By Gurpreet Singh Mehak DADHERI(FATEHGARH SAHIB): A pall of gloom descended village Dadheri of district Fatehgarh Sahib, the native place of eminent Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir, who died in PGI, Chandigarh Monday evening.
CHANDIGARH: The world renowned Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir on Monday passed away at the age of 100 years after prolonged illness at PGI Chandigarh.
CHANDIGARH: To pave a way for milling of PAU 201 variety of paddy in the state at the earliest, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal sought the personal intervention of Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to immediately clear the samples of this variety.
CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore, who has been charged for allegedly molesting 19-year-old Ruchika Girhotra, was punched and stabbed thrice by a youth outside the Chandigarh court premises.
Antony assures CM of a positive response CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called on Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony at his residence here at New Delhi on Monday morning and sought his personal intervention to immediately grant approval for setting up of National Defence University at Mohali.
By Satinder Bains CHANDIGARH: The move by a section of Ravidass community to disintegrate from Sikh religion and set up aseparate religion 'Ravidas dharma' has created a social and caste conflict in Punjab.
JAGRAON: "Large number of Punjabis lodged in Saudi Arabia jails for petty offences are being subjected to maltreatment by jail authorities there,” claimed Ranjit Singh Johal (25) of Rasulpur Jandi village, who arrived here with the efforts of the Indian Ex-servicemen League of Punjab and Chandigarh.
CHANDIGARH: Shivraj Patil the new Punjab Governor and Administrator spoke on every issue except about his own Union Territory at the Chief Ministers conference on internal security.He made no reference in terms of Chandigarh's internal security needs.
LUDHIANA: A 27-year-old Education Guarantee Scheme volunteer, Kiranjit Kaur, who set herself on fire during a protest demonstration at Kapurthala on Sunday, died in a private hospital in Ludhiana early Monday, doctors said.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal urged Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to immediately release Rs.24.43 Crore for the construction of Guru Teg Bahadur Diagnostic & Superspeciatlity Block in Government medical college Amritsar under up gradation project of Pradhan Mantri Swatsthya Suraksha Yojana.
By SATINDER BAINS Investigation by PunjabNewsline.com nails lies of Rozana Spokesman CHANDIGARH: A 'false claim' by Punjabi newspaper 'Rozana Spokesman' published from Chandigarhg that its online edition has attained top rank among all the Punjabi and English newspapers in the world has created confusion among the readers. The leading Punjabi newspaper' Daily Ajit' published from Jalandhar has challenged the claim of 'Rozana Spokesman' quoting figures from Alexa.com, a website keeping record of visitors to millions of websites worldwide.
By Ajmer Alam Wani JAMMU: A new surrender policy for militants of Jammu and Kashmir is expected to be formulated by the Centre in consultations with the Jammu and Kashmir State Government which may include a general amnesty.
SRINAGAR: As many as 13 army personnel, including an officer, were killed and 15 seriously injured when a group of about 350 men were swept away by a snow avalanche. They were setting up a winter warfare camp at Khilanmarg, 70 kms from here.
DHARMSHALA: The chief minister of Bihar state, Nitish Kumar on Monday met with the Tibetan Spiritual Leader His Holiness Dalai lama at his Palace in Mcleodganj near Dharmshala where Bihar Chief Minister formally invited the Dalai Lama to visit Patliputra and inaugurate the Bhagwan Buddh Smriti Udyan which is expected to be ready by April-May this year.
CHANDIGARH: The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Government of India (GOI) is Organising 15th all India whips Conference on 10-11 February, 2010 in Chandigarh in collaboration with Government of Punjab.
Special Prosecutor appointed for 1984 riot cases NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the trial court to conclude the hearing of 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases within six months. The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) told Delhi High Court that a special Public Prosecutor would be appointed to handle 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.
CHANDIGARH: Satluj Public School, Sector 4 of Panchkula and local Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 stormed into the final of theTimes NIE-Cremica Cup Inter-School T-20 Cricket Tournament at the DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8 here Monday.
By Ravinder Singh Robin AMRITSAR: AMRITSAR: Several ancient art forms such as copper relief art are on the verge of extinction in the country, but a few artisans in Amritsar have preserved this ancient form.
By Gurpreet Singh Mehak
CHANDIGARH: The world renowned Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir on Monday passed away at the age of 100 years after prolonged illness at PGI Chandigarh.
By Ravinder Singh Robin
