JALANDHAR: Even as the Jalandhar deputy commissioner (DC) had allegedly passed instructions to get "illegal" hoardings pertaining to promotion of the third kabaddi world cup erected in the city, the Jalandhar municipal corporation (MC), in an attempt to clear the defacements, has asked the sports department to immediately remove such hoardings.” Talking ...

JALANDHAR: Members of various Sikh organizations on Sunday held a march in the city to lodge their protest against the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajowana. The members started their protest march from Model Town Gurudwara that culminated at Guru Mission Chowk. They were holding placards in their hands with the slogans that ...

JALANDHAR: Relaxing the model code of conduct, the Election Commission (EC) has allowed the Punjab government to call and evaluate bids to award contracts.  EC director Yashvir Singh said in a press statement that as regards the applicability of the model code of conduct in Punjab, where polling has been completed, ...

JALANDHAR: The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has now given five days to the director, public instructions (DPI), colleges, to submit a report on allegations of fee being charged from SC students by Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) in violation of norms. After a complaint by a student from Jalandhar, the ...

JALANDHAR: Revealing that Punjab National Bank (PNB) would soon enter into a joint venture with insurance firm MetLife, PNB executive director Usha Ananthasubramanian on Wednesday said the bank would not face any adverse impact due to the Supreme Court order on cancellation of 122 licenses of 2G spectrum. PNB's acquisition of ...

JALANDHAR: The ministry of over­ seas Indian affairs will provide financial assistance ranging fr0m USD 2,000 (about Rs 1 lakh) to USD 3,000 (Rs 1.5lakh) to deserted or divorced Indian women for arranging legal assistance in their fight against NRI grooms abroad. A ministry official said on Tuesday the assistance would ...

JALANDHAR: Blaming the UPA government for the rampant corruption and price rise in the country, BJP president Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that the union government had lost its vision and the faith of the public. "The coming assembly elections in five states are a semifinal to the Lok Sabha elections. ...

JALANDHAR: The city police have booked four persons for allegedly raping a 14-year old girl on the intervening night of January 20-21. The mother of the victim had alleged that her daughter was raped at the poll campaign office of independent candidate from Jalandhar North constituency, Dinesh Dhall. Investigating Officer Jagdish ...

JALANDHAR: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will campaign for the BJP in the assembly polls as part of the party's efforts to rejuvenate its campaign. The party hopes to consolidate Hindu votes by bringing in Modi. Apart from Modi, who is known as face for his initiatives for development in Punjab, ...

JALANDHAR: In the Dalit-dominated Adampur assembly constituency reserved for scheduled caste candidates, both the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal have opted for candidates with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) background. Congress candidate Satnam Singh Kainth remained BSP MLA from Banga assembly constituency in 1992. He left BSP and contested, and won ...

JALANDHAR: The Adampur Bachao Action Committee will organise protest marches in the town on Sunday against the candidature of Pawan Kumar Tinu as Shiromani Akali Dal candidate from the Adampur assembly constituency. It has also appealed to other Sikh organizations to join the protest. The core committee of the organization will ...

JALANDHAR: Eight Congress councilors and seven former councilors on Friday revolted against the party's decision to field advocate Raj Kumar Gupta from Jalandhar (central) seat. Rajinder Beri, the leader of the dissident group, alleged that Gupta had deserted the party during 2007 assembly elections. "The party high command should replace Gupta and ...

JALANDHAR: The two youth, who recently came back India from the illegal detention of a company in Kuwait, have demanded the intervention of Indian embassy in rescuing the remaining 19 youth from the state still hostage with the company. Gurmel Singh (24) a resident of Phagwara and Kulwinder Kumar (23), resident ...