CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Friday gave additional charges to seven sub­ divisional magistrates (SDMs) and two district transport officers (DTOs). Balachaur SDM Pradeep Kumar has been given the additional charge of SDM, Nawanshahr. The other SDMs with additional charge are Samana SDM Sukhwinder Singh Gill (SDM, Nabha), Sunam SDM Baldev ...

PATIALA: The court of the additional session’s judge on Friday resumed "examination in chief" of Kamaljit Singh, complainant in the Harpreet Kaur murder case, in which former SGPC president and the victim's mother Bibi Jagir Kaur is the main accused. Harpreet Kaur died mysteriously in 2000, following which a Central Bureau ...

MEETS PM Seeks Rs 1,420 cr as compensation for farmers NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday urged the central government to either end the industrial tax sops given to hill states adjoining Punjab or extend a similar concession to the state and boost its economy. Badal sought an Rs ...

CONG REACTION Proposals will do little to improve Punjab's fiscal health, poor will suffer CHANDIGARH: Former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday rubbished the Sukhbir­ Kalia committee report on resource mobilization, saying it lacked vision and direction to pull Punjab out of the financial mess. At a press conference here, Capt ...

AMRITSAR: Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil on Thursday said Punjab was one of the most important states for the production of foodgrains. The newly-appointed Governor, who paid obeisance at Harmandar Sahib here on Thursday, said, "The farmer of Punjab has the grit and determination to produce enough foodgrains for the entire Asia. ...

JALANDHAR: The Oil Tanker Union of the Indian Oil Corporation terminal, Suchi Pind, here on Thursday went on an indefinite strike in protest against the roc's decision to charge tanker owners for dam­ aged vehicle tracking system (VTS) equipment. The strike is likely to hit the supply of oil products to ...

FEROZEPUR: Farmers of Abohar region have alleged violation of the seniority list in the allotment of tubewell connections. Even recommendations of the Soil Conservation Department for issuance of connections on priority to farmers who have installed drip irrigation are being ignored, alleges Jagdev Singh of Doulat Pura village of Abohar ...

JALANDHAR: Punjabi singers Balbir Mann, alias Balli Mann, and Punjab Singh, alias Bittu Danewalia, on Thursday alleged that a Canada-based music company had defrauded them of over Rs 10 lakh on the pretext of releasing their albums annually. The company owner, how­ ever, claimed that the singers were out to ...

Wireless scam Agency wanted police to hold departmental probe CHANDIGARH: The wireless scam case - in which Punjab's top police officers, including those in the ranks of DGP and ADGP, were named - is headed for burial as the complainants have filed "no objection" to CBl's closure report. The case is now ...

AMRITSAR: Five Sikh high priests are scheduled to meet at Akal Takht, the Sikh community's top temporal seat in this holy city, on Friday to decide on the fate of Prof Darshan Singh Ragi, who has been threatened with excommunication for his act of quoting from the banned Dasham Granth. A ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab State Information Commission has dismissed Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's review applications, challenging the Commission's jurisdiction to declare it a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Chief Information Commissioner R.I. Singh, in his order, said the panel did not have power to review its own orders. "The ...

CHANDIGARH: “Punjab is an ice slab melting in the heat of corruption and the drug menace," That's the simile used by a Punjab police officer to describe how bribery, drug trafficking and tax evasion have infested the system. 'Sambhlo Punjab' (Steady yourself Punjab) is a 142-page eyewitness account by SSP Gurpreet ...

MOGA: Punjab school judo champion Kirandeep Kaur, 13, has threatened to return her gold medal to protest the selection committee's bias in sending the girl who came third in the state meet for the national-level championship in Kerala from January 30. Kirandeep, who is a class VII student at Panjgrayin village ...