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Centre withholds Rs.450-cr NHM funds over AAC branding row

Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- Even though the tussle between the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party-run Punjab government over the rebranding of health and wellness clinics (HWCs) is over, the Union government ha... Read More


State sees highest FIRs against peddlers

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- Punjab has topped in registering maximum cases against drug traffickers in the country in 2023, revealed the NCRB data released on Tuesday. Out of the total 11,589 FIRs registere... Read More


30 more Union ministers headed to flood-hit Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- After visits of 27 Union ministers to the flood-affected areas, 30 more central government ministers have been deputed by the BJP in phase 2 to oversee rehabilitation work in are... Read More


BJP holds mock assembly session, seeks CBI probe into 'missing' Rs.12k-cr SDRF fund

Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- : The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a "Janata ki Vidhan Sabha" (people's assembly), a mock session of Punjab assembly in which the party demanded CB... Read More


Babbar Khalsa terrorist Parminder Pindi extradited from UAE

India, Sept. 27 -- In a major success in the fight against terrorism, Punjab Police on Friday extradited Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Parminder Singh, alias Pindi, from Abu Dhabi in the... Read More


AAP MLAs enter the well of House, disrupt session

Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- In a rare spectacle, the special session of the Punjab assembly was adjourned for 20 minutes on the opening day on Friday after ruling Aam Aadmi Party members stormed the well ... Read More


Punjab floods: AAP MLAs disrupt session, protest against PM Modi

India, Sept. 26 -- In an unprecedented development, the special session of the Punjab assembly was adjourned for 20 minutes on the opening day on Friday after ruling Aam Aadmi Party members stormed th... Read More


At 1,450 kg, Punjab records all-time high heroin seizure

Chandigarh, Sept. 26 -- Punjab Police have seized 1,450 kg of heroin in the first nine months of this year - the highest-ever haul, official data shows. Of this, 1,338 kg was recovered in the seven mo... Read More


Punjab special DGP Harpreet Sidhu's central deputation cut short by year

India, Sept. 26 -- The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has approved the premature repatriation of 1992-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Harpreet Singh Sidhu to his parent cadre, Punjab. The o... Read More


Once thriving, comrades now left on the margins of Punjab politics

Chandigarh, Sept. 21 -- When the Communist Party of India (CPI) gathers in Punjab for its national congress starting Sunday, the irony will be hard to miss - the Left, once a force to reckon with in t... Read More