CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s former director general of police (prisons) Shashi Kant on Tuesday claimed before the Punjab and Haryana high court that drug smuggling worth over Rs 60,000 crore took place annually in the state and the money went into funding elections in the state. In a petition filed before the HC, the former DGP also submitted that drugs were not just being smuggled from Pakistan but... 

AMRITSAR: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the state government has formulated a Rs 2,000 crore master plan to refurbish Amritsar city by 2016. Stating this here after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple, Badal said another set of welfare projects worth Rs 500 crore for transforming the walled city, keeping intact its originality, would also be in progress.  Read More »

AMRITSAR: The Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena (RSS) took out a march on Friday, in protest against the name of Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale being inscribed on the gate of the Operation Bluestar Memorial built in the Golden Temple complex. Given the sensitivity of the issue, the administration didn’t allow the RSS members to march up to Shani Mandir, situated close to Golden Temple, following which they... 

The district Judge J.R. Aryan has convicted the other five accused in the case related to the killing of five people in Delhi Cantonment area following the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984. Sajjan Kumar gets acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been acquitted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by a Delhi Court. Five others have been convicted for offences under section 302 (murder)... 

The long waited Shaheedi memorial opening ceremony is planned for the 27 April 2013. The Kar-Seva of the Shaheedi Yaadgar is lead by Head of Damdami Taksal – Baba Harnam Singh Ji Khalsa in the memory of the Sikh Martyrs who were killed by the Indian Army in June 1984. Baba Harnam Singh Ji invites the Sikh Sangat to attend the grand opening on 27 April 2013 at Sri Darbar Sahib Complex.  Read More »

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is his deputy, will meet the Prime Minister today to discuss the fallout of the Supreme Court judgment rejecting militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s petition that his death sentence be commuted to life. The Shiromani Akali Dal-led government in Punjab has said that it fears a law and order situation in the state... 

Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) alliance won the high-stakes Moga assembly byelection on Thursday, with SAD nominee Joginder Pal Jain (67) defeating Congress candidate Vijay Kumar Sathi (66) by a margin of 18,849 votes. This is the second consecutive bypoll victory for the SAD-BJP alliance, which had retained the Dasuya seat in July last year, albeit by a... 

David Cameron has become the first serving UK prime minister to pay his respects at the scene of one of the bloodiest massacres in British history. Mr Cameron is visiting Amritsar in the state of Punjab on Wednesday, at the end of a three-day trade trip to India. This was where hundreds of people at a public meeting were shot dead by British troops in 1919. The prime minister described the massacre... 

A gurdwara in Panchkula denied permission to the family of Lt Gen R S Dayal for holding a prayer meeting to mark the death anniversary of the decorated Army officer, citing his participation in Operation Blue Star. The management of the Sikh shrine, located in Sector 7 in Panchkula in Haryana, refused to grant permission for holding a prayer meeting to mark the first death anniversary of Lt Gen Dayal... 

Sikh historical tour of the 5 Takhts organised by Nanakana Sahib Yatra Committee from 25 February 2013 to 11 March 2013. For further information contact +44 07813853484  Read More »