Sikh farmers protest in Chandigarh turned violent

Chandigarh, Punjab: Over 25,000 farmers from all over Punjab on Tuesday thronged Chandigarh to hold a protest rally here in protest against unbundling of Punjab State Electricity Board. The protest march which remained peaceful during day but around 4 PM ...

Punjab can rescue nation from food crisis

Chandigarh, Punjab: Punjab alone can rescue the entire nation from food crisis emerging out of the negative state of monsoon. This was stated by Harish Chander, President, Food Corporation of India Officers Association of Punjab (FCIOA) and Regional Manager, FCI, ...

Khalra Mission calls on people to boycott Cong, SAD, BJP

Amritsar, Punjab: The Khalra Mission Organisation (KMO) has called upon people of Punjab to boycott the Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP and seek probe into properties acquired by leaders of these political outfits. The KMO has also demanded release ...

Bittu’s police remand extended by 4 days

Chandigarh, Punjab: Daljit Singh Bittu, president, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Panch Pardhani, had tried to win over the Shingaar cinema bomb blast case prime witness by offering Rs 5 lakh. He had asked witness Sukhwant Singh not to depose against ...