CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday acquitted the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder case of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh.Division bench comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra of the HC has passed these orders while allowing an appeal filed by Dera chief against…
BATHINDA: The son of Beant Singh, one of the two assassins of Indira Gandhi, is drawing impressive crowds in Punjab‘s Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency, where he is contesting as an Independent.On Monday – which happened to be the 60th death anniversary of Indira’s father Jawaharlal Nehru – Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, 45, was greeted with slogans…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has temporarily halted the experimental opening of a road near the residence of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta observed that the road, which has been closed since the 1980s due to security concerns, has been opposed by both the central and Punjab…
LONDON: British Pakistani Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf was overwhelmed with emotion as he announced his resignation on Monday ahead of two no-confidence votes tabled this week, one in him and one in his government.The motions were tabled by the Tories and Labour after Yousaf (39) last Thursday abruptly terminated the power-sharing cooperation agreement his…
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the by-elections in different districts of Pakistan’s Punjab, the provincial government has imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), Pakistan-based ARY News reported. According to details, Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in districts where by-elections are being held, including Lahore, Kasur and Chakwal. Section 144 of the CrPC…
NEW DELHI: Punjab Police on Friday arrested a member of banned group Khalistan Zindabad Force in New Delhi, who was reportedly operating a terrorist recruitment and funding network from Germany. Prabhpreet Singh was apprehended by Punjab Police’s State Special Operation Cell in Amritsar.The Director General of Police for Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, shared the significant development…
NEW DELHI: Former India cricket star Yuvraj Singh took to social media late Friday to dispel rumors regarding his candidacy in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Gurdaspur, Punjab. Contrary to widespread media reports, Singh affirmed that he would not be entering the political arena, opting instead to continue his philanthropic endeavors through his foundation,…
NEW DELHI: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that, “cold day” to “severe cold day” conditions are likely to continue over some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Rajasthan for next two more days and significantly decrease thereafter.According to the latest forecast from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), dense to very dense fog…
