The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted raids on the premises of two pastors in Jalandhar. Teams from Bathinda, Amritsar, Jammu and Haryana held the raids. All centres of pastors Baljinder Singh and Harpreet Deol, who hail from Jalandhar, were covered.They also have centres at New Chandigarh, Kurali and Amritsar.
AAP MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap on Wednesday resigned from the sacrilege panel following differences with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann government on handling the probe into the cases.The MLA is a former Inspector General of Police. He had resigned from the police on the same issue. The MLA headed the Committee on Government’s Assurances in […]
Punjab Congress leader and former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal quit the party on Wednesday and blamed its top brass for factionalism. The development came a day after Rahul Gandhi’s-led Bharat Jodo Yatra crossed Punjab yesterday and entered Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning.In a letter addressed to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Manpreet Badal wrote that […]
Punjab Chief Minister on Tuesday ordered closing of Zira factory in Ferozepur. Bhagwant Mann said: “No one will be allowed to spoil the air of Punjab… Therefore, after consulting legal experts, a big decision has been taken in public interest… I have issued orders to close the Zeera Liquor Factory and in the future even […]
Panjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar has resigned from the office.The Chancellor and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankar has appointed Renu Vig, DUI, to discharge the functions of the VC from January 16, 2023 onwards, till further orders. The VC had a tumultuous tenure that saw several run-ins with Panjab University Teachers Association as […]
As condolence messages continued to pour in over the sudden demise of Congress MP from Jalandhar Santokh Singh Chaudhary, his fellow parliamentarian and former Union minister Manish Tewari on Saturday said they were together in the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the morning and had even acknowledged each other before getting swept away in the crowd. […]
Building strategic partnership, Chitkara University, Punjab, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tafe Motors and Tractors Ltd. (TMTL). The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro Chancellor, Chitkara University; Nikhil Sinha, Associate Vice President, TMTL, and the chief guest for the occasion; and Piyush Garg, Vice President, Chitkara University Centre […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has appealed to all the officials/employees of the state government who are on strike to join their respective duties by 2 pm on Wednesday; otherwise strict action will be taken against them. In an official letter to the Chief Secretary VK Janjua, he has asked him to suspend all those […]
Kuldip Singh, a Punjab Police constable posted as gunman with the Phagwara (City) police station SHO, was shot dead in an exchange of firing between a police party and unidentified armed masked robbers near Kot Grewal village late Sunday night. The critically injured constable was brought to Gandhi Hospital in Phagwara around 11 pm where […]
Seven Congress MLAs were inducted as ministers in the Himachal Pradesh Government on Sunday as Chief Minister Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expanded his Cabinet. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to the newly inducted ministers at a ceremony at the Raj Bhawan. Three-time MLA from Solan (SC) assembly constituency Dhani Ram Shandil was […]