Anand Kumar Patel With Pti Inputs

Amarinder Singh, the former chief minister of Punjab, said that he will burn an effigy of 'Chitta Ravana' on October 18 when PM Modi visits Ludhiana, to register Congress' protest against the drug menace in the state.

Pathankot, where a terror attack claimed the lives of 7 military personnel in January, is on alert as police received reports that four suspicious men in army fatigues have been seen in the area. A massive search operation is on, during which the police found an army uniform, caps and belts dumped near some bushes.

A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former BJP Rajya Sabha MP, took swipes at Punjab's ruling Akali Dal and the AAP at the launch of his new political front Awaaz-e-Punjab, his close aide Pargat Singh on Saturday met with AAP's rebel MP Dr Dharamvir Gandhi at his Patiala residence.

A supply bridge for the under construction Rohtang Tunnel project in Himachal Pradesh collapsed due to strong currents in the Chandra river while a truck was crossing it on Monday. The driver was rescued immediately.

Haryana sports minister Anil Vij has scripted a new controversy with the opposition questioning his donation of Rs 50 lakh in state funds to the rich Dera Sacha Sauda sect headed by self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

Two children have died and over 30 have been hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after they were allegedly served stale food at a home for mentally challenged in Punjab.

A gangster-turned-politician from Punjab's Fazilka was shot dead by gunmen of a rival gang near Parwanoo on the Kalka-Shimla highway on Saturday morning.

No terrorist has been caught in Gurdaspur's Tibri in the three-day operation, but reports of suspicious men seen in the area continue to surface.

Punjab police has registered five cases against distributors for the alleged supply of spurious pesticides responsible for cotton crop damage in Malwa region. Many farmers have killed themselves after their crop was infested with pests despite all precautions.

A dance show by women performers was organised in Patti sub-jail located near the Indo-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district of Punjab on the occasion of Baisakhi festival in violation of jail norms, a senior official said on Friday.

Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today accused the BJP of having double standards on the issue of the drug menace in the state

Chandigarh's Sukhna Lake has been declared a "Bird Flu-hit zone" and the lake has been closed to the public indefinitely. The authorities decided to cull around 70 geese after 30 were found to have died over the last 10 days.

The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the by-poll on the two seats in Punjab which will be held next month. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal announced this after the party's three-day national executive meeting which concludes in Sangrur (Punjab) today.

Seeking to woo farmers, Narendra Modi has promised that minimum support price of crop will be fixed to ensure 50 per cent profit for them if the national alliance his party, the BJP, leads comes to power.

A baby boy from Ludhiana was sold using social networking site Facebook; a businessman from Delhi offered to pay Rs eight lakhs for him, according to the police.

Amarinder Singh, the former chief minister of Punjab, said that he will burn an effigy of 'Chitta Ravana' on October 18 when PM Modi visits Ludhiana, to register Congress' protest against the drug menace in the state.

Pathankot, where a terror attack claimed the lives of 7 military personnel in January, is on alert as police received reports that four suspicious men in army fatigues have been seen in the area. A massive search operation is on, during which the police found an army uniform, caps and belts dumped near some bushes.

A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former BJP Rajya Sabha MP, took swipes at Punjab's ruling Akali Dal and the AAP at the launch of his new political front Awaaz-e-Punjab, his close aide Pargat Singh on Saturday met with AAP's rebel MP Dr Dharamvir Gandhi at his Patiala residence.

A supply bridge for the under construction Rohtang Tunnel project in Himachal Pradesh collapsed due to strong currents in the Chandra river while a truck was crossing it on Monday. The driver was rescued immediately.

Haryana sports minister Anil Vij has scripted a new controversy with the opposition questioning his donation of Rs 50 lakh in state funds to the rich Dera Sacha Sauda sect headed by self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

Two children have died and over 30 have been hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after they were allegedly served stale food at a home for mentally challenged in Punjab.

A gangster-turned-politician from Punjab's Fazilka was shot dead by gunmen of a rival gang near Parwanoo on the Kalka-Shimla highway on Saturday morning.

No terrorist has been caught in Gurdaspur's Tibri in the three-day operation, but reports of suspicious men seen in the area continue to surface.

Punjab police has registered five cases against distributors for the alleged supply of spurious pesticides responsible for cotton crop damage in Malwa region. Many farmers have killed themselves after their crop was infested with pests despite all precautions.

A dance show by women performers was organised in Patti sub-jail located near the Indo-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district of Punjab on the occasion of Baisakhi festival in violation of jail norms, a senior official said on Friday.

Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today accused the BJP of having double standards on the issue of the drug menace in the state

Chandigarh's Sukhna Lake has been declared a "Bird Flu-hit zone" and the lake has been closed to the public indefinitely. The authorities decided to cull around 70 geese after 30 were found to have died over the last 10 days.

The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the by-poll on the two seats in Punjab which will be held next month. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal announced this after the party's three-day national executive meeting which concludes in Sangrur (Punjab) today.

Seeking to woo farmers, Narendra Modi has promised that minimum support price of crop will be fixed to ensure 50 per cent profit for them if the national alliance his party, the BJP, leads comes to power.

A baby boy from Ludhiana was sold using social networking site Facebook; a businessman from Delhi offered to pay Rs eight lakhs for him, according to the police.