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'He Probably Wants to Replace Me as CM': Punjab Congress on Tenterhooks as Captain-Sidhu Rift Widens

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday criticised Navjot Singh Sidhu for damaging the Congress with his ill-timed comments against him and the party leadership in the state. ...

19 May 2019 10:41 AM GMT

LS polls: EC announces holiday in Punjab on May 19

In view of the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, the Election Commission has announced a holiday on May 19 to facilitate the voters to exercise their franchise of voting in the state and also...

14 May 2019 10:22 AM GMT

Close shave for actor Sunny Deol while campaigning

It was a close shave for actor-turned politician Sunny Deol on Monday, when one of the tyres of the sport utility vehicle he was travelling in burst on the Amritsar-Gurdaspur national highway, police...

13 May 2019 10:19 AM GMT

Sunny Deol offers prayers at Dera Baba Nanak Gurdwara

Actor Sunny Deol, the BJP candidate from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat, Thursday offered prayers at the Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak here before hitting the campaign trail. The national film award...

2 May 2019 8:29 AM GMT

14 Killed, 17 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge In Uttarakhand

New Tehri, Uttrakhand: Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured when the state-run bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge around 15 km from Chamba in Tehri district of Uttarakhand on...

19 July 2018 4:34 PM GMT

Honeypreet Arrested By Haryana Police From Punjab

Chandigarh: After being on the run for over a month, Honeypreet Insan, adopted daughter of the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief, was today arrested by the Haryana Police from Zirakpur-Patiala road in...

3 Oct 2017 6:57 PM GMT

Amarinder Singh Announces Total Waiver On Crop Loans For Small, Marginal Farmers

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced total waiver of entire crop loans for small and marginal farmers in Punjab.The loan waiver will for up to Rs 2 lakh for small and...

20 Jun 2017 6:26 AM GMT

'Drugs Replacing AK-47s As New Weapon Among Punjab's Youth'

Chandigarh: Having undergone the blood-soaked and emotionally-scarring era of partition and the turbulent 15 years of terrorism — during which over 25,000 lives were lost — as well as other...

1 May 2017 7:13 AM GMT

Amarinder Orders STF To Go All-Out Against Drugs In Punjab

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today ordered the newly-constituted Special Task Force (STF), headed by ADGP Harpreet Sidhu, to wipe out the drugs scourge from the state...

27 March 2017 3:47 PM GMT

Minister Sidhu On TV Show: Punjab Mulls Legal Options

Chandigarh: The Punjab government is exploring legal opinion on the issue of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's appearance on a popular television comedy show after he became a cabinet...

21 March 2017 5:52 PM GMT

Congress-led govt in Punjab takes measures to end VIP culture

The Amarinder Singh dispensation today put a ban on use beacons on government vehicles, foreign travel of ministers for two years and organising of banquets on state expense, in a bid to end VIP...

18 March 2017 6:16 PM GMT

Special Task Force to curb drug menace in Punjab: Amarinder

Congress leader Amarinder Singh today asserted that his government will form a 'Special Task Force' to curb the drug menace in Punjab, while making the state more investor-friendly.He said Prime...

12 March 2017 9:38 AM GMT

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