CHANDIGARH: Ignoring the assertion by ousted finance minister Manpreet Singh that the rich and prosperous farmers could, and should, pay for power, deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal on Sunday stuck to his guns on the debate on subsidies. The contention that big farmers be made to pay for power, got ...

ABOHAR: Leaders cutting across party lines on Tuesday led a procession to the city police station here to demand action against an alleged gangster for having threatened two shop­ keepers to vacate their business premises, on Tuesday. The two shopkeepers, Rajinder Kumar and Devraj, who have rented premises in the Sadar ...

CHANDIGARH: Former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday demanded that the Punjab Vidhan Sabha should hold one full session to discuss important issues of the state, including the "deteriorating economy", law and order and unemployment situation. The Patiala Congress MLA, who attended the Assembly after more than two years since ...

CHANDIGARH: The Vidhan Sabha on Thursday forgave Leader of the Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for denigrating the chair of the Speaker during the last session after the House unanimously requested him to take a lenient view. The committee of privileges of the House had indicted Bhattal for belittling the chair of ...