Calling Doaba the heartland of martyrs, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday said that this region was the epicentre of the Ghadar and Babbar movements which spearheaded the freedom struggle against British imperialism. In his address after unfurling the National tricolour on the occasion of the 73rd Republic Day, here at Guru […]
The Congress on Tuesday announced its second list of 23 candidates for the February 20 assembly elections in Punjab, relying mostly on old party hands to retain power in the state. Among the 23 names, Deepinder Singh Dhillon has been given ticket from Derabassi, while Vijay Sharma Tinku, a liquor contractor, has been given ticket […]
The Punjab government on Tuesday revised the Covid-19 restrictions from January 26 to February 1 and allowed all bars, cinemas halls, multiplexes, malls, restaurants, spas, gyms, sports complexes, museums, zoos etc. to operate at 50 per cent of their capacity subject to all staff present being fully vaccinated. In the new guidelines, it said social […]
Cold weather conditions prevailed in many parts of Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday with Bathinda recording the lowest temperature in the two states at 3.6 degrees Celsius. In Punjab, Moga recorded a minimum temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius and Gurdaspur experienced a cold night recording a low of 7.6 degrees while Hoshiarpur recorded a low […]
AAP leader Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday ridiculed Navjot Singh Sidhu for questioning the survey for selecting the CM face and asked him not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Aam Aadmi Party. Mann, who is the AAP’s chief ministerial face for the next month’s Punjab assembly polls, asked Sidhu to get a survey […]
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next five years in setting up city gas distribution networks in the cities for which it secured licences in the latest bidding round. BPCL won licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas for cooking purposes in […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and all 117 party candidates in Punjab will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and sit down for a langar on Thursday. Later in the day, Gandhi will address a virtual rally of the party from Jalandhar’s Mithapur.The Congress till now has announced 86 candidates and expected to declare other names […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted a three-day protection from arrest to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia for approaching the Supreme Court to challenge its order in which the anticipatory bail plea of the former minister had been dismissed. The court of Justice Lisa Gill on Monday had dismissed the anticipatory bail plea […]
BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday demanded that a red alert should be sounded and central forces deployed in Punjab as he alleged that the state’s law and order has collapsed. The BJP leader said this pointing to the alleged sacrilege bids at the Kali temple in Patiala and Amritsar’s Golden Temple besides […]
Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur announced free electricity to households who consume up to 60 units per month and slashed tariff for some other categories on 52nd Statehood Day on Tuesday. The decision has come in the election year as the state Assembly polls are scheduled to be held by year-end. Addressing a […]