CHANDIGARH: The state Youth Congress (YC) unit would kick­ start a 45-day 'Nav Inqalab Yatra' from Mohali on November 1. The yatra would cover all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies and 66 assembly segments before its ends in Ludhiana on December 14, state YC chief and Lok Sabha member Ravneet Singh ...

BATALA: It was drugs earlier, now HIV claims the largest share of the kill in Gandhi Camp, the local slum located by the G.T. Road. Over 70 youth have tested positive for AIDS. The slum has lost more than hundred lives to drug addiction in the past couple of years. The ...

SANGRUR: SSP H.S. Bhullar has cautioned students against taking to evils like drug addiction. He was addressing students at 'Zest-10' at Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology here. Kimi Jindal and Amandip Singh were adjudged 'Ms and Mr fresher', respectively. SOURCE-HT

ROHTAK: Former deputy prime minister Ch Devi Lal's son and former MLA Partap Singh Chautala has advised leaders of khap panchayats to be wary of politicians, who are allegedly misguiding people over the affairs of khap. Both ruling Congress and major Opposition party INLD have adopted double standards over the issue ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Punjab Advocate General Hardev Singh Mattewal has said that the state government is extending its full cooperation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in cases involving Punjab officers and others. Mattewal, who was speaking with the media at Mata Gujri College, denied the charge that the government was ...

AMRITSAR: Guru Ram Das Sikh Mission of America (GRDS­ MA), constituted to further the mission of Harbhajan Singh Yogi by his son-in-law Satpal Singh Kohli, is planning to bring some Christian-turned-Sikhs from the United States to Punjab to appeal against apostasy. Kohli, on a personal India visit, said it was a ...

AMRITSAR: Khalsa College on Thursday organized a seminar on "Sustainable Agriculture and Emerging Trends" to discuss issues like soil degradation, depletion of water level and falling income levels of farmers. B.S. Boparai, Member, Board of Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, stressed upon the transformation of the agricultural system towards sustainability. S.S. BAL, ...