NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has strongly criticised the Centre's Great Nicobar Island Project, calling it a "grave misadventure" that tramples tribal rights, undermines due process, and threatens one of the country's most fragile ecosystems.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced the flood relief centre established by the party in Jalandhar had started functioning and would serve as the nodal point for distribution of relief material to flood affected areas in the State.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, as the death toll rose to 812, and conveyed India's readiness to provide humanitarian aid.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (Rebel) President Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday visited the flood-ravaged areas of Ferozepur district and Harike Pattan, where he strongly criticized both the Punjab and central governments for failing to provide relief to affected families.

MUMBAI: Actor Amit Sadh sought divine blessing at Lalbaugh Cha Raja and said that he feels blessed to have this darshan and to experience the aarti.

NEW DELHI: A man was killed following a violent quarrel at the Kalkaji Temple in New Delhi after an argument over Chunni Prasad escalated into a physical assault, police said on Saturday.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and the entire senior leadership of the party today performed ‘ardas’ at Sri Akal Takht Sahib to offer thanksgiving for the revocation of the Land Pooling scheme following a sustained campaign by Akali workers in league with Punjabis.

AMRITSAR: A statement issued from the Chandigarh head office said that party president Giani Harpreet Singh president Shiromani Akali Dal has called a general meeting of the party's state delegates at Sri Anandpur Sahib on September 6.

CHANDIGARH: In a determined push to reinforce fiscal discipline and maximize revenue realization, Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema announced today that the Punjab Excise Commissionerate has intensified efforts to recover long-pending excise arrears inherited from previous SAD-BJP and Congress governments. The department has already recovered Rs. 1.85 crores in the current financial year 2025–26, and permission has been granted to sell 27 properties with a combined base value of Rs. 20.31 crores (at Collector Rate), marking a significant step toward financial accountability.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal has urged both the Union & State Govt of Punjab to stop politics over ration cards issue & to ensure justice to all eligible beneficiaries of Atta Dal scheme and it asserted that Atta Dal scheme has already become Atta & No Dal scheme.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has announced the nomination of longtime aide and trusted political strategist Sergio Gor to serve as the next United States Ambassador to India, as well as Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today challenged Giani Harpreet Singh to come clean on the confessional public statement of Prem Singh Chandumajra that the conspiracy to split the SAD and form a breakaway faction under his (Giani Harpreet Singh’s) presidency was hatched at the residence of late S Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa in the presence of all anti Akali leaders long before Shri Akal Takht Sahib pronounced its December 2, 2024 edict.

TARN TARAN: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Vice President Ravinder Singh Brahmpura on Wednesday accused the AAP government in Punjab of failing on all fronts, alleging a "complete collapse of law and order" and insensitivity towards the state's "helpless" farmers.

TARN TARAN: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Vice President Ravinder Singh Brahmpura has written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her intervention in a case where a Sikh student was allegedly barred from a judicial services examination in Rajasthan for wearing a 'kirpan'.

MUMBAI: Tagging himself as a “green crusader”, Bollywood’s bhidu Jackie Shroff has shared that plants have taught him patience and kept him grounded.

GIDDERBAHA: In a moment of great honor, Dr. R.K. Uppal, a distinguished educationist, researcher, and Principal of Guru Gobind Singh College of Management and Technology, Gidderbaha, has been appointed as the “International Freelance Ambassador for Awareness of Education and Research” by the Chinmaya Foundation, a globally recognized organization working for peace, harmony, and human welfare.

TARN TARAN: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Ravinder Singh Brahmpura on Tuesday accused local AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura of patronising a "reign of goons, drugs, and mafia" and demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into his alleged links with smugglers who use drones to transport narcotics and weapons.

TARN TARAN: Following his re-appointment as the Vice President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), senior party leader and Khadoor Sahib constituency in-charge, Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, paid obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Goindwal Sahib on Friday to express his gratitude.

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday slammed Pakistan over its continuous "reckless, war-mongering and hateful comments" against New Delhi, terming it a "well-known modus operandi" of Pakistani leadership to whip up "anti-India" rhetoric to hide its own failures.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced it would file a criminal complaint against the leaders of the central agencies’ sponsored ‘Vakhra Chulha’ Dal who were trying to appropriate the name of the Shiromani Akali Dal which was a registered and recognized party as per the Election Commission notification of 1996.

