Parkash Singh Badal Death

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal "bhaichare ka sardar" for fostering brotherhood and dedicating his life to Hindu-Sikh unity.

Parkash Singh Badal was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village in Punjab's Muktsar district on Thursday with thousands of mourners and leaders across political spectrum paying their last respects to the five-time chief minister.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today condoled the death of Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal and described him as a political stalwart, who played a significant role in Punjab politics.

The Centre on Tuesday night announced two days of state mourning on April 26 and 27 across India in view of the death of former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.

The death toll in the Maur Mandi blast rose to six today with three children succumbing to injuries, even as police suspected the use of IED and sought NSG support in probe into the explosion which has triggered a political blame game just days ahead of Assembly polls, scheduled for February 4.

Two children injured in the explosion in a car at Maur Mandi in the district succumbed to injuries, taking the number of dead to five, even as a forensic team reached the blast site today to probe the incident.

A 14-year-old school girl was crushed to death by an speeding bus in Punjab's Muktsar on Friday. And the police, when they came to take the body for postmortem, dragged away the body instead of carrying it off in a stretcher, the villagers have alleged.

15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly this morning as the opposition protested noisily demanding a discussion on the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a bus in Punjab's Moga last week.

In the middle of anger and protests in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown from a moving bus, another woman was allegedly harassed on a private bus on Sunday.

A day before Moga shuts down in protest against the death of a teenager, who was molested and then shoved off a running bus, the family has agreed to cremate the body, following intervention by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, sources said.

As the Akali Dal-led Punjab government battles massive political protests over the death of a teen who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus in Moga district, a minister sought to play down the incident, calling her death as "God's will", while a party lawmaker called it an "accident".

On Thursday, as her family protested against the death of a 14-year-old girl who was thrown off a moving bus after a group of men molested her, her father was found missing from outside the hospital where her mother is being treated for severe injuries.

Political rivals Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party came together today as they stalled Parliament attacking Punjab's ruling party, the Akali Dal, for the death of a 14-year-old girl who was pushed off a bus by men who tried to molest her in Moga, Punjab.

The sister of Sarabjit Singh, the death row prisoner who died today, accused Pakistan of backstabbing India and said she would fight for 'other Sarabjits' languishing in Pakistani jails.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal "bhaichare ka sardar" for fostering brotherhood and dedicating his life to Hindu-Sikh unity.

Parkash Singh Badal was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village in Punjab's Muktsar district on Thursday with thousands of mourners and leaders across political spectrum paying their last respects to the five-time chief minister.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today condoled the death of Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal and described him as a political stalwart, who played a significant role in Punjab politics.

The Centre on Tuesday night announced two days of state mourning on April 26 and 27 across India in view of the death of former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.

The death toll in the Maur Mandi blast rose to six today with three children succumbing to injuries, even as police suspected the use of IED and sought NSG support in probe into the explosion which has triggered a political blame game just days ahead of Assembly polls, scheduled for February 4.

Two children injured in the explosion in a car at Maur Mandi in the district succumbed to injuries, taking the number of dead to five, even as a forensic team reached the blast site today to probe the incident.

A 14-year-old school girl was crushed to death by an speeding bus in Punjab's Muktsar on Friday. And the police, when they came to take the body for postmortem, dragged away the body instead of carrying it off in a stretcher, the villagers have alleged.

15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly this morning as the opposition protested noisily demanding a discussion on the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a bus in Punjab's Moga last week.

In the middle of anger and protests in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown from a moving bus, another woman was allegedly harassed on a private bus on Sunday.

A day before Moga shuts down in protest against the death of a teenager, who was molested and then shoved off a running bus, the family has agreed to cremate the body, following intervention by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, sources said.

As the Akali Dal-led Punjab government battles massive political protests over the death of a teen who was molested and then thrown off a moving bus in Moga district, a minister sought to play down the incident, calling her death as "God's will", while a party lawmaker called it an "accident".

On Thursday, as her family protested against the death of a 14-year-old girl who was thrown off a moving bus after a group of men molested her, her father was found missing from outside the hospital where her mother is being treated for severe injuries.

Political rivals Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party came together today as they stalled Parliament attacking Punjab's ruling party, the Akali Dal, for the death of a 14-year-old girl who was pushed off a bus by men who tried to molest her in Moga, Punjab.

The sister of Sarabjit Singh, the death row prisoner who died today, accused Pakistan of backstabbing India and said she would fight for 'other Sarabjits' languishing in Pakistani jails.