BrahMos missiles on Friday when the Philippines’ Defence Ministry signed USD 374 million contract with the BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd (BAPL) to supply undisclosed number of missiles, military officials stated. The BAPL, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos that can be launched from submarines, […]
The Supreme Court on Friday held that a resolution suspending 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly beyond the period of the remainder of the session held in July 2021 is unconstitutional and irrational . The apex court delivered its verdict on the pleas filed by the 12 BJP MLAs, who had challenged their […]