AMRITSAR: Newly elected president of the rebel Shiromani Akali Dal faction, Giani Harpreet Singh, has announced that he will not contest any elections, asserting that his group’s goal is not to form a government.

AMRITSAR: Former Akal Takht Sahib Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was today unanimously elected President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Rebel Group).

BABA BAKALA (TARN TARAN): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today assured Punjabis that once they formed a SAD government in the State it would return all land acquired by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) back to the farmers on the same pattern in which it had returned land acquired for the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to the farmers in 2016.

NEW DELHI: Brazil’s Ambassador to India, Kenneth Felix Haczynski Da Nobrega, on Saturday responded to US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Brazil. Commenting on the impact of the new trade measures in the current global climate, he said that these tariffs would affect Brazil's trade with a very traditional partner with whom "we have been developing strong links over 200 years of relations."

SANGRUR: One day after the appeal of Sri Akal Takht Sahib to Akali factions to unite, veteran Akali leader and former minister Baldev Singh Mann today rejoined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the presence of its president Sukhbir Singh Badal.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today a. announced the launch of an indefinite ‘Morcha” from September 1 against the coercive land grab initiated by “the non-Punjabi paratrooper’s government of Arvind Kejrival.

AMRITSAR: While extending the party organisation further the SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced 18 General Secretaries of the party.

CHANDIGARH: Ranjit Singh Gill, a realtor and former senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) who joined the BJP late last night was today raided by Punjab Vigilance Bureau allegedly due to his refusal to join AAP after his resignation from SAD last week.

CHANDIGARH: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parambans Singh Romana today challenged Dakha legislator Manpreet Singh Ayali to deny that he had got his land excluded from the land pooling scheme even as adjoining land belonging to poor farmers had been notified for acquisition besides releasing documents to prove illegal government concessions taken by Ayali from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal declared today that the statewide agitation against Kejriwal regime’s “Land Grabbing Scheme” will be further intensified and it will continue until the government completely withdraws its fraud with the farmers and other land owners.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asserted that after failing to gather evidence in the recently registered false case of Disproportionate Assets case against former minister Bikram Singh Majithia, now Vigilance Officials had started creating false evidence against the Akali leader.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asserted that after failing to gather evidence in the recently registered false case of Disproportionate Assets case against former minister Bikram Singh Majithia, now Vigilance Officials had started creating false evidence against the Akali leader.

JHALAWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed sadness about the mishap at a school in Jhalawar, Rajasthan, and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.

NEW DELHI: With nearly three months passing since the horrific Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, former Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri has said that India's miltary response named 'Operation Sindoor' was carried out to destroy only Pakistan-based terror launchpads and sites, which brought back the global attention of all countries standing unequivocally in one voice to condemn terrorism in all its forms.

FEROZEPUR: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today inducted the old Akali family of S Harcharan Singh Hero, who later also served as Acting President of the Punjab Congress, into the SAD with the late leader’s son Harpreet Singh Hero being made the Halqa Incharge of this constituency by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal at a massive political conference in Makhu.

DUBAI: Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister of state for International Cooperation (MoFAIC), has summoned Amir Hayek, Israeli ambassador to the UAE, to "strongly protest and denounce the events taking place in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque," according to a MoFAIC statement on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to visit Meritorious and Adarsh schools established by the erstwhile SAD led government which along with other reformatory measures had taken Punjab to the number two slot in the national survey on school education instead of blindly following other models.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the collapse of the law and order situation in Punjab post formation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had created a feeling of insecurity in the minds of Punjabis and requested chief minister Bhagwant Mann to take immediate corrective steps instead of remaining busy in propaganda exercises.

AMRITSAR: Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of Shiromani Akali Dal Badal should have immediately resigned from his post of President after taking a moral responsibility.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Minal Joshi (age one and half years) daughter of senior journalist of Daily Post web channel Sumit Singh Joshi. She had been suffering from a serious illness for some time.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had struck the first blow against Punjab and Punjabiat by nominating rank outsiders to the Rajya Sabha and in the process betrayed the people of the State who had taken them to their word of bringing in sweeping positive change and given them a massive mandate to implement the same.

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind accepted credentials from Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Algeria, Malawi, Canada, Indonesia, and Russia at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.

