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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh delivers lecture on '70th Anniversary of our Independence-Strengthening the Roots of our Democracy' during the Ist Prof. S.B. Rangnekar Memorial Oration at Punjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Atrocities against Dalits, minorities rising: Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh said atrocities against minorities, Dalits, if unchecked, could harm democracy.

11 Apr 2018 7:45 PM

The form also seeks to know 'whether parents of students are engaged in unclean occupation, whether they are income tax payees, their religion and caste details, genetic disorder, if any, besides students' bank details'. (Photo: File | Representational)

Are parents in 'unclean occupation', Haryana admission form to kids

Commenting on the development, the opposition Congress said the BJP-led state government was indulging in 'racial and religious profiling'.

11 Apr 2018 9:42 AM

Total CCL of Rs 21,179.60 crore sought by the state government for the purchase of 130 lakh tonnes of wheat in this season has been released. (Photo: PTI)

RBI clears CCL for purchase of wheat

Central government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat at Rs 1,735 per quintal.

11 Apr 2018 8:52 AM

During preliminary interrogation, the youths confessed that they were radicalised by an Indian and were members of a Facebook page 'Referendum-2020'. (Photo: Representational)

Punjab police arrest four ISI-trained men for planning to disrupt IPL matches

The men were allegedly trained by an ISI agent through social media to disturb communal harmony.

05 Apr 2018 11:48 AM

The PRTC, Punjab Roadways and PunBus buses would not ply on roads and the services of these buses would remain suspended on Monday. (Photo: www.punbusonline.com/)

Punjab: Dalit groups strike, govt suspends transport, mobile internet

The order to suspend mobile internet services has been taken to prevent spread of misinformation and rumours through social media platforms.

01 Apr 2018 7:58 PM

Earlier on March 23, the Punjab government launched a program named Drug Awareness Prevention Officers under which 35,000 designated officers took an oath to eradicate the drug problem from the state. (Photo: Pixabay)

Punjab govt sets up committee to censor songs promoting drugs

The committee is tasked to identify instances of glorification of drug abuse, violence and depiction of any obscene elements.

31 Mar 2018 3:55 PM

Harjit Masih however, managed to return to India after giving a slip to the ISIS militants suffering gun wound. (Photo: ANI)

Indians made to kneel down, killed in front of me: Escaped IS captive

Giving details of the incident, Masih said that Indians were working at a factory in Iraq in 2014.

21 Mar 2018 1:37 PM

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament on Tuesday that all 39 Indians, abducted by the ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies were recovered. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Hopes trashed as kin get informed on TV about Indian captives' death

Several relatives of the killed workers said they were not officially informed about their loved ones by any government authority.

20 Mar 2018 7:04 PM

At the press conference, Sidhu had sought the arrest of Majithia, accusing him of having links with drug peddlers, while claiming that he was aware of the findings of the STF report. Sidhu's wife had also addressed the media. (Photo: DC File)

Akali Dal's Majithia demands criminal case against Navjot Singh Sidhu, wife

Majithia alleged, Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife had disclosed the contents of the report at a press conference in Chandigarh last week.

20 Mar 2018 2:09 PM

A special court in Chandigarh on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to Jagtar Singh Tara in connection with assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. (Photo: PTI | File)

Jagtar Singh Tara gets life term in Beant Singh assassination case

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000.

17 Mar 2018 9:11 PM

'STF has made it clear that there is a substantial evidence of the role of Bikram Majithia in drug peddling which needs to be probed. Punjab government cannot ignore these facts,' Sidhu told reporters on Friday. (Photo: File)

Navjot Singh Sidhu seeks arrest of Majithia over drug charges

On Thursday, the Punjab government in the Punjab and Haryana High Court had said that two member panel would examine the STF report.

17 Mar 2018 10:44 AM

Arvind Kejriwal tendered the apology to former minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against the former minister. (Photo: File)

Punjab's Lok Insaf Party breaks ties with AAP after Delhi CM’s apology

LIP leader Simarjeet Bains called Arvind Kejriwal 'traitor', alleging that he 'betrayed' the people of Punjab by tendering an apology.

17 Mar 2018 8:33 AM

In his twitter, AAP Punjab co-president Aman Arora said he has resigned from the post due to painful turn of events since Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/@AroraAmanSunam)

Kejriwal apology to Majithia: After Mann, AAP Punjab co-prez resigns

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had apologised for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against ex-Punjab min Bikram Singh Majithia.

16 Mar 2018 5:25 PM

Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on Friday resigned as the AAP's Punjab chief, a day after party supremo Arvind Kejriwal's apology to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia drew flak from state unit leaders. (Photo: PTI)

AAP Punjab chief terms Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia as ‘letdown’, resigns

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had apologised for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against ex-Punjab min Bikram Singh Majithia.

16 Mar 2018 1:12 PM

Mann announced his decision to resign on Twitter. (Photo: PTI)

After Kejriwal’s apology, Bhagwant Mann resigns as AAP’s Punjab unit chief

Delhi CM had on Friday tendered an apology for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against former Punjab minister Majithia.

16 Mar 2018 11:51 AM

However, the 'meek surrender' drew flak from Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Punjab unit leaders who termed Kejriwal's step a 'letdown'. (Photo: PTI)

'Meek surrender’: Kejriwal apologises to ex-Punjab min over drugs charge

Former Punjab minister Majithia had filed a defamation case against Kejriwal and Ashish Khetan in May 2015.

16 Mar 2018 8:45 AM

Addressing a rally in Chnadigarh, she labelled the Narendra Modi government at the Centre a "dictatorship" and alleged that it had "surpassed" the Emergency imposed by the Congress government in 1975. (Photo: PTI)

BJP may call for early Lok Sabha polls after defeat in UP, Bihar: Mayawati

Mayawati accused the government of weakening democracy and making constitutional organisations and the media ineffectual.

16 Mar 2018 8:22 AM

The Bill also provides for making the existing criminal laws related to other sexual offences more stringent. (Photo: PTI)

After Rajasthan, MP, Haryana passes Bill for death penalty of rape convicts

The Criminal Law (Haryana Amendment) Bill, moved by the state's parliamentary affairs min was passed on the last day of the budget session.

15 Mar 2018 8:19 PM

The incident took place on Monday when Charanjit Singh Channi had called 37 mechanical lecturers for giving them their posting orders. (Photo: PTI)

Punjab minister flips coin to decide on right candidate for lecturer’s post

Spokesperson of the Congress govt claimed that the minister's intention was to allot the postings in a ‘transparent’ manner.

13 Feb 2018 5:04 PM

A case has been registered against three accused and one of them was arrested, the police said, adding further investigation was on.

Haryana: 19-yr-old woman raped in vehicle by 3 people, including driver

The woman said that three men along with the driver of the jeep she boarded took her to the fields nearby and raped her.

06 Feb 2018 1:43 PM

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