PESHAWAR: Gurdeep Singh of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Wednesday became the first turban-clad Sikh representative from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan’s Senate when he defeated rival candidates on a minority seat by a huge margin in the election to the upper chamber of Parliament.

NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry said that NRIs and foreign nationals stuck in India due to COVID-19 pandemic and facing double taxation can submit the details to the income tax department by March 31.

CHANDIGARH: Former Minister Navjot Sidhu today demand state law for MSP on pulses and other crops other than wheat and paddy and also urged to make Mnrega (Mahatama Gandhi National rurall employment guarantee) for farmers and labourers.

OTTAWA: Canada on Wednesday thanked India for sending coronavirus vaccines, of which 500,000 doses reached on March 4, a week after the AstraZeneca vaccine was approved.

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 4: The Punjab School Education Department has constituted ‘Enrollment Booster Teams’ for admissions for the session of 2021-22 so, that this enrollment drive can be run successfully.

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 4: Punjab Industries & Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora gets his COVID vaccine shot on Thursday. He was administered a jab of vaccine at Government Hospital, Phase-6 SAS Nagar.

WASHINGTON: Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been named vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

CHANDIGARH: The MLAs of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday rode to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on bullock carts, demanding a reduction in the tax levied by the state government on petrol and diesel.

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi used three popular Hindi idioms on Thursday to hit out at the government and accuse it of carrying out raids against those who are pro-farmers.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister (CM) Ashok Gehlot seeking time to discuss Sikh issues.