Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday handed over cheques worth Rs 1 crore each to the distressed family members of the two soldiers who were killed on August 19 in a road accident at Leh (Ladakh).
Two labourers were killed, while two were hospitalised after petrol pump's roof collapsed in Jalandhar’s Phillaur. The accident took place while repairing the old building of the petrol pump.
In a remarkable shift from the past trends, Punjabi parents are now seeking potential grooms for their 18-19 year-old daughters to support their academic ambitions overseas, Parminder Singh Sodhi wrote in a piece in Khalsa Vox.
Sanyukt Samaj Morcha Party President Balbir Singh Rajewal on Saturday said that "frequent floods" in Punjab are not natural but man-made and accused the state government of not acting on time to control floods.
The petition filed by the Chairman of Grace Bible Fellowship Church Pakistan through advocate Shahbaz Fazal Saroya, informed the court of the continuous threats to the community by some locals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 51,000 appointment letters to the newly inducted recruits on August 28, an official statement said on Saturday.
Taking strong exception to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit writing a letter to him warning of the possible imposition of President’s Rule, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said the Governor had “threatened the peace-loving people” of the state and that
The Special Court of National Investigation Agency has ordered the confiscation of the property of absconding pro-Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa in village Kirian, Tarn Taran, Punjab, officials said on Friday.
In his latest communication to Mann, Governor Purohit reiterated that he was not getting any reply from him on his previous letters, and warned him that he could send a report to the President on “failure of constitutional mechanism.”
During the search, incriminating materials were recovered. A cash of approximately Rs 70.10 Lakh (in the denomination of Rs 2000) was also recovered from a bank locker at Ludhiana.
Former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s son, Udhayveer Singh Randhawa has been booked for allegedly assaulting a law student in Chandigarh, the police said.