Chandigarh: The arrest of Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukhi, once dreaded militant turned “police cat”, by Delhi police on September 26 from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on drug peddling charges has put Punjab Police in awkward situation and questions are being raised over free hand enjoyed by Punjab police during days of militancy. A Ludhiana based NGO, [...]

AMRITSAR: All India Sikhs Students Federation (AISSF) has approached Jathedar of Akal Takht urging him to issue directive to declare November 01 as “Sikh Genocide Day”. The Sikh body has also appealed to the community to commemorate the same internationally. Federation president Karnail Singh Peer mohommad told TOI on Sunday that in a request submitted [...]

Punjab Newsline Network Friday, July 2011 By Manan Saini GURDASPUR: Once again war begins in between State alliance government and former parliamentary secretary and BJP Member of Legislative Assembly from Batala Jagdish Raj Sahni on the issue of forming Pathankot as a new District. Sahni said that Batala should also complete all the necessary terms [...]

Punjab Newsline Network Sunday, 24 July 2011 CHANDIGARH : After ignoring urban infrastructure development for four and a half years, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine has finally woken up to the urgent need for upgrading urban infrastructure in Punjab. However the schemes announced by the Deputy Chief Minister yesterday are nothing more than a [...]

Punjab Newsline Network Sunday, 24 July 2011 CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today said the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had betrayed Sant Harchand Singh Longowal and also sabotaged the Rajiv-Longowal accord. He said, Badal did it as that suited his personal political ambitions. Speaking on the occasion of the twenty-sixth [...]

AMRITSAR: A court in Haryana has issued non-bailable warrants against Jatehdar of Takht Damdama Sahib Balwant Singh Nandgarh. Takht Damdama falls in Talwandi Sabo town of Bathinda district in Punjab. So far no Sikh Jathedar had ever appeared before any court of law in his official capacity. Jatehdar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh talking to [...]

Punjab Newsline Network Saturday, July 2011 By Vikas Kahol CHANDIGARH: Politics in India is witnessing a gradual shift. Politicians have realised that the country’s nondescript villages are no longer the forgotten territory meant to be visited once in five years to garner votes. This urgency to reach out to the constituency notwithstanding, the Raj-era mentality [...]

By Zubair Ahmed BBC News, Dadar, Mumbai Policemen surround a vehicle which was damaged at the site of a bomb explosion in the Dadar area of Mumbai July 13, 2011 Police are gathering evidence at Dadar – the scene of one of the blasts Dadar is one of the old areas of Mumbai, in the [...]

Gurpreet Singh Mehak KHANNA: It is high time that the masses of Punjab rise to the occasion and choose to shape their future rather than waiting for a miracle to happen. This was stated by Manpreet Singh Badal, founder of People’s Party of Punjab in a packed rally at village Rampur, near Doraha Thursday. Manpreet [...]

By Columbus Mavhunga, For CNN July 4, 2011 10:50 p.m. EDT Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, left, stands beside FIFA President Sepp Blatter at State House in Harare on Monday. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, left, stands beside FIFA President Sepp Blatter at State House in Harare on Monday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * FIFA is looking into allegations [...]