KHATKAR KALAN: Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Punjab, Mr A Venuprasad today reviewed the arrangements for the swearing in ceremony of the new Chief Minister Mr Bhagwant Mann on March 16 here at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Museum and Memorial.

CHANDIGARH: Before taking oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann’s Principal Secretary has been appointed. Venu Prasad, a 1991 batch IAS officer, has been appointed as Bhagwant Mann’s chief Secretary .

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal today offered his party’s “full constructive support” to the incoming Aam Admi Party Government in Punjab “if and wherever the Chief Minister-designate Sardar Bhagwant Singh Mann deems it necessary”

CHANDIGARH: The century old regional political outfit Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), fighting these Assembly polls in Punjab to save its 'sinking ship' after a humiliating defeat in the 2017 Assembly polls, was largely banking on the charismatic Parkash Singh Badal, 94, whose feet were touched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after filing his nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in 2019. But even he could not retain his seat that he had won for five consecutive terms.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal president Mr Sukhbir Badal has called a meeting of the party’’s Core Committee and all candidates of the party at party headqyarters here on March 14 at 2 PM. ti discuss the present political situation in the state and analyse poll results .

CHANDIGARH: The counting of votes started in Punjab with AAP becoming largest party with lead in 70 seats while Congress and SAD are struggling for the second place. BJP plus Punjab Lok Party of Capt Amarinder Singh are leading in only four seats.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the SAD- BSP alliance would form the next government in Punjab on its own steam even as he asserted the Congress party would meet a crushing defeat and would not cross the 20 seat figure mark.

AMRITSAR: " Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal president Shiromani Akali Dal said he does not have faith in the credibility of the exit polls and and opinion polls should be banned.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal has urged Punjab Chief Secretary that rules for meeting of family members with Prisoners and Under Trials in state jails should be reviewed keeping in view improved COVID-19 situation in state and urged him to allow visits by families to them.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali (SAD) has always fought for rights of Punjab and will continue to do so and the Centre should understand that Punjab will never surrender to its coercive decisions.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal has raised strong objection to proposal of UT Chandigarh Administration to send back 112 Punjab doctors working on deputation in Chandigarh and hire more doctors from other states and UTs and party termed this decision as a conspiracy to dilute state’s share in Chandigarh Administration and also announced that a SAD delegation will meet Union Home Minister to take up the issue.

KUSHINAGAR(UP):Violence erupted in UP's Fazilnagar Assembly constituency on Tuesday when the convoy of SP candidate Swami Prasad Maurya was attacked by assailants during a roadshow.

DHARMASALA: Globetrotting Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday said he has been deeply saddened by the conflict in Ukraine.

MOHALI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday was sent to judicial custody till March 8 by Mohali court.

BADAL: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said there was a clear wave in favour of the SAD-BSP alliance and that it was poised to touch the eighty figure mark and form the next government in Punjab.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today while thanking the Gurmat Siddhant Pracharak Sant Samaj & Valmiki Samaj for the support extended to the SAD-BSP alliance, appealed to Punjabis to support their own party - SAD and reject all the ‘Dilli dals’ including the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP.

MUKATSAR SAHIB: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today thanked Punjabis for reposing their overwhelming faith and trust in the SAD-BSP combine by coming out in strength on the last day of campaigning to snub both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress party.

CHADNIGARH:The SAD-BSP alliance will sweep the polls in Punjab and there is no question of rejoining the BJP-led NDA government. The party is determined to break Congress leader Navjot Sidhu's arrogance. And Parkash Singh Badal is a people's man and he's contesting at the age of 94 is a natural corollary.

AMRITSAR: In Amritsar East constituency, Punjab Congress President Navjot Sidhu suffered a major setback when Congress Councilor Jatinder Kaur Sonia from city ward no. Joined Mr. Rajan Gill, General Secretary, Akali Dal was also present on the occasion.

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Madhuri Dixit talks about the disadvantages of fame on 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. She is appearing as a special guest to promote her web series 'The Fame Game' with co-actors Manav Kaul, Sanjay Kapoor, Lakshvir Saran and Muskan Jaferi.

CHENNAI: Music director A.R. Rahman on Wednesday joined scores of musicians and singers across the country in paying tribute to Bollywood music director Bappi Lahiri, who passed away late on Tuesday night in Mumbai.

