On Baisakhi, 3000 Sikhs to visit Pakistan
byIslamabad: Around 3,000 Sikh devotees from India will visit Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak which is now in Pakistan, to celebrate Baisakhi…
Punjab
Probe ordered into Jagir Kaur’s VIP treatment in jail
byChandigarh: After treating her as a VIP inmate instead of as a convicted criminal, prison authorities in Punjab Tuesday ordered a probe into the…
Bhattal lambasts Cpt. Amarinder Singh over Punjab poll debacle
byChandigarh: Blame game in Punjab Congress got ugly with senior congress leader Rajinder Kaul Bhattal lashing out at party president Captain Amarinder Singh over…
Himachal food subsidy bill to exceed budget by 35 percent
byShimla: Rising food prices and a state scheme of doling out subsidized food items to all ration card holders in the state is expected…
A life lost, tense days as leaders play politics
byChandigarh : An 18-year-old loses his life, people are injured, public property gets damaged, tension and tempers rise between two communities and the common…
Rajoana’s hanging stayed
byNew Delhi : The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination…
Shutdown hits Punjab, Rajoana appeals for calm
byChandigarh : A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of…
Punjab tightens security ahead of Rajoana hanging
byChandigarh: Security was tightened across Punjab today following a shutdown call given by various Sikh organisations against the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)…
Punjab results compromise BJP’s position in alliance
byChandigarh : The results of the recent assembly elections in Punjab have brought good and bad news to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in…
Sukhbir’s stamp all over Badal government
byChandigarh : In the last nearly five years, no one was ever in doubt that Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal considered son Sukhbir…