JALANDHAR: The police on Saturday claimed to have solved the murder of shopkeeper Ashwani Bagga (45) and his son Satish Bagga alias Ashu (20) on December 21, with the arrest of a Lance Naik. The two were killed in Rmna Mandi area by Lance Naik Sukhbir Singh (30) of 7 Sikh ...

Public Relations Minister Sewa Singh Sekhon along with . Christian community leaders at Dhariwal on Saturday. GURDASPUR: Information and Public Relations and Defence Services Welfare Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan on Saturday urged Christians to observe the teachings of Jesus Christ to lead a meaningful and successful life. Sekhwan was presiding over a ...

PATIALA: The Punjab government has faltered again on paying the Punjab State Electricity Board for free power to the agriculture sector and other consumer categories. While a portion of subsidy for September and October is pending, the government has faltered on paying for November and December. The Punjab government now owes Rs ...

AMRITSAR: A case has been registered against a Sub-Inspector (SI) and his accomplices on a woman's complaint that he married her without getting a divorce and forcibly got her pregnancy terminated twice. She accused Sub-Inspector Mangal Singh and accomplices Inderjit Singh, Sonia Sharma and Rajinder Pal Singh of dupingher. The complainant said ...

AMRITSAR: A group of 100 fishermen languishing in a Karachi jail after straying into Pakistan's territorial waters three years ago, on Saturday, entered India through the Attari border after being released as a goodwill gesture. The Pakistani authorities handed them over to the Border Security Force at the border check post. ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Members of the Khalsa Action Committee, SAD (Panch Pardani), Dal Khalsa, Panthic Council and Sikh Students Federation joined hands in their bid to rid the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee from the control of Shiromani Mali Dalleaders Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal. Addressing a political conference ...

AMRITSAR: The District Congress Committee (DCC) has criticized the Punjab Cabinet's decision on refusing sanction to the CEl to prosecute Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon. In a release, DCC Amritsar (rural) president S.R.S. Majithia said, "Fairness and ethics of the legislation should not be sacrificed rather there should be poetic justice in ...

KOT SUKHIA (FARIDKOT): A large portion of the paddy stock purchased by procurement agencies in October is yet to be lift­ ed from Kot Sukhia and Sukhanwala grain markets, causing resentment among commission agents and laborers. They, in fact, have threatened to move court. At Kot Sukhia, thousands of paddy bags, mostly ...

FARIDKOT/JALANDHAR: Two minor girls admitted to Guru Gobind Singh Medical Hospital, Faridkot, reportedly died of swine flu in the last 24 hours, even as the HINI virus claimed yet another life in Jalandhar Civil Hospital on Wednesday. The medical reports have confirmed the cause of death of one girl, while a ...

The industrial town has the distinction of generating the maximum tax and, as an unfortunate corollary, the most cases of tax evasion. Mandi Gobindgarh has, in fact, emerged as the hub of the Rs 5,000-crore VATS faking bill scam unearthed by the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department. The Department has detected ...

GURDASPUR: Former Punjabi University vice-chancellor S.S. Johl held teachers responsible for the prevailing corruption in society. Addressing the annual function of Gurdaspur Public School on Wednesday, Dr Johl remarked that teachers, who are a nation's builders, had failed to inculcate the spirit of patriotism in students and expressed concern over the indifference ...

NO MONOPO­USING OF GUESTHOUS­ ES, DAK BUNGALOWS, 'MAIDANS' BY THE PARTY IN POWER OR ITS CANDIDATES, SAYS CEO The Ministers and other authorities would not sanction grants or payments out of discretionary funds from the time elections were announced. Similarly, after the announcement of elections, Ministers and other authorities would not announce ...

Following the announcement of the Ellenabad by poll, the Election Commission has issued guidelines for implementation of the model code of conduct for political parties and candidates. The code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect in Sirsa district in which Ellenabad Assembly constituency goes to by poll ...