Badal asks Afghan govt to stop smuggling of heroin

Tuesday 21 May '13

Minutes after receiving a honorary doctorate from President Pranab Mukherjee at the Lovely Professional University (LPU) convocation on Monday

It''s dry day but liquor flows in abundance

Monday 20 May '13

Despite declaring dry day in the notified areas (particularly in the rural belt) where block samities and zila parishads elections were conducted Sunday, many liquor vends were found open in villages...

Rationalisation on, teachers queue up at political bosses'' doors for choice posting

Sunday 19 May '13

With the Punjab government set to implement rationalisation policy in state schools from Wednesday, teachers seem to be in a hurry to acquire recommendation letters from politicians in favour of their...

Honey Singh booked for singing 'vulgar'' songs

Saturday 18 May '13

After sitting on a complaint against rapper Honey Singh for over four months, the Nawanshahr police on Friday booked him under Section 294 of the IPC (obscene acts and songs) following directions from...

After HC rap, Honey Singh booked for vulgar songs

Saturday 18 May '13

After sitting on a complaint against rapper Honey Singh for over four months, the Nawanshahr police in Punjab Friday booked him under Section 294 of the IPC (obscene acts and songs) following directio...

Rationalisation on, teachers queue up at political bosses'' doors for choice posting

Wednesday 15 May '13

With the Punjab government set to implement rationalisation policy in state schools from Wednesday, teachers seem to be in a hurry to acquire recommendation letters from politicians in favour of their...

In post midnight raids, robbers clean out two Kapurthala deras, leave 18 injured

Tuesday 14 May '13

They decamped with cash, gold and other valuables.

Inclement weather: Wheat yield takes a dip

Tuesday 14 May '13

Inclement weather, including strong winds, during the last phase of the ripening of the crop has led to a dip in the wheat yield in Punjab this year.

Barapind sues central govt, Punjab for $ 10m in US court

Sunday 12 May '13

Former militant and Akali Dal Panch Pardhani chief Kulvir Singh Barapind, who was extradited from the United States, has moved a court in that country alleging that he is being tortured by the police ...

State govt asks NHAI, Centre to pay enhanced compensation to 629 farmers

Wednesday 8 May '13

Ladhar''s letter follows a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment to the same effect given in the case of one farmer, Sadhu Singh Tanda.

'Drug smuggler'' Customs officer is President''s medal winner

Wednesday 8 May '13

Gurdev had joined the department as an inspector in 1980 and was promoted as Superintendent in 1997.

Student stabbed to death in college

Saturday 4 May '13

An Engineering student was on Friday stabbed to death by his batchmate at the Kapurthala Engineering and Management College campus on Friday.

BSF sent home 8 Pak nationals in 4 months

Saturday 4 May '13

It may have taken 23 years and his death for Pakistan to send home Sarabjit Singh, who, his family claims, was a victim of mistaken identity and had mistakenly strayed across the border in an inebriat...

Family of 1971 POW awaits his return from Pak, fears for his life

Saturday 4 May '13

Now, after Sarabjit Singh was assaulted in that very jail, Mangal Singh''s family is a worried lot.

Straight up and farther apart

Friday 3 May '13

A break from tradition allows sugarcane to grow uninhibited, pays farmers better.

I have lost everything... want to know why he had to die, says sister

Friday 3 May '13

A panel of five doctors from Amritsar Medical College was roped in to conduct the post mortem.

Bhikhiwind mourns its cheerful wrestler

Friday 3 May '13

Residents of Bhikhiwind remember Sarabjit Singh as a cheerful young man fond of wrestling, and in many ways as just another youth belonging to one of any of the poor families in this township in Tarn ...

Sister who fought alone and drew in others

Friday 3 May '13

Since Sarabjit's conviction in 1991, Dalbir went to the Wagah border every time a prisoner was released across the border.

I have lost everything... why he had to die: Sister

Friday 3 May '13

A panel of five doctors from Amritsar Medical College was roped in to conduct the post mortem.

Family back home in Punjab, I have lost everything, says his sister

Thursday 2 May '13

Sarabjit Singh''s family was flown to their home in a helicopter ahead of the arrival of his body from Pakistan on Thursday.

Missing students in US: Schools register complaint with cops

Sunday 28 April '13

Four days after seven schoolchildren failed to return from a study tour to the US, school authorities on Saturday filed a complaint with the Jalandhar rural police.

Two plants down, power cuts to increase

Sunday 28 April '13

The unscheduled power cuts in Punjab are set to increase in frequency in the coming days as power generation has been affected at two major plants in the state, due to the harvest season.

Missing children in US: Parents least concerned

Saturday 27 April '13

Days after seven students from Jalandhar district, who were on an educational tour of NASA, went missing in the US, the parents of three of them did not turn up at a meeting called on Friday called by...

2 students jump in front of train, die

Saturday 27 April '13

The deceased have been identified as Manjot Kaur and Raghav Sharma.

Seven Punjab students on NASA trip go missing

Friday 26 April '13

Nearly 40 students of 10+2, from three schools in the district, had left for the trip on April 11.