Punjab
- News
1984 anti-Sikh riots: 40 years on, key highlights and current status
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed large-scale violence and killings of persons from the Sikh community following former PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her bodyguards in 1984 and the cases stemming from the incident…
- India
Punjab: Cow vigilantes assaults Sikh driver for transporting cattle
In a recent incident of vigilantism, a Sikh truck driver was assaulted by a group affiliated with Hindutva cow vigilant in Punjab’s Mansa city for allegedly transporting cattle. The assailants not only…
- India
Union minister slams Punjab govt over ‘tardy’ paddy purchase
Chandigarh: Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu lashed out at the AAP government in Punjab on Saturday, October 26 over the “tardy” paddy lifting in the state, calling it “ineffective” and “immature”. Rejecting…
- India
Punjab farmers to block highways in protest over FIRs for stubble burning
New Delhi: Punjab farmers will launch a protest on Saturday against various issues plaguing the farming community, including FIRs registered for stubble burning, slow paddy procurement and the state government’s decision to…
- India
Aadhaar card not valid document to determine age: SC overturns HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 24 set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had accepted Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road…
- India
NIA chargesheets key aide of Khalistani terrorists in Punjab terror conspiracy case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a key associate of Khalistani terrorists Rinda and Landa in a Punjab terror conspiracy case, the probe agency said on Tuesday. The charge…
- India
AAP declares candidates for 4 Assembly seats in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday, October 20 released the list of candidates for the upcoming by-polls to the four Assembly constituencies in Punjab, scheduled on November 13. From Gidderbaha,…
- India
Punjab: Jailed MP Amritpal, 2 Canada-based handlers blamed for Gurpreet Sing’s murder
Chandigarh: In a significant breakthrough, Punjab Police have solved the murder case of Gurpreet Singh, also known as Bhodi, with the arrest of three members of gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh Dalla,…
- India
BSF shoots down drone carrying gun, heroin in Punjab
New Delhi: The alert troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday, October 11, shot down a drone in Punjab’s Ferozepur near the India-Pakistan border and seized a packet of heroin,…
- India
Amritpal Singh’s father Tarsem to float political party in Punjab
Chandigarh: Jailed radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s father Tarsem Singh on Sunday said he is going to float a political party in Punjab for “the welfare of all”. He made the announcement after…
- India
After 23 years stranded in Lebanon, Punjab man returns home
Chandigarh: When Gurtej Singh travelled to Lebanon to earn a better living for the future of his family in Punjab, little did he know that he would have to wait 23 years…
- India
NIA raids multiple locations in Punjab associated with Amritpal’s relative
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab associated with pro-Khalistan leader Amarjot, the brother-in-law of jailed lawmaker and radical preacher Amritpal Singh, and…
- World
Attack on Indian High Commission in Canada: NIA conducts searches in Punjab
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted searches in Punjab in connection with its probe into the attack on the Indian High Commission in Canada by pro-Khalistan supporters, officials…
- India
SC to hear Punjab’s plea for release of rural development funds from Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on September 2 an interim plea of the AAP-led Punjab government seeking release of over Rs 1,000 crore urgently from the…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan should fight elections in jail: Minister
Lahore: The Information Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province Azma Zahid Bukhari took a dig at jailed former prime minister Imran Khan over his decision to contest the elections for the Chancellor of…
