Punjab news

Singh, 49, died of cardiac arrest in Jinnah Hospital Lahore in the wee hours of May 2, 2013, after being comatose for nearly a week following a brutal assault by inmates in a Pakistani prison.

The incident took place on Saturday evening when the two assailants entered the deceased, Vikas Bagga's shop located near the Rupnagar railway station and opened fire at him before fleeing immediately, the police said.

Amritsar: On the occasion of the 325th ‘Khalsa Sajna Divas’, Sikh devotees put up Khalsai flags on the rooftop of their houses, recited ‘Moolmantra’ besides paying obeisance at the Golden Temple since the wee hours today. Devotees from…

CHANDIGARH : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced its first list of seven Lok Sabha candidates for Punjab, fielding senior party leaders Prem Singh Chandumajra from Anandpur Sahib and Daljit Singh Cheema from Gurdaspur.…

The party will be, for the first time in many decades, fighting polls on this seat, as in previous elections, it had an alliance with BJP.

ਪਿੰਡ ਕਾਂਸਲ ( ਮੋਹਾਲੀ):  ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸਾਜਨਾ ਦਿਵਸ ( ਵਿਸਾਖੀ ) ਨੂੰ ਸਮਰਪਿਤ ਸਮਾਜ ਸੇਵੀ ਸੰਸਥਾ " ਫਾਈਟ ਫਾਰ ਹਿਊਮਨ ਰਾਈਟਸ ਵੈਲਫੇਅਰ " ਅਤੇ ਬੀਬੀ ਤਰਨਜੀਤ ਕੌਰ ਜੀ ਐਮ.ਸੀ ( ਕੌਂਸਲਰ ) ਕਾਂਸਲ ਦੇ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਨਾਲ ਪਿੰਡ ਕਾਂਸਲ ਦੇ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਭਾ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ( ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਮੋਹਾਲੀ )…

Husband also joins saffron party, SAD veteran Sikander stays with party

Says his govt committed to defending rights and freedom of all Canadians

ਨਵਾਂ ਗਰਾਂਓ (ਪੰਜਾਬ) : ਸਮਾਜ ਸੇਵੀ ਸੰਸਥਾ "ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਬੀਕੇਯੂ " ( B K U ) ਜਥੇਬੰਦੀ ਵਲੋ ਸਮਾਜ ਸੇਵੀ ਜਸਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਵਾਂ ਗਰਾਂਓ ਨੂੰ ਸਰਕਲ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਨਵਾਂ ਗਰਾਂਓ ਨਿਯੁਕਤੀ ਪੱਤਰ ਦੇਕੇ ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ । ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਸੰਸਥਾ ਦੇ ਮੁੱਖ ਸਕੱਤਰ ਸ.ਰਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਵਜੀਰਪੁਰ ਨੇ ਜਸਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ…

The SKM had claimed that the government temporarily blocked over 177 social media accounts and web links related to the farmers' protest

CM to announce nominees for Ludhiana, Jalandhar on April 16

Sandhu is a 1988-batch IFS officer and the grandson of former Congress leader and Shirommani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) founder member Teja Singh Samundri.

BJP is anti-farmer, anti-democratic, anti-federal and pro-corporate, and so it has to be stoutly opposed and exposed, they said

There will also be waiting areas where voters can wait their turn. Volunteers will be deployed at polling stations to help the voters, he added.

The incident occurred in a village on March 31, a few days after the victim's son eloped with a woman and married her.

Jalandhar: “The democracy that Shaheed Bhagat Singh fought for is in danger today,” Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said while addressing party leaders during a day-long hunger strike at Khatkar Kalan to oppose the arrest of AAP…

Patiala: BJP candidate from Patiala Preneet Kaur was shown black flags by activists of farmer unions during a BJP booth summit at Patran where she had gone to address party workers and supporters today. Heavy police force was deployed as…

mriAmritsar: Sarwan Singh Pandher, leader of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab, leading the farmers’ protest at the Punjab-Haryana border, has been detained by the police at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu today. As per…

Were going to participate in march at Bathinda today

CHANDIGARH: Many BJP candidates for Lok Sabha elections faced farmers’ protests in Punjab and Haryana during their campaign. Former ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, contesting from Amritsar on a BJP ticket, on Saturday faced…