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Punjab info commission pulls up cops over RTI lapses

CHANDIGARH, May 20 -- The Punjab State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the director general of police (DGP) to ensure immediate handover of official records and charge by police personnel af... Read More


2nd case lodged in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, May 20 -- Police registered a case under the new anti-sacrilege law after torn pages of Gutka Sahib (prayer book) were found in Jalandhar's Raja Garden on Monday night. This is the second c... Read More


Ex-SP vigilance, transporter get 3-yr jail in 2011 ETO suicide case

Mohali, May 20 -- A local court on Tuesday sentenced former vigilance bureau superintendent of police (SP) Amandeep Kaur and transporter Rajinder Singh Gopi to three-year jail in a 2011 abetment to su... Read More


Abducted female Punjabi singer found dead in Ludhiana canal

Ludhiana, May 20 -- Abducted at gunpoint in Ludhiana on May 13, a 29-year-old Punjabi singer and makeup artist was found dead in the city on Tuesday morning. The body of Inder Kaur, also known as Yash... Read More


IPS officer named adversely in SET probe appointed IG, South Range

Chandigarh, May 20 -- The Haryana government has appointed 2006 batch IPS officer Om Parkash Narwal to the key post of inspector general (IG), South Range, despite his name figuring adversely in a spe... Read More


Chemists on strike today against online sale of medicines

Ludhiana, May 20 -- The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists has announced a nationwide strike on May 20 against the online sale of medicines and alleged predatory pricing by large e-pharm... Read More


Punjab to step up cash dole enrolment drive

Chandigarh, May 20 -- With registrations gathering pace after a slow start, the Punjab government is planning to expand the enrolment process under its flagship women-centric cash transfer scheme - Mu... Read More


Why Punjab needs a new governance compact

India, May 20 -- Few states have shaped India's strength and stability as much as Punjab. After the trauma of Partition, Punjabis rebuilt their lives through resilience, enterprise, sacrifice, and har... Read More


Mann rejects Oppn charge of bias in civic polls process

Sangrur, May 20 -- A day after the Congress, BJP and SAD staged protests in Muktsar, Amritsar and Sangrur alleging bias in the civic polls nominations process, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on T... Read More


Childhood friend booked for murder of MBBS student: Cops

Patiala, May 20 -- Police on Tuesday booked a close friend of a final-year MBBS student of Government Medical College, Patiala, whose body was found with stab wounds at his paying guest accommodation,... Read More