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Olympic-bound shot putter Toor continues impressive form with 21.10m throw

Tajinder Pal Singh Toor booked an Olympic ticket last Monday with a national record throw of 21.49m during the Indian Grand Prix 4

29 Jun 2021 1:28 AM

Out of the total towers impacted, 25 had been damaged, allegedly by some farmers and their supporters in violation of the directions given by farmers' unions to keep their protests against the farm laws peaceful (Representational Image:DC)

Over 1,500 mobile towers targeted during farmers' stir in Punjab

Chief Minister Amarinder singh issues stern warning against vandalisation and disruption of telecom services

29 Dec 2020 2:13 AM

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh speaks during the second day of the Special Vidhan Sabha Session, in Chandigarh, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (PTI)

Punjab 'negates' central farm laws, passes 4 bills

The move comes after a directive from Sonia Gandhi to states ruled by Congress to pass separate laws negating the effect of the Central laws

21 Oct 2020 12:56 PM

File photo of Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Parliament House in New Delhi. Badal resigned from Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, over the farm sector bills. (PTI)

Harsimrat is SAD but speaks tenderly about NDA

Post-resignation remarks by Akali Dal minister hint at room for appeasement

18 Sep 2020 6:36 PM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said twenty-three ministers and MLAs tested coronavirus positive. (PTI Photo)

Ahead of assembly session, 23 ministers and MLAs test COVID positive: Punjab CM

CM Amarinder Singh tried to emphasise that the scenario was not conducive for holding physical examination for JEE-NEET

26 Aug 2020 8:17 PM

Punjab hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 62; ten nabbed for selling spurious liquor

The deaths have taken place in Tarn Taran, Batala and Amritsar districts of the state since Wedesday.

01 Aug 2020 4:47 PM

Indian Army Chief MM Naravane visits forward aeras in international border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. — DC photo

Indian Army Chief visits forward areas in international border with Pakistan

The Army chief said there should be ‘zero tolerance’ against the ceasefire violations by Pakistan and infiltration attempts by terrorists

14 Jul 2020 2:10 PM

The head priest of the Akal Takht, Giani Harpreet Singh (centre) and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Gobind Singh Longowal (left) speak to the media persons after offering prayers on the 36th anniversary of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on June 6, 2020. The Indian military's June 1984 assault on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, called Operation Blue Star, was aimed at flushing out militants holed up inside demanding an independent Sikh homeland. The struggle culminated in the deadly storming of the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine. (AFP)

Akal Takht jathedar: Sikhs will accept Khalistan if government offers it

Pro-Khalistan slogans heard in the Golden Temple complex on the anniversary of Blue Star

06 Jun 2020 4:39 PM

13 Iranian tourists quarantined in Amritsar over Covid19 fears

They have been asked to not leave the hotel till their medical examination gets over as a precautionary measure

06 Mar 2020 12:43 PM

Rescue operations being carried out after a three-storey building collapsed in Mohali district, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. The building, located on the Kharar-Landran road, came down when a JCB machine was digging nearby. (PTI Photo)

JCB work next door causes collapse of three-storey building in Mohali, Punjab

JCB driver dies, buried under the rubble of commercial building

09 Feb 2020 1:14 AM

The Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur got angry after the journalist questioned his party's visibility in the state. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: AAP Leader loses cool over reporter's question

When the journalist tried to ask another question, the AAP leader said: 'Have you taken a contract to ask all the questions?'

25 Dec 2019 12:32 PM

Last season runners-up East Bengal needed a late equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw against a gritty Punjab FC side in an I-League match the Guru Nanak Stadium here on Saturday. (Photo :Twitter)

Juan Mera's late equaliser saves East Bengal against Punjab FC

East Bengal coach Alejandro Menendez Garcia named a largely unchanged line-up from his side that drew 1-1 at home against Real Kashmir FC.

07 Dec 2019 7:05 PM

After sometime when she went inside his room, she found her son's lifeless body hanging from the ceiling fan. (Photo: Representational)

Your shorts are inappropriate: Ludhiana student commits suicide over humiliation

A kin of the victim, Dhananjay Kumar, 18, has accused the school principal and two teachers for abetment to suicide.

01 Dec 2019 5:07 PM

Senior BJP leader Anil Vij on Monday slammed Congress' Navjot Singh Sidhu for praising Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Kartarpur corridor inauguration ceremony and for allegedly seeking to present the Pakistani leadership on a higher pedestal than India's. (Photo: File)

BJP's Anil Vij demands apology from Sidhu for praising Pak PM Imran Khan

He also criticised Sidhu's remarks praising Imran Khan and describing him as the king of hearts.

12 Nov 2019 11:33 AM

Before he left for Kartarpur on Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned Pakistan against interfering in Kashmir and to stop “eyeing” Punjab, and said it won’t succeed in its “nefarious designs”. (Photo: File)

Don’t interfere in Kashmir, stop ‘eyeing’ Punjab: Amarinder Singh to Pakistan

Singh also said he hoped Pakistan would understand that India wants friendly relations with it.

10 Nov 2019 12:10 PM

It will be easy to pay obeisance at the Darbar Sahib gurdwara after the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, Modi said at a gathering in Dera Baba Nanak. (Photo: ANI)

Kartarpur corridor: Modi thanks Imran Khan for understanding India's sentiment

Imran Khan will inaugurate the corridor on the Pakistani side and receive the Indian Sikh pilgrims, including former PM Manmohan Singh.

09 Nov 2019 1:04 PM

On being asked if he will attend the inauguration ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor, Sunny told media here, "If I won't go who will? I will definitely go. It is my area and my home." (Photo: ANI)

It's my area, my home: Sunny Deol on attending Kartarpur Corridor inauguration

Apart from Deol, the delegation will include Manmohan Singh, Punjab CM and Union Ministers Hardeep Puri and Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

08 Nov 2019 9:17 AM

Singh said that they do not expect Pakistan to dare to do any mischief through the Corridor, but it is important that, as a border state, Punjab remains on alert. (Photo: File)

‘They have a hidden agenda’: Punjab CM on Pak’s Kartarpur video

Kartarpur corridor, which will link Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur to Durbar Sahib gurdwara in Pak’s Kartarpur, is set to be opened on Nov 9.

06 Nov 2019 2:20 PM

The district administration in Haryana on November 2 had also penalised 133 farmers for resorting to stubble burning with the minimum fine of Rs 2,500. (Photo: ANI)

Farmers continue to burn stubble in Punjab, air quality index remains severe

Air Quality Index (AQI) is severe and a layer of smog has covered the area in the national capital and its neighbouring state.

04 Nov 2019 2:24 PM

SCL Das, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs said that India is ready to make the amendment in the agreement if Pakistan decides to waive the fee. (Photo: ANI)

Disappointed, India urges Pak to reconsider 20 USD service charges on pilgrims

The delegations of the countries met at the 'Zero Line' and signed the agreement on the corridor.

24 Oct 2019 2:58 PM

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