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BATHINDA: Whichever way Pakistan votes on Feb 8, country's first Hindu woman to run for national assembly, Dr Saveera Parkash, will rejoice in how her Muslim constituency, restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, and Islamic republic accepted someone from minority community as 'Buner ki beti' (daughter of Buner).When Dr Saveera ...

ATTARI: After a considerable wait, the Indian national flag was ceremoniously raised atop the nation's tallest flagpole, situated on the Attari-Wagah border with Pakistan, by Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday.The Indian flagpole in Attari is 18 feet taller than its Pakistan counterpart in ...

JALANDHAR: Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was arrested by Punjab Police on Thursday morning after cops conducted raids at his Chandigarh house at around 6.30am. The Bholath MLA was arrested in a case registered at Jalalabad, Fazlika.Khaira alleged that he was arrested in a false case registered against him ...

CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Bhagwant Mann has made a commitment to make Punjab a drug-free state by next Independence Day, but the ground reality is different. Despite “best efforts” put in by various state government wings since the constitution of the anti-drug special task force (STF) during the Congress regime ...

AMRITSAR: Twenty-two days after fugitive pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh and his aide Papalpreet Singh escaped from the Punjab police’s dragnet in Jalandhar, the Amritsar rural police succeeded in Papalpreet’s arrest on Monday morning from Kathunangal area. But Amritpal still continues to be on the run.Sukhchain Singh Gill, inspector general ...

There are some soldiers who are born to be soldiers. It is not a choice they make consciously, but a vocation that pulls them towards it subconsciously. Col Chhewang Rinchen, Maha Vir Chakra and Bar, Sena Medal, Mentioned-in-Despatches, was one such man. Not much is known about this legendary ...

CHANDIGARH: Four more associates of Amritpal Singh were arrested Tuesday for allegedly helping him sneak past multiple police teams and reach a gurdwara in Jalandhar's Nangal Ambian village, where he apparently changed from traditional Sikh attire into a shirt and trousers before fleeing with three others on two motorbikes.IGP ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against the five arrested aides of self-proclaimed pro-Khalistan Sikh preacher and ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh, who continues to be on the run.Police are also likely to invoke the NSA against Amritpal upon his arrest and have ...

AMRITSAR: A 19-year-old Pakistani woman, Iqra Jeewani, fell in love with an Indian boy, Mulayam Singh, while playing Ludo online, came all the way to India via Kathmandu to marry him and even chose to stay illegally in Bengaluru. Her love story was cut short, as police found her ...

GURDASPUR: Ahead of Republic Day, a drone from Pakistan airdropped military grade hardware made in China in Punjab's Gurdaspur district late Tuesday night. However, the BSF troopers managed to spot it only when it was over 8.5 km inside the Indian territory from the India-Pakistan international border, setting off ...