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Earlier on March 23, the Punjab government launched a program named Drug Awareness Prevention Officers under which 35,000 designated officers took an oath to eradicate the drug problem from the state. (Photo: Pixabay)

Punjab govt sets up committee to keep check on songs promoting drug...

The committee is tasked to identify instances of glorification of drug abuse, violence and depiction of any obscene...

31 March 2018 5:28 PM IST

Harjit Masih however, managed to return to India after giving a slip to the ISIS militants suffering gun wound. (Photo: ANI)

Indians made to kneel down, shot dead in front of me, says escaped...

Giving details of the incident, Masih said that Indians were working at a factory in Iraq in 2014.

21 March 2018 1:19 PM IST

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament on Tuesday that all 39 Indians, abducted by the ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies were recovered. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Anger boils over as kin get informed on TV about Indian hostages'...

Several relatives of the killed workers said they were not officially informed about their loved ones by any government...

20 March 2018 6:48 PM IST

A special court in Chandigarh on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to Jagtar Singh Tara in connection with assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. (Photo: PTI | File)

Jagtar Singh Tara awarded life imprisonment in Beant Singh...

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000.

17 March 2018 8:57 PM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: File)

After Kejriwal's apology, Punjab's Lok Insaf Party snaps ties with AAP

Earlier on Friday, Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann resigned as the AAP's Punjab chief protesting the apology.

17 March 2018 9:10 AM IST

In his twitter, AAP Punjab co-president Aman Arora said he has resigned from the post due to painful turn of events since Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/@AroraAmanSunam)

Kejriwal apology row: After Mann, AAP's Punjab co-president resigns...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had apologised for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against ex-Punjab min Bikram...

16 March 2018 5:29 PM IST

(Photo: PTI/File)

AAP Punjab chief Bhagwant Mann quits after Kejriwal's apology to...

Kejriwal had on Thursday tendered an apology for levelling charges of drugs trade against former Punjab minister...

16 March 2018 1:01 PM IST

Anarchy is being spread in the state in the name of Hindu Yuva Vahini, Mayawati said. (Photo: PTI)

BJP may call for early LS polls after UP, Bihar bypoll defeat:...

Mayawati also accused the government of weakening democracy and making constitutional organisations and the media...

16 March 2018 9:48 AM IST

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal during a rally in Patiala. (Photo: PTI)

'Meek surrender': Kejriwal apologises to ex-Punjab min over drugs...

Former Punjab minister Majithia had filed a defamation case against Kejriwal and Ashish Khetan in May 2015.

16 March 2018 8:30 AM IST

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. (Photo: PTI)

Haryana passes Bill allowing those guilty of raping children be hanged

The Criminal Law (Haryana Amendment) Bill, moved by the state's parliamentary affairs min was passed on the last day of...

15 March 2018 8:34 PM IST

Prasad, who has worked as the head of the junior national selection committee for 30 months, of late shared a cold relationship with the BCCI mandarins. (Photo: PTI)

Indian Premier League 2018: Venkatesh Prasad appointed Kings XI Punjab...

Meanwhile, former Australia player Brad Hodge came in on board as the teams head coach for the next three seasons.

4 March 2018 1:35 PM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with his family members makes chappattis during a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Canada won't back separatists, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau

Capt. hands over list of Canada-based rebels involved in promoting radicalism.

22 Feb 2018 3:02 AM IST