CHANDIGARH: While taking up a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a local NGO seeking directions to remove Sumedh Singh Saini from the post of DGP, Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked the petitioner to prove its locus standi on the issue. When the matter came up for hearing before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Mahesh Grover, the bench... 

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Patiala: Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur has today been acquitted of her daughter’s murder. However, she has been convicted of trespassing and forcing her child to have an abortion. She has also been found guilty of kidnapping and illegal confinement and has been sentenced for five years. Harpeet Kaur was murdered on April 20, 2000 when Jagir Kaur was president of the powerful Shiromani Gurudwara... 

CHANDIGARH/PATIALA: The Chandigarh sessions court on Tuesday returned Balwant Singh Rajoana hanging order to Patiala Jail “for compliance” in the Beant Singh assassination case of 1995. The court also issues showcause notice to Patiala Central jail superintendent for “contempt of court”. The court said Rajoana’s death warrant must be executed on March 31. Security had... 

CHANDIGARH: To the displeasure of Haryana government, Punjab governor Shivraj Patil has raked up the issue of Punjab’s claim over Chandigarh during his speech in the state assembly. Patil in speech has told the assembly that “Chandigarh and several other Punjabi-speaking areas have been kept out of the state and must be transferred back at the earliest.” Reacting sharply to Patil’s... 

Chandigarh, Mar 20 (PTI) The Punjab Government would ensure 100 per cent water supply and sewerage coverage for all cities and towns within the next three years, state Local Bodies and Medical Education and Research Minister Bhagat Chuni Lal today said. The government would also accord priority to decongest urban areas for streamlining traffic, he said after assuming charge as the new minister in the... 

JALANDHAR: Criticizing the appointment of Sumedh Saini as Punjab DGP while superseding five officers senior to him even as charges are framed against him in abduction and elimination case former Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira has said that Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court should intervene as it was in violation of Supreme Court directives. “Chief Minister... 

Fresh from its historic victory in the assembly elections in Punjab, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has called a meeting of its legislators in Chandigarh later on Thursday to elect the legislative party leader, who will be the next chief minister of the state. The meeting will be held at the Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh while the core committee of the Akali Dal will meet on Thursday evening, party spokesman... 

AMRITSAR: Akali Dal 1920 led by former Punjab Assembly Speaker Ravi Inder Singh here today slapped notice to the SGPC president Avtar Singh to call session of old house of 2004 to pass the annual budget of SGPC. Talking to media, senior vice president of Akali Dal 1920 Ragubir Singh Rajasansi said today he along with 15 members of old House of 2004 through SGPC superintendent Harvinder Singh served...