Curfew continues in Gurdaspur, Badal orders probe

Mar. 30 | Tweet Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police firing following...

Tight security across Punjab ahead of Rajoana hanging

Mar. 28 | Tweet Chandigarh: Security was tightened across Punjab Wednesday following a shutdown call given by various Sikh organisations against the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwant...

At 84, Badal begins fifth innings as chief minister

Mar. 14 | Tweet Chandigarh: In 1969, Parkash Singh Badal, then 42, became the youngest chief minister in the country when he took over the reins of Punjab for the first time. On Wednesday, at 84 and after 65...

Badal accommodates more relatives in his cabinet

Mar. 13 | Tweet Chandigarh: As he takes oath as chief minister of Punjab for a record fifth time Wednesday, Parkash Singh Badal will find himself quite at home in his new cabinet – ‘relatively’...

Punjab results decimate Manpreet Badal, PPP

Mar. 6 | Tweet Chandigarh: Any hopes for a third front in Punjab’s electoral politics were shattered as results to the 117 assembly seats were declared Tuesday. Former finance minister and People’s...

Akali-BJP alliance gets majority in Punjab assembly

Mar. 6 | Tweet Chandigarh: Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday secured a majority in the assembly elections, winning 59 sets in the 117-member house.

Punjab’s ‘Largest’ immigration firm WWICS on police radar

Feb. 21 | Tweet Chandigarh: Claiming to be the “world’s largest immigration group”, the multi-billion rupee WorldWide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) here is under the police scanner...

Four Amritsar students injured in group clash

Feb. 16 | Tweet Amritsar: At least four students were injured Thursday in a clash between two groups of school students in Punjab during which one group also fired at the other, police said. A police official...

One killed as school bus collides with mini-truck in Barnala

Feb. 4 | Tweet Barnala (Punjab): A head-on collision between a school bus and a mini-truck in this Punjab town Saturday left one person dead and 16 others, including 12 students, injured, police said. Mini-truck...

IRCTC to connect Sikh shrines,announces trains

Feb. 3 | Tweet New Delhi: Eyeing to tap the large number of domestic and foreign tourists interested in Sikh shrines, the Indian railways will shortly launch a special train for the pilgrims. Officials of...