CHANDIGARH: Jaswant Kaur, the widow of assassinated Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, died on Monday following a cardiac arrest at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here. She was 86. According to family sources, Kaur was rushed to the PGIMER on Monday afternoon. The cremation will take place ...

LEHRAGAGA (SANGRUR): Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Punjab to attend commemorations of 125th anniversary of the party for which the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has started preparations. The date in this regard will be announced soon, leader of Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal told mediapersons ...

CHANDIGARH: The last day of the budget session on Friday ended on a bitter note as the Congress walked out twice to protest against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's refusal to suspend an SHO who allegedly misbehaved with Congress MLA Avtar Singh Brar. The recent bonhomie, of which Badal was so ...

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 ...

LUDHIANA: Punjab Leader of the Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal on Tuesday said she would be meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday to urge her to raise the issue of state Vidhan Sabha Speaker Nirmal Singh Kalilon at the next All­ India Speakers Conference. She said the state Congress wanted ...

CHANDIGARH: On the opening day of winter session of the 13th Vidhan Sabha, the House on Monday paid tributes to 21 prominent personalities who passed away recently, including 15 freedom fighters. Leader of the House Parkash Singh Badal, while paying tributes to late chief minister Harcharan Singh Brar of the Congress, ...

Bhattal Asks Govt To Issue ‘ White Paper’ On Development Works LEHRA (SANGRUR): The Congress will corner the SAD-BJP alliance during the forth­ coming Assembly session on various issues, including the alleged duping of farmers under the Bhai Ghania health­ care scheme, vendetta against opposition workers, and the misuse of Central ...