Punjab: Woman commits suicide 5 days before marriage
Jan 05, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Nawan Shaher/UNI: A woman, along with her parents, committed suicide by consuming poison five days before her marriage on Tuesday here.
'No plans to enter corporate farming': Reliance moving court over vandalisation of Jio towers
Jan 04, 2021, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian multinational conglomerate company Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday stated it has no plans to enter into the "corporate farming" after the Narendra Modi government faced accusation of benefiting the crony capitalists by bringing agricultural reforms.
Dec 29, 2020, at 04:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The farmers' unions have agreed to Centre's proposal to meet for another round of talks on December 30 to resolve the current impasse over the new farm laws, media reports said.
Protesting farmers picket Punjab hotel, BJP leaders slip out through backdoor
Dec 26, 2020, at 05:51 am
Phagwara/Punjab/IBNS: A group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Punjab's Phagwara had to be taken out from the backdoor of a hotel by the police on Friday after protesting farmers picketed the building where they were holding an event.
Amarinder Singh dares Arvind Kejriwal to be in his limits of decency
Dec 23, 2020, at 01:19 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Ridiculing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to refrain from indulging in politics of the lowest order and mudslinging, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday slammed his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal while making it clear that his meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah was exclusively on one-point agenda to discuss issues related national security.
Punjab: SFJ: Struggling for Relevance
Dec 22, 2020, at 11:33 pm
On December 18, 2020, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), filed a chargesheet against 10 accused, including designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the banned secessionist organization – Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) – before the NIA Special Court at Mohali in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District of Punjab. Originally registered by Punjab Police at Sultanwind Police Station, Amritsar (City) on October 19, 2018, the case was subsequently re-registered by the NIA (RC-19/2020/NIA/DLI) on April 5, 2020. The case relates to a series of acts of violence including acts of arson in Punjab in 2017-18, carrying out propaganda activities, both online and on ground campaigns in support of SFJ and the purported ‘Referendum 2020’. These acts were committed by a gang of radicalised Sikh youth under the direction and financial assistance from SFJ handlers located abroad, as part of an organized conspiracy by the accused for the launch of a concerted secessionist campaign for the creation of ‘Khalistan’.
Sikh for Justice case: NIA files charge sheet against 10 Khalistanis living abroad
Dec 19, 2020, at 06:20 am
New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Friday filed a charge sheet against 10 accused persons including designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun before the Mohali NIA Special Court in Punjab.
Assist farmers' families involved in ongoing agitation: SAD chief to party workers
Dec 17, 2020, at 01:21 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal has appealed to the party rank and file to actively assist the families of farmers engaged in the ongoing agitation at the Delhi border.
Massive deployment of police force as farmers threaten to block Delhi-Jaipur Highway on Sunday
Dec 13, 2020, at 02:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The farmers unions protesting the Centre's farm laws will take out a tractor rally on Sunday to block the Delhi-Jaipur Highway, vowing to intensify their protest even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the laws are aimed at doubling their income by facilitating access to alternate markets.
Yuvraj Singh isolates himself from father Yograj Singh's comment on farmers' protests
Dec 12, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has isolated himself from a statement made by his father Yograj Singh who had backed the sportspersons returning their awards in support of the ongoing farmers' protests.
Punjab: Migrant die after drowning
Dec 07, 2020, at 03:41 am
Nakodar/UNI: A 37-years-old migrant residing at Mallain Kalan died after drowning in water.
Dec 05, 2020, at 04:51 am
Haryana CM Manohar Khattar has said some "unwanted elements" like Khalistan sympathizers have been seen among those farmers who are demonstrating in New Delhi.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces 5 lakh each to families of 2 farmers
Dec 03, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday expressed grief at the death of two farmers who were participating in the ongoing protests against the 'Black Farm Laws'.
Protest against farm laws: Centre-farmers meeting today amid deadlock
Dec 03, 2020, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The representatives of the central government will on Thursday meet the farmers, who are protesting against the Centre's new farm laws, for the second time in three days searching for an end to one of the biggest agitation it faced in its six-year old rule.
