In a major setback to the Congress in Punjab, five of its leaders and former ministers Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Kewal Dhillon joined the BJP here on Saturday.Those joining the BJP today also include former Congress MLA Amrik Dhilon, former SAD MLA Sarup Chand Singla and […]
A serious attempt was made to destabilise Punjab’s power supply on Saturday by removing at least 1200 clippings from the rail tracks between Sarai Banjara and Rajpura thermal power plant. While two rakes carrying coal passed through the tracks this morning, luckily there was no untoward accident. This has been done on the day there […]
Union home minister Amit Shah will meet the family of Punjabi singer and rapper Sidhu Moose Wala, whose murder last week sent shockwaves across the country. He will meet the family at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh or at a private hotel in Sector 35. The minister visited the city to inaugurate Khelo […]
Chitkara University Punjab in collaboration with the Punjab Pollution Control Board organised a seminar on “Future Lies in Environment Protection” at Chitkara University, Punjab campus today. The seminar witnessed the presence of prominent people from various domains. The Chief Guest for the event was Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairperson, National Green Tribunal. The seminar also […]
Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Additional Director General of Police, STF, Punjab, SAS Nagar, will also hold additional charge of ADGP, Prisons, in addition to his present assignment.He replaces ADGP Varinder Kumar, who was posted as Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau. Sidhu is also head of the State Task Force against drugs.The Bhagwant Mann government is focusing on […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who was seeking appropriate directions for not handing over his custody to the Punjab police in the singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case. Bishnoi, who is suspected to be involved in Moosewala’s killing, had moved this high court Wednesday after […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government on Thursday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that the earlier withdrawn security of 400-odd protectees will be restored on June 7. The development comes days after singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala, whose security cover was downgraded, was shot dead. The state government told the […]
The local residents of Jawaharke village of Mansa district in Punjab, who bore witness to the broad daylight murder of the famous Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, have claimed that the singer-turned-politician was alive for a few minutes even after the attack.”The jeep was locked from inside and we had […]
Mansa SSP on Wednesday briefed the media for the first time on Punjab singer Sidhu Moosewala’s killing.Mansa SSP Gaurav Toora said the Bathinda IGP has constituted a SIT in Moosewala case. Moosewala was on Sunday killed by unknown men some distance away from his house at Musa village in Mansa. Meanwhile, Sidhu Moosewala’s bhog will be held […]