Two days after the Punjab government got a rap from the Punjab and Haryana high court for not taking action against rapper Honey Singh, a case was registered against the Punjabi singer at the city police station here under Section 294 (singing obscene songs at public place to the annoyance of others) of the Indian Penal Code.
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) takes the services of untrained and illegitimate "patwaris" in its land-acquisition process for mega projects.
To safeguard the interests of Scheduled Castes, Dalit leader Paramjit Singh Kainth on Friday announced the launch of a new political outfit - National Scheduled Castes Alliance (NSCA).
The stage is set for voters to make their choice after campaigning for zila parishad and block samiti elections ended on Friday evening. Parties' bigwigs and candidates left no stone unturned to seek votes on the last day of canvassing.
Condemning the violent armed attack during a function of the People's Party of Punjab (PPP) on Thursday, party president Manpreet Badal has said this was the latest instance of the victimisation and vendetta unleashed upon the party by the government.
Amid all hullabaloo about seeking Sant Rampal's ouster and getting Satlok Ashram vacated, the Government Senior Secondary School at Karontha village of the district bore the brunt.
In an indication of a possible tie-up between their parties ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha and assembly elections, BJP president Rajnath Singh called on ailing Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala at a hospital in Delhi on Thursday.
Had he not forgotten the remotes, a 25-year-old youth in Srinagar would have made good escape after allegedly stealing 10 LED TVs from an electronics shop with a deft touch.
Having accused and then got her husband arrested along with his alleged lover - both police officials -- on charges of trying to kill her last September, Santosh Devi on Thursday told the court that it was all a "misunderstanding".
Union minister Manish Tewari today alleged that the Akali-BJP government has pushed Punjab into a debt trap, and ridiculed the state government for describing it as a "productive debt".
After followers of the Arya Samaj called off their agitation at Karontha village of the district on Wednesday, a few of them continued to protest in fields, lifting the blockade from the Jhajjar-Rohtak road on Thursday.
She is a puny little girl, but it is her resolve to study, come what may, that sets her apart. All of 11 years, Neha epitomises the dreams every child of her age harbours and wishes to fulfill them.
The union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) has pulled up the Haryana government for using the services of Iskcon Foundation, a renowned non-government organisation (NGO), for supplying midday meal (MDM) to children of rural schools in the state.
The Sikh clergy here on Wednesday failed to resolve the controversy over militant preacher Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s name inscribed on the Operation Bluestar memorial and the signboard in the ‘parkarma’ of the Golden Temple complex.
Three days after a violent clash broke out at Karontha village of the district, followers of the Arya Samaj have called off their agitation when supporters of Sant Rampal vacated the Satlok Ashram here on Wednesday morning.