Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has courted controversy while praising two party members, allegedly saying that they are capable of making policemen wet their pants. Former chief minister Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Daljit Singh Cheema slammed him over the purported remark and a Chandigarh police officer sent him a defamation […]
Amid the rising cases of Omicron at the National level, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni who also holds the department of Health Services and Family Welfare, on Monday ordered to activate all Primary Health Centers (PHSCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Oxygen plants to cater the possible surge of patients. Reviewing the situation of […]
Deputy Chief Minister inaugurates ultra modern Central Jail Goindwal Sahib at a cost of Rs. 190 crore.”It is high time that Punjab is pulled out of the drug quagmire for which the State Government and the Police Department are burning midnight oil. However the wholehearted cooperation of the people is extremely important.” These views were […]
Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today expressed confidence that after coming together, the three parties including Punjab Lok Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Sanyukt will form the next government in Punjab getting absolute majority in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections. “I am happy that we have come together in the […]
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said that Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal should not take Punjabis for granted by building castles in the air and should understand that Punjabis are much more capable for leading their own state and need not an outsider like him. “Proud Punjabis would never let an outsider […]
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted a wet spell across northwest, central and east India in the next 3-4 days.A ‘Western Disturbance’, seen as a cyclonic circulation over east Afghanistan and adjoining Pakistan and an induced cyclonic circulation lies over southwest Rajasthan and neighbourhood at lower tropospheric levels. Also, a trough runs from the […]
As the Election Commission prepares for assembly polls in five states early next year, its top brass is slated to interact with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday. The commission is likely to seek updates from Bhushan on the COVID-19 situation and the emergence of Omicron, the new coronavirus variant, sources said on Sunday. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday paid obeisance at Dera Baba Murad Shah and Darbar Almast Bapu Lal Badshah, Nakodar. Accompanied by MLA Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia, Former Minister Amarjeet Singh Samra, Ex-MLA Kanwaljeet Singh Lalli and others, the Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi went to Dera Baba Murad Shah where he prayed for […]
Punjab unit of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday announced a new ‘morcha’ called Samyukt Samaj Morcha to contest the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. As many as 22 farm organisations in Punjab, that were part of the year-long protest at the borders of the national capital, are part of the new political front.It was […]
In less than 24 hours, the Punjab Police has managed to crack the the Ludhiana Court Bomb Blast case after zeroing in on the identity of the deceased as Gagandeep Singh (31) of Khanna, who was recruited in Punjab Police as constable and dismissed in August 2019 after 385 gm of heroin was recovered from […]