LUDHIANA: In a surprise move 63 years after partition, Punjabi farmers will get compensation for their hind the Border Security Force (BSF) has used to guard the international border with Pakistan. The BSF uses an 11-feet wide road running along a large part of the 553-km Indo-Pak border in Punjab on ...

NEW DELHI: One of the highest and most important dams ­ the Bhakra Nangal- will soon be guarded by more than 450 CISF personnel to thwart any possible terror threat or sabotage attempt. The government has decided to deploy the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after analysing the threat to the ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued notices to Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and the union home ministry on a PIL seeking hastening of the process of finalising a crime Victims' compensation scheme. As per the Constitution, every state government in coordination with the Central government shall prepare a ...

AMRITSAR: Various factions of Shiromani Akali Dal and other Sikh bodies on Wednesday joined hands to get omitted the discrepancies in voter form for the Shiromani Gurdwara Prbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections. A two-member committee comprising former SGPC secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta and Kanwanpal Singh Bittu of Dal Khalsa would approach Prime ...

GHUDDA (BATHINDA): Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said there were "certain disruptive forces" supported by "anti-Punjab people" trying to revive terrorism by triggering communal clashes in the state. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for a degree college at the Central University site here, Badal urged the ...

JALANDHAR: The Union Home Ministry has asked for a detailed report on the alleged framing of false charges against Phillaur Youth Congress chief Tejinder Singh, state youth wing president and Rupnagar MP Ravneet Singh Bittu said here on Thursday. A member of the Standing Committee of the Home Ministry, Bittu said ...