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…
Punjab
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…
At 84, Badal begins fifth innings as chief minister
byChandigarh : In 1969, Parkash Singh Badal, then 42, became the youngest chief minister in the country when he took over the reins of…
Parkash Singh Badal to be chief minister
byChandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that his father, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, will continue in the top job…
Majority for SAD-BJP in Punjab; Badals upbeat, Congress surprised
byChandigarh : Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) alliance Tuesday secured a majority in the 117-member assembly, winning 59 seats in the…