People in Punjab can now adopt wild animals and birds in major zoos of the state after the introduction of a new government scheme. Under the Animal Adoption Scheme, a person can adopt an animal from the stock of animals in the zoo by paying for the maintenance, safety and food of the animal.
After adoption, [...]

Former Punjab Chief Minister and ex-Haryana Governor Harcharan Singh Brar passed away at his native village Sarai Naga of Muktsar today after protracted illness. He was 87 years old. He breathed his last in Sarai Naga village in Punjab’s Muktsar district and would be cremated tomorrow.
A veteran Congress leader, Brar also held the post of [...]

Indian cricket team player Harbhajan Singh was today fined for driving his car without Number Plate. He was fined Rs 3,000 by Chandigarh Traffic Police for driving his dream Hummer on the city road without a number plate.
ACP (traffic) told mediapersons, “It should set a precedent for the general public”. Harbhajan had imported the Hummer [...]

An air-conditioned coach of Mumbai-Amritsar Golden Temple Express caught fire in Amritsar today but no one was hurt in the mishap. The fire occurred when the vacant AC coach was parked in the railway yard for cleaning and washing.
The fire apparently began in the airconditioner of the coach and the airconditioning system was badly damaged [...]

BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has on Friday resigned from his Lok Sabha seat to protest against his party accommodating a leader who had worked against him in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. Mr Sidhu dashed off his letter to Leader of the Opposition L K Advani stating that he could not work in [...]

Ludhiana: Police has registered a case against former Punjab Minister and 12 others who had attacked members of a rival Congress faction during a function here last night. Former minister Malkiat Singh Birmi, along with Ravi Sarpanch, Sanjay Singh and 10 others were booked under sections 323 and 324 of the IPC. The case was [...]