BJP leaders go all out for tiranga yatras ahead of August 15 across Jind Jind: BJP leaders across Jind district are stepping up Tiranga Yatras ahead of Independence Day on August 15, with ministers and MLAs leading marches on bicycles, motorcycles, tractors, trolleys and other vehicles.Cabinet minister Krishan Bedi led a Tiranga Yatra in Narwana,…
UK MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Chandigarh: UK MP and chair of the UK Parliament’s Defence Committee Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi met Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at the Punjab Legislative Assembly on Monday and raised concerns over extortion threats, NRI property disputes and international connectivity.Dhesi, who was invited to attend the ongoing Assembly session, sought coordinated…
Patiala: A 25-year-old youth was stabbed to death and his friend seriously injured after a minor altercation over moving a parked vehicle in Sanaur late Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Jashan Virk, a local resident. His friend Baldev Singh, who intervened during the assault, was admitted to Government Rajindra Hospital and was in stable…
Amritsar: Three youths travelling towards Amritsar on a motorcycle were killed after a speeding car rammed their two-wheeler on the Fatehgarh Churian-Sangatpura road on Tuesday.Jhander police station SHO Naresh Kumar said the deceased included Jagtar Singh, Sandeep Singh and Gurdeep Singh, all residents of Hardowal Kalan village.The impact was so intense that the car dragged…
Former MP and Congress functionary Brijendra Singh Rohtak: Former MP and Congress functionary Brijendra Singh on Tuesday said he would begin the next phase of his political outreach with programmes at the assembly level. Under the programme, public outreach will be carried out across all 90 assembly constituencies of Haryana. Brijendra said gratitude tours were…
Punjab minister Aman Arora Sangrur: Punjab minister Aman Arora on Tuesday launched a drive to distribute free schoolbags to 19,886 students of 129 govt schools in his Sunam constituency. The initiative is being funded by his family’s Babu Bhagwan Das Arora Foundation.The drive began at Shaheed Bhagwan Singh Govt Smart School (Girls) in Longowal, where…
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal during a meeting with the senior party leaders Jalandhar: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP may be moving closer after Sukhbir Singh Badal’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SAD’s subsequent decision to support the women’s reservation and delimitation bills, but any alliance will face a key…
Amritsar: Satwant Singh, son of Kehar Singh, who was executed for his role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, has been named the first candidate of the party led by jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh for the Punjab assembly elections.Satwant, 61, will be fielded by Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) from…
Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla Amritsar: Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and sought a special financial package to revive economic activity, industry and trade in the district’s border belt.In a letter to Sitharaman, Aujla said Attari, Ajnala, Ramdas and adjoining villages had faced prolonged economic challenges, with the closure…
Coaches have been customised to meet Bangladesh Railway’s operational and passenger requirements, said Rail Coach Factory officials Kapurthala: Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, will roll out its first rake of 19 Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) broad gauge passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway on Wednesday, including three AC sleeper cars, three AC chair cars, 11 non-AC chair cars…
