RAMGARH (KAPURTHALA): Former chief minister and PPCC president Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday warned the SAD­ BJP government not to grant the Rs 18,000 crore concessions being sought by the Laxmi Mittal-owned Bathinda refinery, as the Congress would undo any such benefits ill case it-came to power. Capt Amarinderwas addressing a ...

KAPURTHALA: Under the ball-India Sainik School’s entrance examination for the 2011-12 session, tests for candidates for classes 6 and 9 in the Kapurthala School will be held on January 2 at five places in the state. The exam centers will be at Amritsar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Faridkot and Patiala, Sainik School principal ...

KAPURTHALA: Kapurthala police have arrested two head constables for the custody death of Aroor Singh at Dhilwan police station. SP (Headquarters) Kulwidner Singh Thiara, who is the investigating officer in the case, on Monday, confirmed the arrest of Manjit Singh and Gurnam Singh. A local court has remanded them in judicial ...

KAPURTHALA: The Education Department will issue appointment letters to 7,654 masters, lecturers and vocational teachers within 15 days following the Punjab and Haryana High Court vacating the stay order. Punjab Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur announced this here on Monday while talking to reporters. She said the combined merit would be considered ...

KAPURTHALA: Fearless officers, fearsome jets-the Indian Air Force requires fighters cast in both flesh and metal. The IAF will acquire 126 multi­ role fighter aircraft within a year. Air Marshal Anil Chopra shared the information with the media on Monday during his visit to Sainik School in Kapurthura for motivating students ...

KAPURTHALA: The Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections, has sought a report from the Deputy Commissioner on irregularities in the enrollment of non-Sikh and 'patit' Sikh voters at Begowal and Bhadas villages in Bholath constituency. DC Raj Kamal Chaudhary confirmed that a report has indeed been sought from the administration within two days. He ...

KAPURTHALA: On the basis of findings of the inquiry committee, Deputy Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary on Tuesday directed the District Education Officer (Elementary) and the Civil Surgeon to take action against contractors for supplying poor-quality mid-day meals to primary schools in the district. A six-member inquiry committee, constituted by the DC, ...

KAPURTHALA: The local police have failed to arrest the four police officers held guilty for the custodial death of Aroor Singh at Dhilwan police station. The four accused, including then Dhilwan SHO Gurmakh Singh, are said to have gone underground. However, Gurmakh Singh was able to file an anticipatory bail application ...

KAPURTHALA: SSP Ram Singh, on Wednesday, placed the Dhilwan police station SHO and a Sub lnspector under suspension and marked a departmental inquiry against an ASI after hundreds of Congress workers protesting against the police inaction in an accident case threatened to take the body of the victim, a party ...

KAPURTHALA: Taking cognizance of the police inquiry conducted by IG (Crime) B.K. Uppal into the custodial death of Aroor Singh at the Dhilwan police station on September 5,' 2009, which held six cops, including an SP, a DSP and an SHO responsible, SSP Ram Singh, on Tuesday, ordered the arrest ...

KAPURTHALA: More than 100 Congress workers, led by Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, staged a protest in front of the SSP's office here on Thursday, alleging political vendetta at the behest of former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur. The Congress workers alleged that more than 1,000 prominent party members had been ...

KAPURTHALA: The technical staff of the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) on Wednesday staged a dharna over the Railway Board's failure to supply corten steel and other raw material. They claimed that the shortage of raw material was not only affecting production but also having a bearing on their monthly income in ...

KAPURTHALA: The district SAD unit came across as a divided house as workers met at a local gurdwara on Sunday to talk Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections. Groups led by former Akali minister Raghbir Singh and former SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur hurled accusations against each other in the presence ...