FATEHGARH SAHIB: Several activists of a Bassi Pathana-based Hindu organization on Monday decided not to cast their vote "to teach a lesson to candidates, who make false promises". The Shiromani Akali Dal had fielded former judge of Punjab and Haryarna high court, Nirmal Singh, while Harbans Kaur Dullo, wife Punjab Pradesh ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Being performed at the Shaheedi Jor Mela, "Main Tera Banda", a play on Banda Bahadur Singh, evokes a nostalgic Jagjit Singh connection. The music for it was the last one composed by the late singer. Jagjit Singh not only rendered his voice to three shabads, he also roped in ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Professor Gurpal Singh, head of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of the SGPC­ run Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College (BBSBEC), Fatehgarh Sahib, who was killed in a mishap near Pul Garhi Tarkhana on Thursday, was cremated at his native village, Jauns­ Mohar, near Ajnala, in Amritsar ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: The union human resource development ministry has selected five teachers from Punjab for the national award to be presented in New Delhi on Teacher's Day. Safi Mohammad Mungo of Government Elementary School, Ladhaeri, Nabha, has been selected for the award in the primary school teachers' category. The teachers selected ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Eminent Sikh scholar Gurnek Singh has been appointed as acting vice-chancellor (V-C) of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)-run Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University. Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, the founding V-C of the university, who was shot on the university ,campus on August 1, is being treated at at ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Punjab's director general of police (DGP) PS Gill on Tuesday justified the appointment of PPS officers as senior superintendents of police (SSPs). HT (July 26) had report­ed that the SAD-BJP government had appointed 10 Punjab Police Services (PPS) officers as district police chiefs in violation of norms. Talking to media ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Dal Khalsa on Sunday lashed out at the J&K administration, saying that the order telling Simranjit Singh Mann to leave Srinagar was absurd. In a letter to J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, the party's secretary for political affairs Kanwar Pal Singh said the district magistrate's order was autocratic. SOURCE-HT

FATEHGARH SAHIB (Punjab): The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued posting orders of 65 new judges. The judges, who will serve as civil judge (junior division)/judicial magistrate have been directed that after submitting their report to respective district and sessions judges, they would report at the Chandigarh Judicial Academy ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB(Punjab): Shiromani Akali Dal Leader and Punjab Scheduled Caste Commission member Dalip Singh Pandhi has said he would take up the issue of attack on HT's Mansa correspondent Bharat Khanna , with chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. Maintaining that Bharat Khanna had highlighted important issues, including police atrocities on poor ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB(Punjab): Expressing surprise over Kang's allegations, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal said he or his government had never humiliated the outgoing PAU vice­ chancellor. He said the government's proposal to sell PAU land was only to generate resources. He alleged that the university did not properly utilise the grants ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB (Punjab) : The Dal Khalsa on Tuesday expressed solidarity with teachers of Khalsa College, Amritsar, who are on a chain fast since Monday protesting moves to turn the college into a university. Dalleader Kanwarpal Singh and Khalsa Action Committee chairman Mohkam Singh said all sections of the society ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: A technical error is denying NRI Karnail Singh Gyani, 80, a visit to India. Karnail Singh, a resident of Philadelphia, US, claims that the immigration officials at the Delhi airport have time and again stopped him, stating that his entry to India is banned. "Neither I figure on ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has entrusted Baba Amrik Singh with kar Sewa of Diwan Todar Mal's Jahaz Haveli here. The decision was taken on Monday at a meeting of a committee constituted by SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar. SGPC members Karnail Singh Panjoli, Didar Singh Bhatti, XEN ...