Authorities at Government Rajindra Hospital here have denied that the institute has received any request for returning of organs, which were extracted during the autopsy of an eight-year-old British girl of Indian origin, who had died at a private hospital in Khanna.
Alleging that there was widespread rigging during the polling, the Congress apprehends that ruling party can manipulate counting of votes to their advantage on May 21.
Amid allegations of booth capturing by SAD workers in his contituency, rural development minister Surjit Singh Rakhra said the zila parishad and block samiti polls end on a free-and-fare note.
Pointing out the sporadic incidents of violence during the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections across the state on Sunday, People's Party of Punjab president Manpreet Singh Badal has said that chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has lost the right to rule.
Timely intervention of deputy commissioner (DC) GK Singh and senior superintendent of police (SSP) HS Mann foiled a booth capturing bid by the husband of Vanider Kaur Loomba, local MLA, official sources said.
The anti-narcotic drive of the district police has suffered a setback with residents of Ghagga town holding a massive protest and blocking the Patiala highway for more than four hours on Saturday to protest against framing of a businessman's son in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Three days after an inebriated Karamjit Singh (35) set himself ablaze after putting his wife and two children on fire, the local police registered a case of murder and attempt to murder against him on Saturday.
Slamming the violence allegedly unleashed by Akali Dal jathedars and lack of control by the Parkash Singh Badal government as weapons have not been seized on the eve of the zila parishad and block samiti elections, Paramjit Singh Kainth, president of the newly-formed National Scheduled Castes Alliance (NSCA), has blamed the Sukhbir-Majithia duo for the situation.
Finally, some oxygen was breathed into the demoralised Congress workers in the high-profile constituency of Samana with union minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur and her son, Raninder Singh, who unsuccessfully contested last assembly polls from the segment extensively campaigning for the party candidates for the May 19 zila parishad and block samiti polls.
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.
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.
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.
After facing criticism in Patiala for creating hurdles in setting up of a solid waste management plant, rural development minister Surjit Singh Rakhra on Thursday had to face the heat for his “non-performance” from residents at Trein village in Samana constituency, which is represented by him. Rakhra had to leave the public meeting.
Angry over his wife's opposition to his drinking habit, an inebriated man set himself ablaze after setting on fire his wife along with their two children at Mullowal village near Dhuri in Sangrur district.
The Patiala police on Thursday claimed to have arrested three key aides of Jagdish Bhola, kingpin in the Fathegarh drug haul case, with 30 kg of a chemical drug, Pseudoephedrine, worth R35 crore in the international market.