Amritsar: Two incidents of violence within 48 hours have raised fresh concerns over law and order in the city, with a man hacked to death outside the railway station and a businessman shot and critically injured in a separate attack.In the first incident, a 27-year-old man, Amardeep Singh alias Giani, was allegedly hacked to death…
Bathinda: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday claimed that opposition to Punjab’s stringent anti-sacrilege law stemmed from fears that it would eventually “reach the necks of those involved in sacrilege” as he launched a fresh attack on the Shiromani Akali Dal leadership and the SGPC.Addressing a Lok Milni programme at Panjgrain Kalan village in…
Amritsar: A research scholar from the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) represented India at the 26th Tetrahedron Symposium 2026 held in Shenzhen, China, according to a university release issued on Monday.Karanvir Singh, pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Prof Preet Mohinder Singh Bedi, participated in the symposium organised by…
Unidentified assailants on a motorbike hurled a petrol bomb at Dr. Tarsem Garg’s clinic in Bathinda late Monday night. BATHINDA: Two unidentified persons on a bike thrown a petrol bomb at the clinic of Dr Tarsem Garg late Monday night.The burning petrol bottle fell in the courtyard of the clinic. No loss of life has…
CHANDIGARH: The AAP govt has reconstituted the special investigation team (SIT) probing the three interlinked sacrilege cases of 2015, appointing Bathinda range DIG Harjeet Singh as its chairman.Punjab Bureau of Investigation’s June 1 orders also named Malerkotla SSP Gurmeet Singh, Amritsar ADCP (special branch) Harpal Singh and Sangrur (rural) DSP Dalbir Singh as members. The…
A top Haryana IAS officer, Pankaj Agarwal, has been apprehended by the CBI. CHANDIGARH: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested IAS officer Pankaj Agarwal, who was serving as principal secretary of Haryana’s school education and agriculture departments, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of government funds from accounts maintained by two state…
Chandigarh: Shuvam Devgan emerged as the frontrunner in the Punjab Youth Congress organisational elections, securing 1,60,154 votes and edging past his nearest rival, Gagandeep Singh, by a margin of 3,883 votes in the race for the state president’s post.According to the results announced on Monday, Gagandeep Singh polled 1,56,271 votes, while Karanvir Singh Dhillon finished…
Hisar: Two youths were killed and two others injured after two motorcycles collided head-on near Mayond village in the Tohana area of Fatehabad district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as 17-year-old Jashan of Shakarpura village and 30-year-old Sanju of Dhani Lamba. Police said Jashan and 16-year-old Harsh were travelling from Shakarpura towards Mayond, while Sanju…
Patiala: Punjab’s 920-MW Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant (GHTP) at Lehra Mohabbat in Bathinda shut all four generating units on Sunday and produced zero electricity as an indefinite strike by about 1,850 outsourced workers escalated into a complete work boycott amid peak paddy transplantation and the summer heat wave.GHTP chief engineer Tej Bansal confirmed the shutdown,…
Chandigarh: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held one-on-one meetings with five top Punjab Congress functionaries in what party leaders described as the final round of consultations before the party finalises its strategy for the 2027 assembly elections.The meetings in Delhi came a day after Rahul discussed the political situation in Punjab…
