Everything you need to know about Kuruk Jagir: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kuruk Jagir: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) Its second consecutive innings in power was a politically historic event. But just six months later, the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance government in the state is facing politically trying times with three ministers having been forced to quit their jobs following controversies.
Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) Punjab's Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes Welfare Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike resigned from his post Sunday following recent allegations of embezzlement of grants from his discretionary funds as minister.
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 11 (ANI): Sikh community in Malaysia has planned to hold a week of prayers for the victims of the recent shooting rampage in a gurdwara in the United States, which left seven dead.
Jalandhar, July 16 (ANI): Arrested former Punjab Government minister Bibi Jagir Kaur presided over a prayer session in the prison premises here on Monday.
Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) A convicted legislator in Punjab has been allowed by the Election Commission (EC) to vote in the July 19 presidential election.
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) This could be termed the height of irony, even in the strange world of politics. Two ministers in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal-led government, convicted in separate cases and even handed down prison sentences, have resigned on high "moral grounds".
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday accepted the resignation of state Agriculture Minister Tota Singh, who was convicted for misusing an official car and forging the log book.
Chandigarh, Apr.5 (ANI): Punjab Director General of Police (Prisons) Shashi Kant has rejected a request from former state minister Bibi Jagir Kaur to install a television in her cell at the Kapurthala Jail.
Chandigarh, Apr 5 (ANI): Causing a major embarrassment to the Congress state unit, President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Captain Amarinder Singh, has justified the preferential treatment given to former minister Bibi Jagir Kaur in the Kapurthala prison.
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (ANI): A detailed inquiry has been ordered into the VIP treatment being provided to former Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur, currently lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter.
New Delhi, Apr 3 (ANI): Reacting to reports that VIP facilities were being provided to former Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur, currently lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter, Congress Party on Tuesday expressed hope that the judiciary would take cognizance of these reports and initiate appropriate action under the laws.
New Delhi/Kapurthala, Apr 3 (ANI): Congress party on Tuesday criticized the special treatment provided to the tainted state minister Bibi Jagir Kaur in prison, where she is serving a five year sentence.
Amid the news of treating prisoner Bibi Jagir Kaur as VVIP in Kapurthala Central Jail, Punjab's Director General of Police (Prisons) Shashi Kant on.......
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) After treating her as a VIP inmate instead of as a convicted criminal, prison authorities in Punjab Tuesday ordered a probe into the preferential treatment being extended to former Punjab cabinet minister Jagir Kaur.
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) A day after she was convicted and sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and other charges in the mysterious death of her daughter, the Punjab governor Saturday evening accepted the resignation of cabinet minister Jagir Kaur.
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Hardly a few hours after her conviction and arrest Friday evening, former Punjab cabinet minister Jagir Kaur continued to wield political influence even as a prisoner of law.
A special CBI court in Patiala on Friday sentenced five years rigorous imprisonment to Punjab Minister and former Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) President Bibi Jagir Kaur for hatching conspiracy in her daughter's abduction.....
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) The following is the sequence of events in the death of Harpreet Kaur, daughter of Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur.
Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) Senior Punjab minister Jagir Kaur was Friday arrested and sent to jail after being held guilty by a court here of conspiracy in the mysterious death of her daughter in April 2000. However, the court dropped murder charges against her.
Chandigarh, Mar.30 (ANI): A special CBI court in Patiala on Friday found Punjab minister and former Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur guilty of forcing her daughter, Harpreet Kaur, to undergo an abortion and sentenced her to five years rigorous imprisonment.
Kapurthala/Ludhiana, Jan 30 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) said on Monday that it was confident of winning a second consecutive term.
After concluding the voting in Manipur on Saturday, today voting exercise went on in two states - Punjab and Uttarakhand as a part of assembly election. According to official sources, as much as 65% of voting is registered in Punjab while the....
After concluding the voting in Manipur on Saturday, today voting exercise went on in two states - Punjab and Uttarakhand as a part of assembly election. According to official sources, as much as 65% of voting is registered in Punjab while the....
Kapurthala/Ludhiana, Jan 30 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) said on Monday that it was confident of winning a second consecutive term.
Lambi, Jan 17 (ANI): With assembly polls in Punjab right around the corner, state Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal has accused the Congress party for not fulfilling its promises.
Lambi, Jan 17 (ANI): With assembly polls in Punjab right around the corner, state Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal has accused the Congress party for not fulfilling its promises.
Kuala Lumpur, June 12 (ANI): The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council, a local Sikh body, has urged the Government to set-up a constitutional body to regulate non-Muslim places of worship in the country.
Rajatal, (India-Pakistan Border), Jan. 5 (ANI): Border Security Personnel (BSF) personnel foiled a bid by suspected Pakistani smugglers who were trying to sneak into Indian territory at Rajatal sector of Indo Pak border on Monday night.
Dhanoae (Indo Pak Border), Sep. 12 (ANI): Several incidents of shelling or firing from Pakistan side of the India-Pakistan border in Attari sector of Punjab, including the latest witnessed on Friday night, have caused a sense of fear among villagers.
Lahore, Sep.12 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected India's allegations of breaking the ceasefire between the two countries by denying reports of rockets being fired from its side towards India at the Wagah border.
Kachye Dhanoae (Punjab) Sep 12 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) retaliated with machine gun fire after Pakistan fired three rockets inside the Indian territory on Friday night.
Dhandae, (Atari Sector), July 7 (ANI): A day after rockets were fired from the Pakistani side on two villages on the Indian side of Punjab, the Border Security Force (BSF) said that it would take action if Islamabad failed to satisfied Indian security officials on the issue.
Toronto, Feb 6 (ANI): A 60-year-old Calgary woman became the oldest Canadian to become a mum as she gave birth to twins on February 3, after receiving donor eggs from India.
Chandigarh, Nov 19 (IANS) Former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Blair has tripped herself up with her off-the-cuff comments at a school function in a Punjab village and landed in a political controversy.
Both the Indian government and New Zealand's Indian community will be concerned that a conservative rightwing government has come to power in Auckland after general elections this month.
Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) Authorities in Himachal Pradesh are not really prepared to handle road accidents, say volunteers who helped in the rescue operation in a bus accident in which 46 passengers were killed last Tuesday.
Attari (Punjab), July 15 (ANI): India's trade with Pakistan through the Wagah land border remained suspended for the second day on Monday after porters struck work, over a demand for better wages.
