Chandigarh : A cricket coach was shot dead outside a school in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place outside the government senior secondary school in Kharkhoda town as the coach Sumit Badhwar was coming out. Unidentified, motorcycle-borne assailants fired on him from close range and fled from the spot. Bhadwar […]
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Search operation in Pathankot after suspected terrorists spotted
Chandigarh : Security agencies are on high alert and carrying out search operation in the border belt of Punjab, particularly in the frontier districts of Pathankot and nearby areas, on Monday after two suspected terrorists were seen in the area. The Punjab Police, Army and para-military forces launched the search operation after the two suspected […]
Phagwara clash: Internet services suspended in four Punjab districts
Chandigarh : Internet services were suspended in four districts of Punjab on Saturday after tension gripped the industrial town of Phagwara following clashes between the Hindu and Dalit groups over a poster of Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar. The Punjab Police on Saturday remained on high alert in Phagwara town following the clash. Tension prevailed in the […]
Modi urges Maoists to shun path of violence
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made an appeal to Maoists from Chhattisgarh to shun violence as the government is duty-bound to protect their rights. “On the occasion of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, I would like to ask the youth on the path of violence that the Constitution takes care of […]
Amarinder defends government’s stand on minister Sidhu
Chandigarh : With speculation rife about internal differences being behind his government seeking in the Supreme Court that state minister Navjot Singh Sidhu be convicted in a three-decade-old road rage case, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday defended the government’s stand in the case saying that it was “the only legal option available before […]
Sikh groups protest against release of controversial film
Chandigarh : Sikh groups held protests at various places in Punjab and Haryana as the controversial film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ released across the country except Punjab on Friday. The Sikhs are protesting against the film, based on the life and teachings of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, saying that the Guru cannot be shown in human […]
Dangerous, false binary surfacing in political discourse: Manmohan
Chandigarh : Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that a dangerous and false binary was emerging in the country’s political discourse which could be a danger to the democratic system. Addressing the first Prof. S.B. Rangnekar Memorial lecture at his alma mater Panjab University here, the Congress leader said that it was time […]
Manmohan Singh donates 3,500 books to Panjab University
Chandigarh : Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has donated 3,500 books from his personal library to his alma mater Panjab University (PU) here, a university official said on Wednesday. Singh, who was here on Wednesday, announced his wish to donate the books. University authorities said that arrangements would soon be made to transport books and […]
BSF shoots Pakistani drug smuggler in Punjab
Chandigarh : Border Security Force (BSF) troopers killed a Pakistani drugs smuggler and apprehended another early on Friday near the international border in Amritsar sector, a BSF spokesman said. Four kg of heroin, valued at Rs 20 crore, two Pakistani SIM cards and a mobile phone were seized during a search of the area. The spokesman […]
Iraq victims: V.K. Singh’s statement, compensation fuel controversy
Chandigarh : Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh’s statement that the Indians killed in Iraq were illegal immigrants and the Rs 10 lakh compensation announced by the Central government to families of the victims sparked a fresh controversy in Punjab on Tuesday. Congress legislators from Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts on Tuesday criticized Prime […]