Anandpur Sahib: In order to promote higher education amid Sikh girls in Jammu and Kashmir, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has offered to provide free education, accommodation and food to girls in institutions run by the committee. Addressing the media persons here, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said, all Sikh [...]

Chandigarh: Slated to be released Friday, Punjabi film “Sadda Haq” became a non-starter in cinema halls across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh after authorities in both states and the union territory imposed a ban on its screening. Producer-actor Kuljinder Singh described the decision to ban the film as “shameful”. The film [...]

Shimla: In a rare admission the Himachal government on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha admitted that the mining mafia operating were defiant of the law and were recklessly plundering the natural resources of the state. “They are so powerful that a stricter law is needed to contain the menace,” [...]

Chandigarh: Targetting a record procurement of over 140 lakh tonnes this season, the Punjab government has set aside Rs.18,998 crore for wheat procurement this season. A Punjab government spokesman said here Thursday said that as a part of the first instalment, the state government has received Rs.13,529 crore from Reserve [...]

Shimla: To mark the successful assault on Mt Everest, 60 years ago by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, seven high school students from one of India’s elitist schools Lawrence School Sanawar are all geared to attempt reaching the top of the world peak in May. “Six of the boys are [...]

Chandigarh: Having busted an international drugs racket worth millions of dollars operating from Punjab, police said Monday that there is a Chinese connection to the crime. The drugs racket has already been linked to the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, and Afghanistan-Pakistan. Police said five Chinese associates had visited Chandigarh in [...]

Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) A Punjab Police officer on traffic duty during a VIP visit who was allegedly assaulted by a truck driver Friday night here has died, police said Saturday. The officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ravinder Pal Singh Mangat, had signalled the truck to stop at the campus [...]

Chandigarh: Punjab Police has dismissed two officials from service – including international boxer Ram Singh – following their alleged involvement in a drugs racket busted in the state recently. The other person dismissed Thursday is sub-inspector Sarabjit Singh. Ram Singh, a head constable in the force, is a fellow boxer with [...]

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today appointed Sukhpal Singh Khaira as the chief spokesperson of the party in the state.  A press communiqué of the party stated that these appointments had been made to streamline and revamp the working of Pradesh Congress Committee. Khaira has been assigned the [...]

Chandigarh (IANS) A series of election losses in the last one year, public bickering among top leaders, a legislator deserting the party, some disastrous political moves and confused cadres – this is the state of Punjab’s principal opposition, the Congress. As the Congress sinks to new lows, it has become a [...]