Punjab

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Olympic Association (POA) in a special resolution condoled the sad demise of legendary athlete Milkha Singh, the most outstanding athlete of India, who died on June 18, 2021 at Chandigarh.

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 22: The newly appointed Senior Vice Chairman of the PSIDC Vinay Mahajan today assumed charge at Udyog Bhawan here in the presence of Cabinet Ministers Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Sundar Sham Arora, MLAs Balwinder Singh Ladi, S. Brindermeet Singh Pahra, S.S. Board Chairman Raman Behl, K.K. Bawa, Chairman PSIDC …

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the Congress government was again politicizing the SIT probe into the Kotkapura firing incident by deputing an unauthorized person to question five times chief minister and party patron Parkash Singh Badal at his residence here.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has demanded that ‘Grahan’ web series based on the incidents of the 1984 riots be banned immediately as it portrays a Sikh character in an “objectionable manner”.

SANGRUR: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Youth Wing on Tuesday gheraoed the residence of Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla in Sangrur in support of ETT-TET pass and contractual teachers and staged a protest.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes today sought a detailed report from Deputy Commissioner, Patiala on panchayats resolutions regarding rate fixation for paddy plantation.

CHANDIGARH: Hundreds of New Zealand valid student /work visa holders protested against the New Zealand government in front of Sector 10 museum here by making a human chain.

MOGA: With a 21.49 m Shot Put throw, Punjab-based Tajinderpal Toor has qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020 after breaking his own National Record at Indian Grand Prix at NIS Patiala.

PATIALA: In the case of payment of arrears of salary to a senior Dalit officer, the National SC. The Chairman of the Commission called on the Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University Patiala Prof. Arvind (Vice-Chancellor Prof. Arvind Singh) has been summoned to Delhi today.

PATIALA: In Patiala today, Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla is holding a meeting with the different groups of teachers who are protesting.