GHANAUR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the advent of the SAD-BSP alliance government in Punjab would witness an increase in social welfare schemes and that the old age pension would be increased from Rs 1,500 per month to Rs 3,100 per month and the shagun benefit to brides from weaker sections would be increased to Rs 75,000.

CHANDIGARH:The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) alliance on Tuesday released election manifesto promising what it called "brave and path-breaking initiatives", including a revolutionary shift to clean solar energy to ensure zero-bill electricity to every house and student cards of Rs 10 lakh each for quality education, anywhere.

SAHIBZADA AJIT SINGH NAGAR(MOHALI):Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today declared that the SAD-BSP Government would restart the pre-2004 old pension scheme for government employees of the state after assuming power in the state.

NEW DELHI: The YouTube Channel of the Sansad TV was hacked at midnight on Monday but was restored in the early morning on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH:Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Sunday condoled the sad demise of Vijay Bhaskar Sharma, Assistant Director Youth Services Barnala additional charge Faridkot, who died in a road accident while returning from election duty on Saturday Evening. Vijay Bhaskar Sharma, (47), was posted as Supervisor at 103 Barnala Constituency.

JALALABAD (FEROZEPUR): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that SAD-BSP alliance was all set to sweep Punjab Assembly polls and people had already made up their mind to hand over the reins of the state to an alliance which would put the State back on the track of development and restart social welfare initiatives.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today received a major boost in Amritsar East constituency with three sitting Congress councillors joining the party besides leaders from other areas.

CHANDIGARH:On the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is ensuring uninterrupted 8-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.

AMRITSAR: Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said the prompt action ordered against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal by the State DGP at the instance of the mining mafia proved that the mafia was being patronized by chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

PATIALA: Punjab state power corporation limited has successfully catered the historical record of power supply of 3029 lakh units and also touched maximum demand of 13,161 MW on June 25,2021.This was disclosed by PSPCL CMD Shri A.Venu Prasad in prèss note here today.

AMRITSAR: Sucha Singh Langah, a former minister who was expelled from the Panth and a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, once again apologized to the Jathedar of the Akal Takht for re-joining the Panth. He visiting Sri Harmandir Sahib and Sri Akal Takht Sahib here today to submit his appeal.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Olympic Association (POA) in a special resolution condoled the sad demise of legendary athlete Sh. Milkha Singh, the most outstanding athlete of India, who died on June 18, 2021 at Chandigarh. POA will soon inaugurate a Hall Of Fame in the Punjab Olympic Bhawan at Mohali, where Triple Olympic Gold Medalist late Sh. Balbir Singh Senior, Legendary Athlete late Sh. Milkha Singh and Olympic Champion Shooter Sh. Abinav Bindra will be honoured with the installation of their statues.

WASHINGTON: US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will return to Moscow this week, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday.

PATIALA: A series of heavy storms hit different parts of Punjab on 10th June, 11th June and 13th June caused huge damage to the power transmission & distribution infrastructure of the state and assessed financial loss around 25 crores to PSPCL. This was informed by CMD A.Venu Prasad in a press note issued here today.

AMRITSAR: Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said the newly formed SAD-BSP alliance would sweep the 2022 assembly elections even as he announced that more like minded parties would come on the same platform with the SAD and BSP in the near future.

KAPURTHALA: In view of Punjab Assembly Elections 2022, the Election Commission of India has launched a special drive for continuous registration of maximum number of young voters. Voter can fill up Form No. 6 to cast his/ her vote. He should be a resident of Kapurthala district.

CHANDIGARH: The Cabinet Minister and Senior Congress leader S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has termed the SAD-BSP alliance as a rank opportunistic one which is more of a marriage of convenience based on votebank politics sans any ideological foundations.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed his sadness over the death of William Swing, a former leader of the UN migration agency.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali seems to have tricked the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and took the dalit commmunity for a ride while forging an allaince with BSP for assembly elections of 2022.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday formed an alliance to contest the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections together.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and Bahujan Sanaj Party (BSP) today formed political alliance in Punjab to contest 2022 assembly elections together.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali dal (SAD) should not make mistake of reaching out of court settlement with union government in the court case related to Operation Blue Star in Golden Temple in June 1984. This was stated by Harnam Singh Khalsa head of Damdami Taksal and president Sant Samaj while talking to media persons at its headquarters in Mehta 45 km from here today.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the Director General of Police to register cases under the Disaster Management Act against Opposition leaders and workers who have been staging dharnas in the state over the past few days.

