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An 81-feet Sikh military emblem in this Punjab town is quite a hit among the devotees and tourists, officials said on Thursday.Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal accompanied by his daughter-in-law and union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur on Wednesday unfurled the recently installed 81-foot ‘Khanda’ (double-edged sword) at Panja Piara…[Read more]

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited the family of Punjab farmer Surjit Singh, who had committed suicide on June 10 by consuming a poisonous substance.Rahul reached the Dadu Majra village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, early on Thursday morning and offered condolences to the grieving family. He was with them for over 30 minutes,…[Read more]

The Municipal Corporation has deducted the expenses incurred on the family members of nine councillors, including the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor, during the study tour last year from their monthly honorarium. Recently, the MC had issued recovery notices to nine councillors, who had taken their family members along with them on the study tour to…[Read more]

Local lad Himanshu Gupta has done the city proud by bagging the seventh position in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced, 2015. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the names of the top 10 rank holders this evening.Himanshu is a student of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41. He said nine hours of study and one hour of…[Read more]

The Punjab government has built toilets for 33 lakh rural families as the state aims to become the first in India to be free from open defecation.The Punjab government has constructed toilets for 33 lakh rural families under the ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which has elimination of open defecation as one of its objectives,” a state government…[Read more]

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with BJP President Amit Shah will visit Anandpur Sahib on the occasion of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the holy town on June 19.Giving this information here today, Punjab BJP President Kamal Sharma said that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will also be attending the celebration function.

Demanding immediate release of 13 students arrested by police during demonstration against the alleged molestation of a minor girl, Punjab Students Union (PSU) on Monday staged a protest here.The protesters assembled at old rest house (Darbar Ganj) where they held a rally in protest against the arrest of 13 students, including one girl on May 6 on…[Read more]

Jathedar of Akal Takht (highest Sikh temporal seat) Gyani Gurbachan Singh on Monday visited the 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar and asked the medical team treating him to allow one of his relative to stay with him.Bhullar was shifted to Swami Vivekananda Drug De-addiction Centre here due to severe depression from the Central…[Read more]

Defending the transfer of prisoners with terrorist background hailing from Punjab back to the state from jails in other states, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said the move will not impact peace and harmony in his state.The SAD-BJP alliance government has always accorded top priority to preserving peace, communal harmony and…[Read more]

The maximum temperature across Haryana and Punjab on Sunday plunged by upto nine notches, a day after rains lashed several parts in the two states, providing much-needed relief to people from hot weather conditions.Hisar, which generally turns out to be the hottest place in the two states during summers, was the coolest town in the region today…[Read more]

Alleging harassment by the electricity department officials and a local BJP leader, a man committed suicide in the Shashtrinagar locality here, police said today.Nishan Singh yesterday committed suicide at his residence here after allegedly being harassed by electricity department officials and local BJP leader Pradeep Khullar, they said.On the…[Read more]

In a tragic accident, at least 6 persons lost their lives and over 100 were injured after an ammonia gas tanker leaked in the outskirts of Ludhiana in the wee hours of Saturday.The leak occurred when the Gujarat registered tanker got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25 kms from the commercial capital of…[Read more]

A) Amritsar
B) Barnala
C) Bathinda
D) Jalandhar

Former Union Minister and sitting Patiala MLA Preneet Kaur on Tuesday said that she does not have any bank account overseas in her name with any foreign bank.My statement was recorded by Income Tax authorities at Ludhiana (earlier). I was not shown any document which may indicate that I had a foreign bank account or a Trust. I gave my statement…[Read more]

(A) 1950
(B) 1952
(C) 1953
(D) 1956

BJP leader Parveen Manhans has been booked for allegedly damaging a religious hoarding on the eve of the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar here and posting objectionable content against a community on social media.Manhas, former BJP Kisan Morcha Secretary from Punjab, was booked yesterday under Section 295- A (deliberate and malicious acts,…[Read more]

The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a circular, advising all its affiliated schools to constitute an inclusion committee to address issues concerning children with special needs.The committee will comprise four members, including counsellors, educators, teachers and principal, who will be the chairperson.The committee will…[Read more]

A 25-year-old man climbed atop a water tank at Hasanpur area on Tuesday and threatened to commit suicide against the detention of 80-year-old Sikh activist Surat Singh Khalsa here.Amritpal Singh of Barnala district, who serves as priest in a Gurudwara, was coaxed to come down by the police and civil administration officials but in vain. The youth…[Read more]

A) Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
B) Dilbagh Singh
C) Pratap Chandra Lal
D) Norman Anil Kumar Browne

In Moga Two persons, including a woman, were killed and another was injured when the motorcycle they were riding was allegedly hit by a mini-truck in the district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred yesterday when the victims, Mohinder Singh and his aunt along with his mother were riding a bike which was hit by the mini-truck near Badhni…[Read more]