KOT BHAI (MUKTSAR): To provide luxury treatment to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal during his night stay on Friday in Adarsh School of Kot Bhai village of Gidderbaha constituency, the administration has converted a part of the computer lab of the school into a brand new toilet. Rest of the ...

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha on Tuesday drew Congress ire after he made derogatory remarks about late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the floor of the House. Initiating the debate on motion of thanks on the governor's address, delivered in the assembly here on Friday, Valtoha not ...

SAS NAGAR: A former Akali leader now in the camp of ousted finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal is suspect in Rs­ l0-lakh swindle. The district police have registered a case against Yadwinder Singh Buttar, former Youth Akali Dal leader from Gurdaspur local property dealer Kulwinder Singh; and Raghbir Singh, farmer at ...

CHANDIGARH: Estranged Akali leader Manpreet Singh Badal on Tuesday said the next phase of his Jago Punjab Yatra will begin on January 23 from Anandpur Sahib. It will culminate at the birthplace of Bhagat Singh at Khatkar Kalan in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district. In a statement, the former finance minister appealed ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: A Proclaimed Offender, on Tuesday, not only shared the stage with the state deputy chief minister, but allegedly even honoured him at an event at the SGPC-run Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib. In the run-up to the event, he even issued advertisements in vernacular dailies in his capacity as market ...

BATALA: The station house officer of the Civil Lines police station, Kashmir Singh, has had to pay the price for registering a case against an Akali leader, Jagpal Singh Minta, and his companions. Singh was transferred to Police Lines on Saturday. The transfer is reportedly the fallout of an episode that ...

AMRITSAR: A man shot at and injured while standing in his field at Jabbowal village in Tarsikka block on Thursday evening alleged he had not been provided any medical care at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital for 24 hours due to political pressure. Malkit Singh, a registered medical practitioner who owns five ...

Qadian council demands FIR; demolition drive to resume QADIAN (BATALA): A municipal council demolition squad out to raze illegal structures on land encroached by an Akali leader was forced to retreat as the local police refused to pro­vide security cover allegedly due to the last-minute influence by a political high-up. Sant Nagar ...