Faridkot (Punjab) (ANI): The tests conducted on the hair samples of 150 neurologically disabled children in Punjab”s Faridkot District have revealed high levels of Uranium and other harmful chemicals. “Approximately 150 children”s hair samples of Baba Farid Center For Special Children were taken for heavy metal test. Heavy metals are known for creating neurological disorder. [...]
Ludhiana (ANI): Lashing out against the government”s decision to sack them, AIDS outreach workers staged a highly charged agitation here on Tuesday. Demanding that the government immediately reinstate them, the outraged workers carried out a long march across the city and chanted slogans to vent their anger. The state-run National Aids Control Organization (NACO) had [...]
Moga (Punjab), June 15 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed near Halwara in Punjab”s Moga District on Tuesday. “It was a controlled ejection and the pilot was able to eject safely,” said an IAF spokesperson. More details are awaited. (ANI)
Amritsar (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) displayed rare items dating back to the fifteenth to eighteenth century inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple to mark the Guru Gaddi Nashini of Guru Hargobind, the sixth spiritual master of the Sikhs. Thousands of devotees thronged the Golden Temple to have a glimpse of [...]
Ludhiana (ANI): With the shortage of migrant workers in Ludhiana, the farmers here are a worried lot and flock the railway station to find labourers to work in their fields. The labours basically migrate from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and work in the farms in Punjab. The farmers waiting outside the railway station in search [...]
Amritsar (ANI): Punjab Police Special Operation Cell (SOC) has seized a huge cache of heroin and ammunition along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar District. Addressing the media on Thursday, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Manminder Singh said that the police had recovered over two kilograms of heroin, six kilograms of RDX, 20 detonators and ten timer [...]
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar (ANI): Punjab police have arrested a terrorist of the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), wanted in over 25 criminal cases by the police and recovered 2.3 kg RDX, a detonator, 30 bore pistol and 28 cartridges from him. Bakshish Singh alias Baba was arrested on Saturday by a team of [...]
Amritsar (Punjab): At least 30 under-teen students developed feelings of nausea after taking iron pills here on Friday. This incident took place at the Government Senior Secondary School located in the neighbourhood of Hakima Gate in the city. The young students complained of acute pain in the stomach. Some vomited after taking the pills. School [...]
By Ravinder Singh Robin- Kameer Pura (Ajnala Sector): Many villages at the Punjab’s border want the bridge over “Saki Nallah” to be strengthened. The bridge has just one passage route that connects over 15 villages of the border area to the Ajnala sector. The villages have been demanding that a modern bridge should be constructed. The [...]
Ludhiana: Ludhiana on Sunday continued to experience high temperature well above normal. With the mercury hovering around 45-degree Celsius mark accompanied by unscheduled and prolonged power cuts and water crisis, the locals are having a tough time. “It is very hot here. High temperature has made life difficult. With water crisis and prolonged power cuts [...]
Nahan: Finally the former world wrestling entertainment (WWE) champion The Great Khali alias Daleep Singh would be reinstated in the Punjab Police within the couple of days. However the Punjab government has also granted five years leave to Great Khali for wrestling. This was decided on Saturday at Delhi during a meeting of Khali with [...]
Nahan: Punjab is not opposing the industrial package for Himachal but was demanding a blue print for providing such packages to states, stating this Industry Minister of Punjab Manoranjan Kalia said that hill state has a very good potential for Hydro ad tourism projects similarly Punjab can do good in agriculture sector. Interacting with Northern [...]
Badal Participates in Akal Academy Annual function at Baru Sahib in Himachal Baru Sahib (Nahan): Punjab government will examine the suspension of the Great Khali the renowned wrestler of WWE. Interacting with Northern Voices Online at Baru Sahib Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal said that the issue came to his knowledge last month through [...]
New Delhi: The Annual Plan of Punjab for the year 2009-10 has been approved in a meeting between the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Prakash Singh Badal, here today. The Annual Plan size was agreed at Rs.8600 crores. This includes additional Central assistance of Rs.75 crores [...]