CHANDIGARH: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Tourism Minister Hira Singh Gabaria on Tuesday gave in-principle approval to Tourism Development Master Plan to develop tourism as a well-coordinated and organized industry. The Deputy Chief Minister gave the approval after detailed presentation by Hans Carl Jacobsen and Dr Harsh Verma, international ...

SANGRUR: Amargarh police have booked two swindlers on the charge of duping two youth by arranging them fake visas for Canada for Rs 17.2 lakh. The accused include a suspended FCI manager, Harbhajan Singh, who is facing corruption charges, and his son Lakhvir Singh Lakha. The duo, residents of Bholath ...

CHANDIGARH: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has added Pathankot on the Buddhist circuit to pick foreign pilgrims from Dharamsala for the first time. These pilgrims will be in India for the Dalai Lama's four-day teaching programme at Dharamsala from October 4 to 7. It will be a special ...

CHANDIGARH: Petrol pumps in various parts of the country will remain closed on September 20 in response to a call for indefinite strike given by the Federation of All-India Petroleum Traders, which represents over 38,700 petroleum dealers and traders. Federation joint secretary Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said at a press conference on ...

AMRITSAR: Struggling to find passengers over the years, buses between India and Pakistan – Amritsar -Lahore and Amritsar - Nankanaa Sahib- have been running losses. To overcome the challeneges, transport officials of both countries are expected to stress upon the opening of virsa offices in Amritsar and Lahore during an upcoming ...

PATHANKOT: Three of a family slew with swords and other sharp weapons a shopkeeper at Khanpur Chowk on Monday, over a dispute. The assailants – brothers Onkar Singh, Palwinder Singh and their father Baldev Singh, from Mammum area- own a shop near that of deceased Puran Chand and were in ...

Today was the final of Chak Dhoom Dhoom Grand Finale. The winner of this grand finale is Sparsh from Agara on Colors channel Saturday night.  Piyush from Jammu city is the second winner of this finale. Orissa's Tejaswani Behera is on 3rd position and Gauri Ingwale from Satara on 4th ...

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has directed "family pension as applicable" be release for a 92-year-old woman, Surjit Kaur of Hoshiarpur, whose husband died in World War II. The court held: "There is no doubt that her husband (Sepoy Sital Singh) ... was a soldier of ...

NURMAHAL: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice of motion for August 6 to Union Culture Secretary Jwahar Sarkar on a contempt petition for not implementing an order passed on August 25, 2008, to complete the process of declaring Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort at Phillaur as a national ...

JALANDHAR: The police rescued a Class-XI student from his kidnappers here on Tuesday. The youth, Sawan Verma, a resident of Model Town, was kidnapped in the afternoon by three Indica-borne youth, Ayush, Ishu and Jatinder Singh. Assistant Commissioner of Police Paramjit Singh said Sawan had an affair with a class­ mate, who ...

AMRITSAR: Flooding of various areas between Delhi and Amritsar, the Shatabdi express which was to leave for New Delhi from Amritsar at 5:05 pm, was cancelled on Thursday. The Samjhauta express plying between India and Pakistan through the Attari Border arrived in India at least five hours behind schedule. Meanwhile, ...

PHAGWARA: A teenaged boy identified as Vikramjit (13) died at the scene while five other pilgrims sustained grievous injuries when a truck laden with chicken feed overturned and fell on them near Chiherru on Sunday. Reports say the devotees headed for Dera Radha Soami Beas were waiting for a dera vehicle ...

PATHANKOT: Scores of pilgrims headed to Amarnath shrine returned from Anatnag, Bij Behara and Kahana Bal after their vehicles were pelted with stones. Even as the Jammu and Kashmir government claimed that safe passage was ensured to pilgrims, the latter claimed that they were left on the mercy of stone-pelters who ...