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CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI:  Eight years after the then wrestler-turned-druglord Jagdish Bhola, who was arrested in a Rs 6500-crore synthetic drug scam, had accused Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal’s brother-in-law Bikram Majithia of him as a kingpin leading to the summons served by ED on him, Punjab Police has booked the key Akali Dal man on […]

CHANDIGARH: In a major development on Monday, a senior Congress leader and minister for Technical Education Rana Gurjeet Singh lashed out at Punjab Congress committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu for trying to create divisions within the party and questioning the loyalty of the true and traditional Congressmen. Rana took a dig at Sidhu’s flip-flops in […]

JALANDHAR: To make its presence felt in the Doaba region of Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday took out a  Tricolor march (Tiranga Yatra) in Jalandhar, a key region where AAP had missed out on getting big leads during its 2017 campaign despite a whirlwind of NRI support. The Tiranga Yatra was led […]

KHARAR (CHANDIGARH): She aspired to be a judge but ended up creating history by beating 80 other beauty contestants to bring home Miss Universe crown after 21 years. Actress-Model Harnaaz Sandhu is the third Indian to be crowned Miss Universe after Lara Dutta (2000) and Sushmita Sen (1994). #yehbaat 👊😁👏💃🏻❤️🇮🇳 ‘Har Hindustani Ki Naz’ Harnaaz […]

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 […]

CHANDIGARH: Alert has been sounded after a grenade blast by unidentified motorcyclists occurred at the Indian Army’s Triveni Gate near Pathankot’s Dheerapul at 9 pm on Sunday. No injuries have been reported so far. According to SSP, Pathankot, Surendra Lamba, some unidentified motorcyclists lobbed the grenade outside the Triveni gate of the cantonment and fled […]

CHANDIGARH: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday announced a memorial in Punjab in remembrance of those who lost their lives during year-long farmers’ movement. Channi said so far they (government) have not decided about the site, but the government would decide after discussing with the farmers’ union. He was addressing media here in Punjab […]

SHIMLA: In a major crackdown on illegal trading of ornaments in Himachal Pradesh, the vigilance team on Thursday apprehended a private vehicle belonging to a Punjab-based trader, recovering 36 kgs of silver at Mataur in Kangra district. Following secret information received from undercover sources, the team had set up a check-point at Mataur to nab […]

CHANDIGARH: Punjab assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the Centre’s notification on increasing the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km. The resolution was moved by Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who also holds the Home portfolio. The resolutiom said that the decision of extending […]

NEW DELHI: As former Punjab Chief Minister and estranged Congress leader, Captain Amarinder Singh, made a formal announcement to float a new party, the Congress was once again caught off guard. To fix the situation, the party is now looking at hiring the services of a media strategy firm, WarRoom Strategies, to redeem the image. […]