DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today welcomed the NDA government’s decision to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana into life imprisonment as a ‘humanitarian gesture’ on the occasion of 550th birth celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, saying this gesture would bring a closure to the festering wounds […]
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SAD demands CVC probe into MGNREGA embezzlement case
DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded that the probe in the multi-crore MGNREGA embezzlement case should be handed over to the Central Vigilance Commission even as it accused the Congress government of shielding its regional leadership and legislators directly involved in the case by taking action against few low-level officers. […]
Punjab CM asks SGPC to pay $20 fee for Pak visit
DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH With footfalls at the Kartarpur Corridor reported to be quite low so far, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked the ‘cash-rich’ Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) to pay the $20 per pilgrim fee for travel out of their own coffers, at least to the Yellow Card holders who […]
Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi chairing the meeting in Chandigarh on Wednesday
DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi has announced the dates for the World Kabaddi Cup which would be dedicated to the 550th Prakash Purb of Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji this year. In a high level meeting today at the Punjab Bhawan here with the Deputy […]
Grand multimedia light and sound show in Sultanpur Lodhi on Wednesday
DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH Dedicated to 550th Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the spectacular grand multimedia light and sound show in the holy city drew massive crowds on Wednesday. The renowned Punjabi Singer Harbhajan Mann enthralled the people with his musical creations as a tribute to Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji during […]
Punjab Irrigation Retd
DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH Responding to the appeal of Punjab Government to extend all possible financial help to the needy affected by natural calamities in the state, a delegation of Punjab Irrigation Retd. Engineers Association led by its Founder and Life President KL Bhargava here on Wednesday donated Rs.7.51 lakh to towards Chief Minister’s Relief […]