Sushma Verma

Family members of 11-year-old Vidhu Jain’s, who was burnt alive on September 30, 2013, in Malerkotla, today met Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh in Delhi. They briefed him about the case and the role of the police.

Even as the Central and state governments intend to make Amritsar a world-class city under the National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) and announced crores for maintaining its rich cultural heritage, its existing inheritance has been crying for attention.

ASI Kewal Krishan, posted at Dhar Kalan area, complained of chest pain while on duty last evening and was shifted to a civil hospital here, police said.

He died during treatment, they said.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked the top brass of state government to explore the feasibility of setting a state-of-the-art partition museum in the holy city Amritsar. The proposed museum would depict enormous mental agony and trauma faced by the countrymen in general and Punjabis in particular during country’s partition in 1947.

Two months after the UT police arrested Zulfiqar Khan, director of Theatre Age, an NGO, for allegedly sodomising children belonging to his school, the police today submitted a 360-page chargesheet in the court against the accused.
The chargesheet was submitted in the court of Additional Sessions Judge JS Sidhu.
The police have charged Zulfiqar…[Read more]

A committee led by chief secretary Sarvesh Kaushal stated in recommendation to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday that the state government would even pay the `60-crore interest on these loans. The mills will repay the loans in seven years and start paying interest after three years. The cabinet will take a decision on the…[Read more]

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal sought more funds from the centre under the Smart City project besides announcing construction of an elevated road in the city at a cost of Rs 1100 crore. While addressing a press conference here, Mr Badal said the centre should allot at least Rs 2,500 crore for Ludhiana because an amount of Rs…[Read more]

The race for top state Bharatiya Janata Party post has begun following the announcement of schedule of organisational elections by the party. Avinash Rai Khanna, chief election officer of the Bharatiya Janata Party, yesterday announced to complete the election process by November 20 in all states.

The Punjab Vidhan Sabha is likely to be convened for five days, between September 18 and 22. Effectively, the session will be held only on three days, September 18 and then September 21 and 22.

Aam Aadmi Party’s national speaker and Punjab affairs in charge Sanjay Singh today gave a clean chit to Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on the matter of audio tape leak. He said it was a normal conversation between two of the party’s MPs and that did not call for any disciplinary action against Mann.

The upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state capital on September 11 has rekindled the hope of a fiscal package for the state among top functionaries. The visit has also ignited a debate regarding the transfer of Chandigarh and Punjabi speaking areas to the state. The issue has been hanging fire since late 1960s. The focus will…[Read more]

The safety of around 250 students studying in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) School at Rakoli village in SAS Nagar has been put at risk as the school has been ‘illegally’ constructed on the riverbed of seasonal rivulet Siswan. The school was set up in 2009 by the Mohali administration without taking the pre-requisite no objection cer…[Read more]

Come October 19 and you can fly to Dubai from the Chandigarh international airport that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 11.
Besides, both domestic and international operations will be from the international airport in SAS Nagar. After the inauguration, a months’ time will be given for shifting all operations from…[Read more]

Union human resource development minister Smriti Zubin Irani has asked the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to map the requirements of the states where they exist and work for their fulfilment.She was addressing a gathering on Monday after laying the foundation stone of Central University of…[Read more]

Transferred in the middle of an inquiry into a kidney scam, additional deputy commissioner of police (investigation) J Elanchezhian (34) is back in the city and back on the case on the deputy chief minister’s directive.He also remains part of the special investigation team (SIT) with deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Sandeep Kumar Sharma, ADCP…[Read more]

Is cricketer Yuvraj Singh off the market (again)? Is he dating a Bollywood actor (again)?
Well, we can’t confirm what the real deal is, but rumours are doing the rounds that the Indian cricket heartthrob and British model-turned-actor, Hazel Keech are more than “just friends”. According to reports, the two are dating.Hazel starred in Salman Kha…[Read more]

Though residents across the state are reeling under the stray dog menace, the Punjab government has managed to get rid of over four lakh stray dogs in the last three years, at least on paper.The state government’s affidavit in the Punjab and Haryana high court stating that Punjab has only 59,806 stray dogs has left many animal rights activists…[Read more]

An appeal has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging single judge order on Punjab Pre Medical Entrance Test (PMET2015). The petitioners, including an SAS Nagar resident, have sought quashing of the single judge order. The petitioners have also sought directions to Baba Farid University of health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, to…[Read more]

Though residents across the state are reeling under the stray dog menace, the Punjab government has managed to get rid of over four lakh stray dogs in the last three years, at least on paper. The state government’s affidavit in the Punjab and Haryana high court stating that Punjab has around 60,000 stray dogs has left many animal rights a…[Read more]

Punjabi University, Patiala, is in the eye of a storm over re-employment of 76 professors and assistant professors against UGC norms and at the cost of unemployed youth. The state Audit Department has not been clearing the salary of the re-employed teachers for the past few months due to the violation of norms.