CHANDIGARH: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is in Punjab these days to crack the 1985 bombing of Air India's Kanishka aircraft, which caused the death of all 329 passengers aboard.A five-member team, which arrived here on Wednesday, called on Punjab DGP NPS Aulakh and CBI officials and ...
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Chandigarh: A recital of Gurbani at the Golden Temple and a meal at the communal kitchen - that's how the Congress' heir-apparent, Rahul Gandhi, began his three-day visit to Punjab.His brief was clear - to boost the membership of the Youth Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Rahul's vi...
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Patiala : The death of singing sensation Ishmeet Singh in a resort in Maldives on July 29 was simply a case of drowning, according to the viscera examination here. Dr Manjeet Singh Bal, Head of the Department of Pathology of the Government Medical College (GMC) said that he and three other doctors e...
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AMRITSAR: The rancour was finally evident on Thursday with former jathedar of Akal Takht Joginder Singh Vedanti not attending the coronation of Giani Gurbachan Singh. Vedanti's ouster has raised questions about the functioning of SGPC and SAD's influence over it. Though SGPC president Avtar ...
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Ludhiana,Punjab: City residents who had cheered Ishmeet Singh as Voice of India today were in deep grief as the news of his tragic death in the Maldives, by drowning in the sea, reached here late evening. Ludhianvis literally wept at the untimely death of their hero.Apart from friends, relatives and...
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Chandigarh : A woman captain posted with the Army Service Corps in Haryana on Tuesday alleged she was ''physically and mentally tortured'' by her seniors but the army said she had made similar charges earlier too. The officer alleged she had been ''physically and mentally tor...
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Chandigarh : Topper, a curriculum-based TV channel, plans to supplement the educational system by launching a contact programme in 500 Punjab schools that follow the Central Board of Secondary Education pattern. "We have developed a school contact programme under which we will contact 500 schoo...
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Jalandhar : The Punjab police have booked three brothers, including two non-resident Indians (NRIs), for giving a contract to kill their father in Punjab's Jalandhar district last month. The police arrested one of the sons based in Jalandhar, Rajwinder Singh. A case of murder conspiracy has been...
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In Punjab ruling alliance Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP will jointly contest the elections for Municipalities scheduled for June 30. This decision was taken at the joint meeting of senior leaders of both the alliance partners at Chandigarh last night in the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister, ...
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AMRITSAR :  The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab retained the Amritsar South assembly seat, the by-election for which was held on May 22. SAD candidate Inderbir Singh Bolaria trounced his nearest rival Congress candidate Navdeep Singh Goldy by a margin of 22,233 votes.In the four-cornered c...
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LUDHIANA : Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal Sunday  said that  new industrial Policy of the state would be formulated soon in consultation with the representatives of the Small, Medium and large Industry, once the draft  report is submitted by UNIDO to the Govt. to make...
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Ludhiana :Cashand gold jewellery worth over Rs 2.5 crore was stolen from the officeof Muthoot Finance Company in Miller Ganj locality. Police suspect therole of an insider as no lock had been broken.The office was openedusing keys and there were no signs of forc...
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New Delhi :TheElection Commission on Monday night issued notice to Punjab ChiefMinister Parkash Singh Badal for allegedly violating the model code ofconduct by mixing his official visits with campaign tours. Thepoll body has asked the Chief Minister to reply by ...
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CHANDIGARH : The PPCC president Rajinder Kaur BhattalSunday rushed to New Delhi to hand over the resignations by 40 PunjabCongress MLA's to AICC president Sonia Gandhi. Former Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh however has not submitted his resignation. The party MLA'as had submitted thei...
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Jalandhar :Reactingto the putting in of papers by Congress MLAs, SAD president SukhbirSingh Badal said PPCC president Rajinder Kaur Bhattal should submit theresignations to the Governor instead of AICC president Sonia Gandhi. Hesaid he would resign if the Congre...
