Punjab News in English

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 Thu...

2018-07-19 16:34:16.0

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 Pun...

2017-10-03 18:57:28.0

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 ...

2017-06-20 06:26:16.0

'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 upheavals,...

2017-05-01 07:13:27.0

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 with...

2017-03-27 15:47:43.0

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 m...

2017-03-21 17:52:13.0

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 cultu...

2017-03-18 18:16:58.0

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 Minis...

2017-03-12 09:38:31.0

Day after defeat Badal resigns as Punjab CM

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today submitted his resignation to Governor V P Singh Badnore following his party's defeat in the assembly polls.The Punjab cabinet, which met und...

2017-03-12 09:34:56.0

Badal to resign tomorrow, says party will introspect on performance

As the Congress headed towards forming the next government in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said he will resign tomorrow and support Amarinder Singh on the issues related to the rights of...

2017-03-11 09:45:31.0

CEO thanks people of Punjab for ensuring peaceful polling

Punjab today ensured overall peaceful single phased poll to elect 117 representatives for legislative Assembly in which little less than 2 crore electorate exercised their franchise.Thanking the peopl...

2017-02-04 17:05:48.0

Over 75 pc polling in Punjab Assembly elections

Braving the cold wave sweeping across Punjab, more than 75 per cent voters today thronged the polling booths to exercise their franchise, as well elect 117 members of the state Assembly. Accord...

2017-02-04 16:46:53.0

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