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…
Bathinda: Vedanta Power’s Talwandi Sabo Thermal Plant (TSPL) used 3.61 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of agricultural residue for biomass co-firing in 2025-26, accounting for 5.21% of its total fuel consumption, the company said on Tuesday.The plant at Banawali village in Mansa uses baled paddy straw that is collected, transported and processed before being supplied as…
Hisar: A 46-year-old jeep workshop mechanic died and his employer was injured after a group of youths attacked them with iron pipes following a road rage incident in Dabwali, Sirsa district, on Monday night.Police identified the victim as Gurvachan Singh Soni of Chauhan Nagar. His employer, Bakshish Singh, who runs a jeep body-making workshop in…
Farmer union BKU Ekta Ugrahan president Joginder Singh Ugrahan Bathinda: Concerned over the proposed FTA with the US, farmer organization BKU Ekta Ugrahan has decided to hold protests at headquarters of several corporate houses on Aug 20. The protests will be held at the corporate office of Cargill India at Bathinda, Pepsico India’ plant at…
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini welcomes Chief of the Indian Army, General Dhiraj Seth at his residence, in Chandigarh on Tuesday Chandigarh: Army chief General Dhiraj Seth met Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday for discussions on national security, civil-military coordination and strengthening the state’s support for serving personnel, veterans and their families.Lt…
NGT is hearing a case pertaining to illegal mining in Ropar Chandigarh: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken serious note of environmental compliance gaps among stone crushers operating in Punjab’s Ropar district, with only 10 of 153 units inspected by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) found compliant, while 71 were found non-compliant and 55 partially…
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Baba Bathinda: The Punjab Students Union (PSU) and the Naujawan Bharat Sabha (NBS) alleged irregularities in past appointments at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) and handed the registrar a memorandum regarding these issues.Both these organisations held a morcha for a week after an alleged hi-tech cheating racket…
AAP leaders accused the BJP of attempting to malign Punjab’s youth over drug issues CHANDIGARH: A political row has erupted in Punjab after police fact-checked a viral video shared by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh, clarifying that the footage was from Rajasthan and not Punjab.The police clarification soon snowballed into a political confrontation, with…
