It is raining freebies in Punjab, free LPG cylinder to every family living below poverty line and free laptop to every student of Class 11 and 12 of all government schools in the state are some of pro

Carrying forward their fight for a strong Lokpal, Team Anna members will campaign in Punjab on Tuesday.

The team's visit to Punjab will coincide with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi's second visit to th

A head constable allegedly beat up a 22-year-old woman in a police station in Mansa district, official sources said on Monday.

They said a liquor contractor had accused two women, Raj Kaur and Paramj

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that Punjab has lost the status of “number one state” during the tenure of the SAD-BJP alliance government’s rule.

First it was kaka and now it is peo-puttar (father-son).

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday directed that the words peo-puttar should not be used in advertisements and campaigning, in an incorrec

Celebrities descending on the Panjab University (PU) campus to promote their films or shoot them may be to the liking of hundreds of awestruck students, but it's making the faculty see red.

With some

Cornering the Akali-BJP alliance on their developmental plank, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi has described their claims of development in Punjab as hollow. Addressing an election rally at Kapurthala on Thursday Congress president said that this government had proved to be the most inefficient, as Punjab had seen total decline on all fronts during the last five years.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt. Amarinder Singh promised that Congress government will provide atta at Rs 1 per kg to the poor.

Punjabis are known for their hospitality and flamboyance, but thanks to a proactive Election Commission in the state, both these qualities are missing from the election campaigning in Punjab this time. “Sober campaigning” would not be a euphemism, considering the fact that Elections Commission is counting even the number of tea cups served by a particular candidate in public meetings now.

Surveillance and Income Tax department teams, deployed for checking black money and narcotics in poll-bound Punjab, have seized close to Rs 18.84 crore cash and confiscated over 36 lakh ML of foreign