Fazilka: A man, his wife and two children suffered burn injuries as he lost control of the motorcycle amid thick smoke and crashed into a roadside field set on fire. The incident happened near Ghurka village in Fazilka district.Veer Singh, a resident of Hazara Ram Singh Wala village, said he, his wife and his children…
Chandigarh: Punjab’s April revenue surged following double-digit growth in value-added tax (VAT) and state development tax (PSDT) collections. Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema announced a combined ₹265 crore increase on Sunday, crediting the boost to stringent enforcement and transparent administration.VAT collections rose 23.28%, adding about ₹230 crore to the state exchequer. Simultaneously, PSDT revenue grew…
Bathinda: Untimely rain and strong winds lashed several parts of Punjab on Sunday, raising concerns over nearly 50 lakh metric tonnes of wheat lying in mandis awaiting lifting.In Hoshiarpur, a man was injured after electricity poles collapsed during a squall. Officials said a major mishap was averted as power supply had been shut.Punjab recorded 127%…
Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress has denounced the Aam Aadmi Party govt’s proposed “Drug and Socio-Economic Census”, warning that the initiative will stigmatise the state and serve as a taxpayer-funded data-mining exercise.State Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring questioned the legitimacy of this census on Sunday, arguing that families were unlikely to disclose drug use to…
Amritsar: In a weekend sweep, police seized seven foreign-made pistols and 12 kg heroin smuggled from Pakistan.Four men — Samarbir Singh, 21, Satnam Singh, 23, Tanupreet Singh, 26, and Karanjot Singh, 26 — are under arrest in the case where the cache included two 9mm Austrian-made Glocks and five .30-bore pistols, some of Chinese origin….
Amritsar: The Akal Takht has summoned Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on May 8 to explain why the Sikh high priests were not consulted before the state govt passed the tougher anti-sacrilege Act on April 13 and rejected provisions requiring detailed administrative records of the ‘saroops’ of Guru Granth Sahib.Officiating jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh…
Bathinda: Punjab’s wheat procurement is in its final phase, with over 98% of the estimated 122 lakh tonnes having arrived in mandis by Sunday. Of the 119.9 lakh tonnes received, about 118.8 lakh tonnes (99%) has been procured.However, lifting remains slow, with only 66.3 lakh tonnes (around 56%) moved so far. Officials said 1.16 lakh…
Amritsar: Lying deep in the fertile plains between Amritsar and Lahore, a once-thriving utopian colony that stood as a testament to communal harmony before the bloodletting of Partition in 1947 is being rediscovered by a new generation of Punjabi litterateurs.Recently, the Punjab language department marked the birth anniversary of Gurbakhsh Singh Preetlari, the visionary civil…
Amritsar: A youth, identified as Amarjot Singh, was shot dead on Mehsimpura Road in Amritsar, with the case initially mistaken for a road accident.Senior superintendent of police (rural) Suhail Qasim Mir said the incident occurred on Friday evening on an isolated stretch of road. Passersby spotted a motorcycle lying on the road and found the…
Fazilka: A clash broke out between a police team and locals during a land dispute in Fazilka on Sunday, with personnel allegedly manhandled and a video of the incident going viral. Police said at least eight people have been booked in the case, including four named accused. Two have been arrested so far, while efforts…
