Amritsar, Punjab: With an aim to discourage female foeticide, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has announced to hand over a ‘shagun’ of ₹ 1,000 to every girl child born at SGPC-run Ram Das Charitable Hospital at the time of birth. The ...
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Giani Zail Singh’s daughter downplays her joining SAD
Bathinda, Punjab: Though deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal welcomed Joginder Kaur, 75, daughter of former President of India Giani Zail Singh into the party fold amid much fanfare, yet the latter downplayed the development ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »56 riots-hit families get relief after 25 yrs
Chandigarh, Punjab: Waking up from slumber after 25 years, the government has given a sum of Rs 1.12 crore as ex-gratia grant to as many as 56 families of victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, who had migrated from the affected ...
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