Yamaraj Descends on Amritsar Streets to Promote Road Safety Awareness. Amritsar witnessed an innovative road safety campaign on Tuesday as an artist, dressed as Yamaraj, roamed the streets to educate violators of traffic rules. This initiative, organized by the Amritsar Traffic Police in collaboration with the Nehru Yuva Kendra, aimed to raise awareness about the … Read more
Pb Hry High Court Directs Against Coaching Institutes Operating in Basements. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the UT Administration, Chandigarh, to conclude proceedings within three months against coaching institutes operating in basements in violation of the Chandigarh Building Rules, 2017. This order was issued by a bench of Chief Justice and Justice … Read more
Punjab Doctors to Get Promotions: Government Restores ACP Scheme Punjab government issued a notification for the restoration of the long-pending Assured Career Progression (ACP) scheme, which brings much-needed relief to doctors in the state. The notification was released on Monday and fulfilled one of the key demands of medical professionals, which had been stalled for … Read more
Punjab Strengthens Prison Security with High-Tech Surveillance and V-Kavach Jammers. The Punjab Government has stepped up the process of upgrading security at 18 state jails by introducing state-of-the-art surveillance technologies. Till January 13, as many as 598 X-ray and other security machines and 647 CCTV cameras known as “camera strands” have been put in place … Read more
Case registered in Jalandhar as police crack down on plastic kite strings in Punjab. The Punjab Police have stepped up the campaign against the use of banned plastic kite strings in the wake of increasing deaths and injuries across the state, mainly due to the use of such sharp and dangerous strings, usually made of … Read more
Nihangs Attack Police in Ludhiana’s Kamalpura, Four Officers Injured. A group of Nihangs attacked the police personnel, reported late on Thursday night in Kamalpura village, Jagraon. Four police personnel sustained injuries during the attack at 10 PM when SHO Harshveer Singh of Sadar police station and incharge of the Marado outpost came under the attackers’ … Read more
SGPC protests against Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’; police deployed in Amritsar. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) protested outside PVR Suraj Chanda Tara Cinema in Amritsar demanding a ban on Kangana Ranaut’s film Emergency, alleging that the film distorts Sikh history, particularly the events related to the 1984 period. Heavy police deployment was seen outside the … Read more
Six-Year-Old Electrocuted in Tarn Taran, Raising Concern Over Plastic Kite Strings. A tragic incident was witnessed in Tarn Taran as a six-year-old boy was electrocuted after touching a plastic kite-flying thread. The tragedy has once again brought to the fore the dangers posed by these threads, especially plastic ones that can conduct electricity when wet, … Read more
Punjab to face relentless election calendar as 2025 brings two more by-elections. After a long series of elections in 2024, Punjab is now getting ready for two more Assembly by-elections in 2025. The state, which was under the code of conduct for nearly five months last year, is now preparing for polls following the Aam … Read more
Maghi Mela in Muktsar: Political Color Returns as Launch of Pro-Khalistan Leader’s Party Draws Near.This includes Sri Muktsar Sahib in Punjab, the venue of annual Maghi Mela, held to commemorate the martyrdom of 40 Sikh soldiers who were brutally killed by the Mughal forces in 1705 while fighting against the latter in the Battle of … Read more