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Cheema Mandi, Punjab : SeveralHindu families in Cheema Mandi town in Punjab on Friday withdrew theirwards from a Sikh institution, Akal Academy, after the schoolauthorities forced the students to come to school wearing turbans. Theschool wants all students from Class VI onwards to wear turbans. Fort...
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FATEHGARH SAHIB : True to expectations, the ShiromaniAkali Dal gave an impressive performance in the Zila Parishad(ZP) andpanchyat samiti polls . The SAD won 9 of the 10 Zila Parishad seats in thedistrict while the Congress managed to win just one seat.  In ZPelections, Varinder Pal Singh of Co...
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AMRITSAR :  The clean sweep by candidates of rulingalliance in  the Panchyati Raj Institution (PRI)  Elections clearlyshows that public mandate is in favor of SAD-BJP, claimed, SukhbirSingh Badal, President Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) during a poll rallyfor Amritsar (South) Constituen...
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CHANDIGARH,PUNJAB : The polling for 18 Zila Parishad and 138block samitis started Monday in which 1.51 crore voters will use theirright of franchise.This will be first test of popularity of rulingShiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and BJP after assuming office about 14 monthsback. The ruling alliance has dire...
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LUDHIANA, PUNJAB : Sumer Singh Gurjar, Deputy CommissionerLudhiana has asked all the political parties and candidates to fullycooperate with the election machinery engaged for conducting free andfare elections to 12 Panchat Samitis and one Zila Parishad in thedistrict being held on 12th of May, 20...
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LUDHIANA, PUNJAB : Allegations of exploitationmade by a Ferozepur-based woman against city police officials, have sentLudhiana police into a tizzy. The woman has also named a city-based reporter anda petrol pump owner in the case filed by her in Punjab and Haryana High Court. Trying to dismiss th...
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Amritsar, Punjab : Death row prisonerSarabjit Singh's family on Tuesday said the Pakistan government'sdecision to defer his hanging by three weeks indicated its "positiveattitude" towards him. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, whoreturned to India with Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur and his daughtersSw...
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MOHALI :Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday said the government was consideringfiling an appeal against the recent decision of Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) whereby the suspension order of former DGP SSP Virk had beenquashed. "Our advocates areconsidering filing an appeal," the CM s...
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JALANDHAR, PUNJAB:NRI 'grooms' from Punjab are not alone in committing matrimonial frauds,foreign-settled 'brides' are also closely following them in this dubiousdistinction.     After two recentinstances of fraud by NRI grooms whose attempts for second marri...
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Chandigarh : Punjabgovernment's sleepless nights over proposed second channel on theRavi-Beas link are over. The Centre has assured the government that itwill not proceed further on the issue without taking Punjab, a hostriparian state, into confidence. The assurance has come in the form ofa for...
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NEWDELHI : The Lok Sabha witnessed noisy disruptions on Thursday over Congressgeneral secretary Rahul Gandhi's Orissa visit with BJD members pointingout that the Centre's instructions, holding the state governmentresponsible for the MP's security, had been violated during his??night out...
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CHANDIGARH :In order to counter the growing numbers of marriage frauds, especially thosepertaining to NRIs who desert their spouses, Punjab government on Wednesdaypassed the Compulsory Registration of Marriages Bill,2008. The Bill, presented byjustice minister Upinderjit Kaur, is also intended f...
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CHANDIGARH :The CBI has evidence to prove that Moga sex scandal was the creation of policeofficers who, in connivance with two call girls and politicians, started aracket of extortion and blackmailing by threatening to implicate the rich andinfluential people in sexual abusecases. Sources in the...
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FEROZEPUR :A group of around 12 youths, reportedly in an inebriated condition, attacked theGovernment Railway Police (GRP) post, set up at Mallanwala railway station, andgrievously injured post inspector, on Wednesdaynight. According toinformation, Rahmat Masih, inspector at the GRP post at Mall...
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CHANDIGARH : Additional bulk milk chillers will be established inMewat through the National Diary Development Board (NDDB) to expand andsupplement integrated diary development activities for benefiting thepeople of the backward Mewat area, Haryana Governor A. R. Kidwai saidon Tuesday after presiding...
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