Punjab

Pathankot (Punjab), Jan 2:  Fresh gunshots and blasts were again heard from the Indian Air Force base here after a lull of around three hours, as combing operations continued following a terror attack early Saturday. Around four to six…

Chandigarh, Jan 1: Security forces were put on high alert in Pathankot in Punjab's frontier district Gurdaspur on Friday after a senior police officer said he and his associates were seized by five armed men in army fatigues. Talwinder…

Amritsar, Dec 31: Nine people were killed and 12 others injured in Punjab's Amritsar district after a mini-bus rammed into the vehicle in which they were travelling, police said. The incident took place on Wednesday night on…

New Delhi, Dec 29: A former Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel has been arrested for his alleged links with Pakistan's spy agency ISI, police said on Tuesday. "We have arrested a former IAF personnel from Punjab on charges of spying for…

New Delhi, Dec 14: The Rajya Sabha was disrupted repeatedly on Monday over what the Congress termed "atrocities" on Dalits in Punjab, as party leaders protested the gruesome chopping of limbs of two Dalit men in Abohar district. As the…

Chandigarh, Nov 25: Punjab claims to have set a national benchmark with a 172-fold increase in solar power generation. "Punjab has scripted a new success story on the solar energy front by recording stupendous increase in green power…

New Delhi, Nov 21: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday accused Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi of encouraging divisive forces to create disturbances in the state. The Congress rubbished the allegation, saying…

Amritsar, Oct 24: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday paid obeisance at the Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, here and said "no one could live in peace after insulting holy scriptures". Stating that he…

If we think only some fringe elements are behind the communal disturbances in the country, we are terribly wrong. It's a bigger conspiracy. Punjab is an eye-opener. Preliminary probe hints at use of foreign funds in the desecration of…

Chandigarh, Oct 21: A soldier shot dead four of his relatives, including a minor, in a village in Punjab's Sangrur district on Tuesday before police surrounded him and shot him dead after he refused to surrender, police said. Jagdeep…