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A 65-year-old ex-serviceman was shot dead here allegedly by his nephew on Moga-Dosanjh road in this district over a land dispute, police said Thursday. The incident occurred last evening when the victim Baldev Singh and his neighbour were returning home after appearing in a court case, they said. Avtar Singh alias Tari arrived on a motorcycle…[Read more]

Nearly nine days after it was spotted, caught and handed over to the local police, the police has now handed over the pigeon which was suspected to have flown from across the border from Pakistan to a bird lover here to take its care. The pigeon was yesterday handed over to a bird lover of the area Ramanjit Singh, police said Thursday. Ramanjit is…[Read more]

Police Wednesday claimed to have traced five passengers who were in the same bus in which a teenage girl was thrown off after being molested leading to her death, and recorded their statements. In their statements, they said that they have not seen or heard anything regarding the molestation and also pleaded with the police not to involve them in…[Read more]

Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd (PSTCL) are all set to launch a disaster management plan to deal with any kind of natural calamities, sabotage or grid failures. The plan is likely be launched by this December. PSPCL and PSTCL responsible to generate, transmit, distribute and maintain…[Read more]

Punjab Congress on Tuesday launched a mass contact programme from Gurdaspur district to mobilise Dalits against what it alleged anti-people policies of the Parkash Singh Badal government in the state. Congress state chief Pratap Singh Bajwa said the focus of the programme will be to expose “atrocities against the Dalits in the state”. He cited the…[Read more]

To enhance the performance of girl students in board exams, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asked the state education department to prepare a comprehensive plan within a fortnight to strengthen and upgrade infrastructure in government girl schools. He said the “spectacular performance” of girls in matric and class XII board…[Read more]

The opposition Congress in Punjab on Monday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged snooping on political leaders and others by the state government and its agencies, especially Punjab Police. In a letter to the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa said a high-level probe should be ordered…[Read more]

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said that Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has taken several steps for the upliftment of Dalits, farmers, labourers and downtrodden people by launching various development schemes for them in the last one year of its rule. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated commendable work to uplift…[Read more]

The body of British hotelier of Indian origin Ranjit Singh Power, missing since May 8 while on a business trip to India, has been recovered in a Punjab forest, police said on Saturday. The body was found in a forest near Anandpur Sahib in Ropar district, some 80 km from here, a Punjab Police officer told IANS.

Punjabs New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Saturday inaugurated a 2.10 MW solar power plant in a village near the India-Pakistan border. NRI Ranbir Singh Chhina of Abundant Energy Private Ltd has set up the plant, the states first, in Chhina Bidhi Chand village at an investment of Rs.16.40 crore.

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Punjabs New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Saturday inaugurated a 2.10 MW solar power plant in a village near the India-Pakistan border. NRI Ranbir Singh Chhina of Abundant Energy Private Ltd has set up the plant, the states first, in Chhina Bidhi Chand village at an investment of Rs.16.40 crore.

Punjabs New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Saturday inaugurated a 2.10 MW solar power plant in a village near the India-Pakistan border. NRI Ranbir Singh Chhina of Abundant Energy Private Ltd has set up the plant, the states first, in Chhina Bidhi Chand village at an investment of Rs.16.40 crore.

Punjabs New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Saturday inaugurated a 2.10 MW solar power plant in a village near the India-Pakistan border. NRI Ranbir Singh Chhina of Abundant Energy Private Ltd has set up the plant, the states first, in Chhina Bidhi Chand village at an investment of Rs.16.40 crore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have announced the date of implementing the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme for ex-servicemen, rather than calling it a “vexed” issue, Congress leader Amarinder Singh said on Saturday. “The Prime Minister should have announced a date to implement the OROP instead of dishing out vague assurances”, said the…[Read more]

Five persons including two children of a family were killed while two sustained serious injuries when their car dashed against a roadside tree near Malout, police said here Friday. Accident took place late last night when car’s driver in a bid to avoid collision with a stray animal on the road lost control over the vehicle and dashed it against a…[Read more]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notice to the state and the civic body of the Sikh holy city of Amritsar on a plea to initiate contempt proceedings against them for not taking any action against the illegal constructions around the Golden Temple. The high court had issued directions on June 3, 2011 to take action against illegal…[Read more]

The Punjab government on Thursday constituted a task force to work on eradicating poverty in consonance with the initiatives being taken by the NITI Aayog, an official said here. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has appointed Punjab State Planning Board vice-chairman Rajinder Bhandari as the task force chief.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday sought the intervention of his Sikkim counterpart Pawan Kumar Chamling for immediate restoration of Maryada (Sikh religious code of conduct) in historical gurdwaras in the north eastern state. In a letter to Chamling, the Chief Minister apprised him that there were a number of historical Sikh…[Read more]

A 23-year-old teacher was allegedly molested by driver of a school van after taking the vehicle to an isolated area near here, police said on Tuesday. A case was registered yesterday against the accused Sukhraj Singh with Moga police yesterday. According to the complaint lodged by the victim, the driver took his vehicle to a secluded area…[Read more]