Farmers protest: No breakthrough reached, demonstration continue
Nov 30, 2020, at 03:03 am
New Delhi/UNI: An impasse over new laws to regulate agriculture showed no signs of ending on Sunday as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh remained fixed at borders of the national capital on the third consecutive day.
Punjab: BSF seizes 1.550 kg heroin from Gurdaspur sector
Nov 29, 2020, at 04:11 am
Jalandhar/UNI: Border Security Force seized a plastic bottle containing 1.550 kg contraband suspected to be heroin from the river Ravi in the area of responsibility of 73rd Bn of the BSF in Gurdaspur sector.
Farmers Protest: Ambala man who turned off water cannon charged with attempt to murder
Nov 28, 2020, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A young man from Haryana's Ambala, who was called a "hero" on social media for turning off water cannon in an iconic moment during the farmers protest, has been charged with an attempt to murder, media reports said.
Punjab AAP leaders, workers join farmers in their struggle sans party flags, banners
Nov 28, 2020, at 01:35 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab leaders and workers, rising above their political considerations, on Friday joined the peasant movement in large numbers to extend whole-hearted support to their "justified cause."
Amarinder Singh flays Haryana govt's forcible attempts to prevent farmers from marching to Delhi
Nov 27, 2020, at 01:27 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Strongly condemning Haryana government's forcible attempts to stop farmers from marching to Delhi in protest against the Farm Laws, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh warned the BJP-led government against pushing them to the brink.
AAP to launch 'Save Farmers, Workers, Traders' campaign in Punjab from Dec 4
Nov 26, 2020, at 01:15 am
Chandigarh/UNI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab would launch its 'Save Farmers, Workers, Traders' campaign in the state from Dec 4.
Fighting COVID-19: Punjab to impose night curfew from December 1
Nov 25, 2020, at 08:58 pm
Chandigarh: Amid the grim Covid situation in Delhi-NCR and apprehensions of a second wave in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh ordered a series of fresh restrictions in the state, including re-imposition of night curfew in all towns and cities as well as doubling of fine for not wearing masks or following social distancing norms, with effect from Dec 1.
Exit of anti-India Lord Nazir from UK's House of Lords will hit Sikhs for Justice
Nov 24, 2020, at 12:48 am
London: The House of Lords Conduct Committee’s decision to expel Lord Nazir Ahmed, who retired recently, will affect the anti-India campaigns across the world, especially in Europe and Britain, a news portal has claimed.
Centre rushes high-level teams to Himachal, Punjab, UP in fight against Covid-19
Nov 22, 2020, at 05:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Government has decided to depute high-level central teams to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to support the states in COVID response and management.
All crops in Punjab must be procured at MSP: Arvind Kejriwal
Nov 06, 2020, at 01:06 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Senior leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Thursday met the party's national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his official residence and discussed in detail the contentious central farm laws and their far-reaching implications.
Oct 25, 2020, at 02:47 am
New Delhi/UNI: Hitting out at the BJP for attacking him and the Congress on the incident of rape in Hoshiarpur in Punjab, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that unlike the government of Uttar Pradesh, governments in Rajasthan and Punjab did not deny the rape incidents nor did they block the course of justice.
Punjab already under President's rule: Shiromani Akali Dal
Oct 22, 2020, at 01:24 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Stating that the Bill passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has thrown the farmers of the state 'completely at the mercy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' the Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday alleged that the state was already under the President's Rule.
Oct 20, 2020, at 06:32 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said he was not afraid of getting his government dismissed, passing three bills in the state assembly against the contentious farm laws enacted by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
Oct 17, 2020, at 02:55 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: A Sikh man, famous for battling hundreds of Khalistani terrorists in the militancy infested Taran Taran district of Punjab and awarded Shaurya Chakra for his exemplary bravery and courage, was shot dead Friday at his residence, said media reports.
Supreme Court appoints retd. judge Justice Lokur to monitor stubble burning
Oct 16, 2020, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday appointed retired judge Justice Madan B Lokur to monitor the stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, the three-bordering states of Delhi, media reports said.
Rahul Gandhi to virtually launch phase II of Punjab's smart village campaign on Oct 17
Oct 16, 2020, at 01:20 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will flag off Phase II of Punjab’s Smart Village Campaign virtually on Saturday claimed to benefit 13000 plus villages across the state.