Sanjha Morcha, Congress dent SAD base with 'seat adjustment'' formula

Wednesday 22 May '13

The seat adjustment formula between the Sanjha Morcha and the Congress for the rural polls worked well and the results are quite satisfying, Morcha convenor Manpreet Singh Badal said Tuesday.

Panchayat Samiti polls: Out of 204, SAD wins 154

Wednesday 22 May '13

It was almost a clean sweep by the SAD in the Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections for which counting was held on Tuesday.

Midday meal worker suffers burn injuries, union demands aid

Wednesday 22 May '13

Jaswinder Kaur, a 30-year-old midday meal cook working at Government Primary School Ladhowal, suffered serious burn injuries while she was cooking daal inside the temporary kitchen two days back.

Results today; SAD, Congress hopeful of good performance

Tuesday 21 May '13

Rural polls: Counting from 8 am for 25 Zila Parishad and 226 Block Samiti seats.

Gunshots, fire, blood in Badal seat

Monday 20 May '13

Lambi: Clashes leave behind six charred vehicles, four injured men.

Zila Parishad, Block Samiti polls: 63% turnout, clashes at 23 places

Monday 20 May '13

SAD and Congress workers clashed at 23 different polling booths in the Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections on Sunday evening which registered about 63% turnout.

Man who set six of family on fire caught, says 'personal enmity''

Sunday 19 May '13

Three days after he set a family on fire killing three women and critically injuring three others at Jattanwali village, Lakhvinder Pal Singh, the main accused in the case, was arrested Saturday from ...

PPCB lifts SAC approval for building plans, industrialists heave sigh of relief

Sunday 19 May '13

For zoning of plots in the designated industrial areas, the industrialists now need not get the building plan approved from director of factories.

Manpreet a Congress agent, says Majithia

Saturday 18 May '13

A day after pre-poll violence in Adampur village in Bathinda left one PPP leader dead and three others injured, Revenue Minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia termed PPP president Manpreet Singh Badal a Co...

Woman smuggler held, remanded in custody

Friday 17 May '13

A 28-year-old woman smuggler has been arrested by Ludhiana police.

Hospital junks allegation of organ harvest

Thursday 16 May '13

Death of UK Sikh girl, Organs and viscera sent for histopathology, chemical tests as cause of death unknown: Hospital

BJP concedes alliance with SAD not working in 5% seats

Monday 13 May '13

All is not well between the BJP and the SAD when it came to zila parishad, block samiti and panchayati elections in Punjab.

40 pc more buyers in buyer-seller meet

Monday 13 May '13

The buyer-seller meeting started on Saturday and will conclude on May 15.

Zila Parishad elections going to be one-sided affair, says Ayali

Monday 13 May '13

The Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections scheduled to be held on May 19 are going to be more of a one-sided affair as already 15 Block Samiti members have won unopposed while in every village meet...

Refinery management yet to trace reason for foul smell

Saturday 11 May '13

Wants to invite villagers for a tour inside the refinery; villagers on the other hand ready to shift out.

No firing in Ferozepur clash, bullet injury fabricated, reveals SIT report

Saturday 11 May '13

Two days after the allegations of firing in Mamdot area surfaced, a Special Investigation Team found the complaint of Congress MLA Rana Sodhi false and stated that a probe would be ordered against the...

Police to register case today after SIT submits report

Friday 10 May '13

Partap Singh Bajwa and other MLAs, the police on Thursday assured that an FIR will be registered into Tuesday''s Ferozepur clash by Friday afternoon once SSP Varinder Pal Singh is ready with the repor...

PPCB to showcause Bathinda refinery

Friday 10 May '13

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) is set to issue showcause notice to Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Talwandi Sabo for emitting poisonous gases like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulphar dio...

After booking 12-year-old, police to drop rape charges against him

Friday 10 May '13

A day after registering an FIR against a 12-year-old boy for raping a 6-year-old girl, the overactive police on Thursday came to know it was not a rape.

Police say there was no firing at Ferozepur clash, docs differ

Thursday 9 May '13

A day after a clash between Congress and Akali workers left Naseeb Singh Sandhu personal assistant to Congress MLA from Guru-har-Sahai Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi with a bullet injury, preliminary inves...

Pollution by Bathinda refinery: Administration ready to relocate villagers

Thursday 9 May '13

It is summer noon at Kanakwal village in Bathinda district''s Talwandi Sabo area.

Cong leaders allege factionalism during Dewan''s tenure, seek his resignation

Thursday 9 May '13

A group of Congress leaders, along with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) General Secretary Satish Sharma, on Wednesday sought the resignation of district Congress committee president Pawan Dew...

Congress man injured in 'firing'' by Akali supporters

Wednesday 8 May '13

The Congress and Akali workers entered into a brawl during the filing of nomination in Mamdot area of Ferozepur district.

18-yr-old missing since Saturday, body found at neighbour''s house

Wednesday 8 May '13

Five, including four of the neighbour''s family, arrested.

Delhi man who bought infant on FB held; claims he works as driver, paid Rs 70,000

Tuesday 7 May '13

The Punjab Police Monday arrested Delhi resident Amit Kumar accused of buying a new-born in Ludhiana through a contact on social networking site Facebook.