Amritsar: The BJP on Tuesday defended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids across Punjab and accused the ruling Aam Aadmi Party of attempting to communalise the enforcement action by projecting it as a crackdown on Hindu traders.The BJP claimed that such remarks were aimed at dividing Punjab’s business community and undermining the state’s tradition of communal…
Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday flagged off five new Super Integral Volvo coach buses of Punbus that will operate between Jalandhar, Ludhiana and the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.Cheema said the service was aimed at providing comfortable, safe and affordable connectivity to international travellers, NRIs and other passengers. He said…
Amritsar: Two minor girls, aged 14 and 17, have gone missing in Amritsar, prompting a police search.According to the family, the girls left home on Monday afternoon for a computer coaching centre but did not return. The family later learnt that they had not reached the institute.After unsuccessful attempts to trace them through relatives, friends…
Amritsar: BJP national general secretary, Tarun Chugh, has written to Punjab chief secretary K A P Sinha seeking immediate action regarding the devastating fire that broke out at Bansa Wala Bazaar (Lakkar Mandi) recently.Chugh described the tragedy as a glaring example of the Punjab govt’s alleged failure and administrative negligence. He said that more than…
Amritsar: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former MLA, Bikram Singh Majithia, has filed a petition in the Amritsar district court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR registered against him at Majitha police station on May 31.Majithia’s counsel, Arshdeep Singh Kaler, informed on Tuesday that the anticipatory bail petition had been filed before…
Amritsar: Resentment is brewing among sections of Panthic circles and former students of Damdami Taksal after Maharashtra water resources Minister Girish Mahajan was honoured at the Sikh seminary’s headquarters in Chowk Mehta to mark the 42nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6, with plans underway to launch an agitation against Taksal chief Baba Harnam…
Pathankot: The whistle, the coal-fired furnace and the slow, rhythmic chug of a steam engine through the hills may soon become more than a memory for railway enthusiasts and tourists visiting the Kangra Valley Railway.Steam locomotive ZB-66, one of the most treasured heritage assets of the narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway, returned to Pathankot on Tuesday,…
Amritsar: Giani Kuldip Singh Gargaj, the officiating jathedar of the Akal Takht, has asked the govts of India and Pakistan to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor to Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, which has remained closed for nearly a year.The closure of the Corridor has deprived the Sikh devotees of the opportunity to visit the sacred…
The mercury climbing to 42.1°C on Tuesday Chandigarh: With the mercury climbing to 42.1°C — three degrees above normal — the city is likely to see some relief in the coming days, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over a four-day period starting Thursday. Intermittent cloud cover and…
MLA Kulwant Singh’s son Sarabjit Singh Samana is new Mohali Mayor Mohali: In a politically charged first house meeting marked by a Congress walkout and an unexpected show of support from the BJP, 35-year-old AAP leader Sarabjit Singh Samana was unanimously elected mayor of the Mohali municipal corporation on Tuesday, becoming the youngest to hold…
