A police constable was killed in a shootout between police and a group of youngsters at a popular eatery on Amritsar’s busy Lawrence Road on Wednesday afternoon.
Police constables on Tarn Taran SP dectective Malvinder Singh’s personal security detail opened fire when the young men reportedly threatened the officer with a nine millimeter pistol.

Punjab’s council of ministers on Monday approved key amendments to the statute book to make the state’s land laws gender neutral.
Proposed changes to the Punjab Land Reforms Act of 1972, Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act of 1953 and the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act of 1955 will m

Tourism minister Kumari Selja said terror threats would not deter tourist arrivals ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October.
Pointing out that threats from terrorism were now a global phenomenon, Ms Selja said the government and tourism industry were gearing up to welcome sports tourists both from overseas and within India.

Pay nearly half the price of your car for its registration number? It sounds quite incredible, but this actually happened in Chandigarh!

Suspected Khalistani terrorists shot dead Sant Pradhan Singh, the local head of the Dera Maidas Nirmali — a little known religious sect based in Village Baddon in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur District.

The father of the 14-year-old Chandigarh schoolgirl who committed suicide after she was molested by former Haryana DGP S.P.S. Rathore, has alleged a fresh conspiracy aimed at influencing the judiciary in favour of the disgraced police officer who already stands convicted.

Having already offended political veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari has now drawn the ire most Punjabi politicians in suggesting the nationalisation of

Under fire for his disparaging remarks against Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari has now sought to fend off the flak by describing them as “respectable leaders.”

Reiterating his party’s opposition to dialogue with Pakistan, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari launched yet another broadside against the export of terror from across the border in calling for a change in Indian laws to ensure prompt punishment for terrorists like Ajmal Kasab.

Taking serious exception to Mr Sukhbir Badal’s words in stating that he would not relinquish his “kabza (occupation)” of Punjab for the next 25 years, the Congress Party said the deputy chief minister’s choice of expression is evident “reflection of his feudal and autocratic mindset”.