Punjab

Cold day conditions prevail in eastern UP

Cold wave sweeps Punjab, Haryana

11:41 am January 14, 2021

Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana continued to reel under severe cold wave conditions on Thursday with Narnaul being the coldest place. Narnaul in Haryana shivered at 1.8 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal, an official of the India Meteorological Department said here. Ambala, Hisar and Karnal experienced cold wave conditions at 3.1, 3.7 and 4 degrees […]

Centre should immediately repeal farm laws, no committee can do it: AAP

10:49 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court set up a four-member committee to end the impasse over new farm laws, the AAP on Wednesday demanded that the Centre immediately repeal the legislations as no panel can do it. Addressing a press conference, AAP spokesperson and MLA Raghav Chadha said all the four members of the Supreme […]

Protesting farmers burn copies of agri laws on Lohri

6:51 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: Agitating farmers Wednesday burnt copies of the contentious farm laws to mark the festival of Lohri. One lakh copies of the three agri laws were burnt at the Singhu border alone, said Paramjeet Singh of Samyukta Kisan Morcha. Lohri is widely celebrated in Punjab and Haryana to mark the harvesting of Rabi crops. […]

138 litres of liquor seized from train, accused missing

One held for allegedly selling cheap liquor in scotch bottle moh

12:01 am January 13, 2021

Mohali: The Punjab Excise Department on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly selling cheap brands of liquor, filled in scotch bottles here, an official said. Some persons were involved in smuggling cheap liquor from Chandigarh to Punjab and filling it in bottles of expensive brands, said Excise Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal here. A Zirakpur resident, Jatinder Pal Singh was arrested in a […]

Punjab CM asks AG to examine SC order staying farm laws

7:35 pm January 12, 2021

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked the state Advocate General to examine in detail the Supreme Court order staying the new farm laws and called a meeting of his cabinet to discuss it, the CM’s media advisor said. Singh has convened a cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss the implications of the […]