Dense to very dense fog enveloped parts of northwest India on Thursday morning as minimum temperatures were likely to fall by two to four degrees Celsius in the region, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The visibility dropped in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra to zero while it was 50 m in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and 25 […]
The trials for the selection of Under 14 Cricket players for Trident Regional Coaching Centre, Mohali would be held on Friday the 11th February,2022at 10:00 am in the C-Ground, PCA Stadium Mohali. The Players would take training under the scheme of Punjab Cricket Association. The players coming for trials should be U-14 years age as […]
To give further boost to the National Democratic Alliance campaign in Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three public rallies in Punjab the state on February 14, 16 and 17 covering all the three regions of Malwa, Doaba and Majha. Cancelling the virtual rally to be held on Wednesday for 27 Assembly seats of […]
Ludhiana police on Tuesday night released LIP MLA Simarjit Bains after he was arrested from the court complex earlier in the day. He was reportedly released following the intervention of the election commission.Bains, along with 33 others, had been booked following a clash on Monday between Congress supporters and LIP workers at Atam Nagar.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a narcotics and weapon smuggling bid by a drone along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab. A senior official of the force said troops fired at the drone after they heard a “buzzing sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistani side to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it is only the National Democratic Alliance that has a vision of a ‘Nawan’ (new) Punjab to develop its agriculture and industry and the state does not need the “hollow promises” of other parties. Addressing a virtual rally for assembly segments of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituencies, […]
The BJP-led government in Haryana will bring in a bill against religious conversions carried out through force, allurement or fraudulent means, with a provision for declaring marriages solemnised by concealment of religion null and void, in the upcoming budget session of the Assembly. According to the draft bill, the burden of proof “lies on the […]
A local court in Punjab on Tuesday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh for three more days in the illegal sand mining case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, in an alleged illegal sand mining […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto for the Assembly polls in Punjab on Tuesday, promising to completely waive off debt of farmers with less than 5 acres land-holdings in the state. Besides offering free electricity up to 300 units for all houses, it also guarantees a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers growing fruits, […]