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At Takht, Fazilka SSP tenders apology for Jan 30 arrests from Golden Temple

Amritsar, Feb. 13 -- Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh on Thursday appeared before Akal Takht jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj to seek "forgiveness" over the arrest of two... Read More


Co-ordinated efforts needed to eliminate drug menace: Guv

Ferozepur, Feb. 13 -- The anti-drug war can't be won by enforcement alone as it requires a unified and sustained action by political parties, panchayats, educational institutions and religious organis... Read More


Bharat Bandh: Workers, farmers hold protests, traders stay away

Bathinda/Jalandhar/Amritsar, Feb. 13 -- Employees, workers and farmers associated with different unions held protests across various districts in Punjab to show their resistance to "anti-worker, anti-... Read More


Govt suspends Khamano tehsildar for bypassing official jurisdiction

Patiala, Feb. 13 -- A tehsildar-cum-sub-registrar of Khamano in Fatehgarh Sahib district was on Thursday suspended for carrying out registrations of more than 12 properties of another district (Ludhia... Read More


US trade deal: More opportunity than threat for Punjab agriculture

India, Feb. 13 -- Punjab remains, in both economic structure and political consciousness, a traditional agricultural state. Nearly one-third of its total population, and close to two-thirds of its rur... Read More


DA case: ED attaches properties worth Rs.1.36 cr

Jalandhar, Feb. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached five immovable properties worth to Rs.1.36 crore pertaining to Rakesh Kumar Singla, the then deputy director in the fo... Read More


Stirring the pot: Making case for a gender-neutral kitchen

India, Feb. 13 -- At the Chandigarh Literature Festival last year, celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar dropped a bomb that set the pressure cooker hissing. Responding to a Lancet study reporting a 4... Read More


Woman mid-day meal worker hacked to death in Kangra school

Dharamshala, Feb. 13 -- A female mid-day meal worker was allegedly murdered within the premises of a government school in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, triggering panic and outrage ... Read More


BJP MLAs walk out of J&K House over Pahari quota

JAMMU, Feb. 13 -- Demanding that the reservation of ST-II under Pahari quota be extended to the people from PoJK, who have settled in the plains of Jammu, two BJP legislators, on Thursday, staged a wa... Read More


Snowfall deficit over 50% for 2nd straight yr in J&K: Govt

Srinagar, Feb. 13 -- For the past two consecutive years, J&K, particularly the Himalayan Valley, has witnessed largely dry winters with the amount of snowfall or rain not even crossing the half-way ma... Read More