CHANDIGARH: With a view to generating awareness on environment related issues, Society for Promotion of Science & Technology in India (SPSTI) in association with Chandigarh Chapter of NASI initiated a series of events on environmental awareness. Mr. M.C. Mehta, an eminent environmental lawyer and a Padma Shri & Ramon Magsaysay awardee, delivered a lecture on Ecosystem Restoration on June 06, 2021. The lecture was supported by NCSTC, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

AMRITSAR: A row has begun over Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committe (SGPC) decision of stopping of giving 'parsad' of Patasa and Siropa as Guru's blessings to the devotees visitng Sri Harmandir Sahib here. The Sikh bodies have targeted SGPC president Bibi Jagor Kaur for discontinuing the age old tradition.

NEW DELHI: The radio network BIG FM recently culminated the second season of one of its celebrated shows, "Dhun Badal Ke Toh Dekho", hosted by the visionary humanitarian and Padma Vibhushan recipient, Sadhguru. In collaboration with Isha Foundation, the four-month-long show saw the renowned author and Yogi host engaging in conversations pertaining to a plethora of topics.

NAKODAR: Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police Naveen Singla has appointed inspector Aman Saini as Nakodar sadar police station house officer(SHO) in place of Vinod Kumar who has been appointed as SHO Patara .Aman Saini has assumed his charge.

NEW DELHI: In relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given him a clean chit in connection with a bribery case involving DLF.

LUCKNOW: Chiranjeev Nath Sinha, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Lucknow central zone, has been appointed brand ambassador of Lucknow zoo.

CHANDIGARH: he senior leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukat) along with the party workers will visit Gurdwara Sahib at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala on June 1, 2021, at 12: 30 pm to offer commemorative Prayers.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday condoled the sad demise of the Chairman, Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Trust and President of Punjab Nursing Colleges Association Charanjit Singh Walia (61), who passed away in a private hospital at SAS Nagar (Mohali) this afternoon after battling Covid for over two weeks. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday condoled the sad demise of Senior Congress Leader and former Cabinet Minister Inderjit Singh Zira (63), who passed away at a private hospital in Mohali this morning after a prolonged illness due to Cancer. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

PATIALA: Stressing on need of support from all walks of life to save the precious lives of the punjab people falling prey to the deadly CORONAVIRUS, Punjab Minister for Forests, Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot said, here, today evening, that one should endorse the measures being taken by the state in public interest instead of opposing them vehemently

LONDON: Incumbent London Mayor Sadiq Khan has won a second term in office, beating his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, following the local elections held last week, the media reported on Sunday.

PANAJI: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's yogic kriya will help government servants to deal with the Covid-19 crisis by strengthening their immune and respiratory systems, a circular issued by the Goa government's General Administration Department has said.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Mr. Tript Bajwa has condoled the sad demise of renowned scholar Rashpal Malhotra (84), who was founder of Center for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID).

GURDASPUR: Punjab Police has arrested Parkash Singh son of former SAD minister Sucha Singh Langah during a raid in a house in Dhariwal and recovered heroin from the house. Two more persons were also arrested.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday condoled the sad demise of Senior Assistant Lalit Jindal (45) who passed away at Rajindra Government Medical College & Hospital, Patiala this morning after battling Covid for over two weeks. He is survived by his parents, wife, a daughter and a son.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has recalled its Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, along with other officials at the Pakistan embassy, to make them part of a high-level inquiry into complaints of demanding bribes from the Pakistani expatriates

PATNA: After the release order submitted by Superintendent of Hotwar jail at Ranchi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad will be released any time from New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and will stay at the official residence of Rajya Sabha MP and his daughter Misa Bharti in the national capital.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet Minister Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi has expressed deep shock and grief over the sad demise of former MLA Jagraj Singh Gill. He was detected positive for Corona and died in hospital.

RUPNAGAR: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) General Secretary and former minister Daljit Singh Cheema today appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to immediately dismiss Food Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu for failing to ensure smooth Wheat procurement and scam in purchase of Bardana.