CHANDIGARH: Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Punjab police on Monday reached Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters to question key dera functionaries Vipassana Insan and Dr PR Nain, only to find them missing. The SIT is investigating the 2015 Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village sacrilege case. On Friday, the SIT chief and Ludhiana Inspector General of Police (IGP) […]
CHANDIGARH: In what could well prove to be a test of loyalty for its own cadres, the Punjab co-incharge of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Raghav Chadha on Sunday levelled allegations against BJP top leadership of tying to wean away their leaders in Punjab. Chadha alleged that senior BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and […]
CHANDIGARH: Farm leader Gurnam Singh Charuni on Friday reached the residence of Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar in Chandigarh to discuss matters related to farmers in Haryana. Charuni reached the residence of Khattar at about 5pm after interacting with the media. Charuni said, “We got a message from Chandigarh CID that CM Manohar Lal Khattar […]
CHANDIGARH: Padma Shri awardee and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who has taken stand against repealing of three farm bills and had equated some protests as ‘jihadi’, allegedly faced farmers ire in Kiratpur Sahib of Punjab as she entered there from her home town in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. Several farmers were seen gathering near Bunga Sahib […]
CHANDIGARH: In what appears to be an open dare to the Punjab Government following its claims of having better schools, Delhi deputy chief minister and Education minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Manish Sisodia said if the Punjab government thinks its schools are in a good state, they must visit Delhi once. Sisodia made […]
CHANDIGARH: A 39-year-old man, who had recently returned from South Africa on November 21, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and to ascertain if the man is positive for the new Omicron variant, his samples were sent for genome sequencing, shared the UT health officials. Meanwhile, amid concerns over the new variant, the UT administration […]
CHANDIGARH: Slow but steady, Captain Amarinder Singh is moving closer to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in preparation for the upcoming elections next year. The former Punjab chief minister on Tuesday met the current Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, at his residence here in Chandigarh. To keep the onlookers hanging, however, he termed the […]
MOHALI (CHANDIGARH): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday joined a teachers’ protest at Mohali and promised them that their jobs will be regularised if the Aam Aadmi Party makes government in Punjab next year. The contractual teachers are protesting for the past 165 days, demanding for the regularisation of their services. Give your younger […]
CHANDIGARH: Congress’ Punjab in-charge Harish Choudhary on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Congress MP from Patiala Preneet Kaur who is wife of former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, seeking an explanation over her “anti-party” remarks. The notice was issued days after Congress MP Preneet Kaur gave enough indications that she would soon be the […]
CHANDIGARH: Day after a grenade blast took place at the Indian Army’s Triveni Gate near Pathankot’s Dheerapul, the Punjab police claimed to have foiled a terror attack in Punjab with the arrest of one person and recovery of two life grenades, live bullets and gun here on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson of Director General […]