The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

CHANDIGARH: The UT administration has written a letter to the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) to expedite the process to notify eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary for the area falling in Punjab and Haryana.

Sachin Pilot meets family of slain singer

PANCHKULA: Haryana underlined their dominance in the wrestling ring, bagging all five gold up for grabs to vault to the second spot of the Khelo India Youth Games medal tally, after a dull morning session in which cyclist Vrinda Yadav bagged the first yellow metal for the home side on…

AMRITSAR: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday paid obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and held a closed-door meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar Gyani Harpreet Singh ahead of the Operation Bluestar anniversary.

BENGALURU: Mumbai will strive to be the Mumbai of yore in their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Uttarakhand, beginning here from Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Even as a couple of Congress leaders began tweeting about making the father of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala the consensus candidate for Sangrur bypoll slated for June 23, the latter released a video message on Saturday saying that he was not in the frame of mind to…

CHANDIGARH: Barely two weeks after former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar joined the BJP, four former Punjab cabinet ministers Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Raj Kumar Verka joined the saffron party on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH/PATIALA: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has announced Kamaldeep Kaur, sister of death row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, as its joint candidate with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and some panthic organisations for the June 23 Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection. The decision was taken after Kaur, a day after expressing her…

BATHINDA: Deceased Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu alias Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh has vehemently declined to contest the upcoming election from Sangrur parliamentary constituency. He has asked people not to believe in numerous posts in social media about political leaders stressing the need to make him consensus candidate.