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 [...]

Heavy rains lashed some parts of Punjab inundating the kharif crops including paddy in several villages of Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala and Sangrur districts. The maximum temperatures in Punjab and Haryana however continued to remain above normal by one to three degrees while in Himachal Pradesh they plummeted due to fresh spells of monsoon showers. The [...]

A military court has on Saturday sacked Captain Poonam Kaur on charges of disobedience and leveling false charges of physical and mental harassment on her seniors.
Last year in July, Captain Poonam Kaur of Kalka based Army Services Corps Battalion had accused her commanding officer Colnel R K Sharma, Lieutenant Ajay Chawla and Major Suraj Bhan [...]

The duration of summer vacations in all Government, aided and private schools in Punjab have been extended till July 12, 2009 due to the prevailing hot weather. Dr. Upinderjit Kaur Education Minister Punjab said that earlier these schools were to re-open on July 7 but now these would remain close till July 12. Stern action [...]

Finance Minister Mr Manpreet Singh Badal presented the Budget for Punjab 2009-10 today. Badal announced Rs 3,000 cr bonanza for the Punjab government employees. He said that the recommendations of the 5th State Pay Commission would be implemented from August even as the revenue deficit of the state increased to Rs 4,233.92 cr against [...]