CHANDIGARH – The Punjab Government today requested Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to help the state ascertain the reasons behind the high incidence of cancer in the state, particularly in Muktsar, Bathinda and Mansa districts of the Malwa belt. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and state Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal […]
The district police has arrested a Sub-Inspector (SI) of its own department for running an extortion racket along with two women and two other accomplices. The police, however, failed to arrest the women, identified as 22-year-old Tejinder Kaur alias Suman alias Seema, a resident of Rajpura, and her roommate 24-year-old Navjot Kaur alias Harman. Accused […]
NEW DELHI – Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi and four leaders from various political parties have joined the Congress party, sources said. “Mehndi and four others had applied for party membership and their requests have been accepted,” said a source in the party’s Delhi unit. The four others include two sitting Delhi legislators, Ram Singh […]
AMRITSAR – Firebrand Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today responded to the poster campaign against him in his trademark style with a one-liner, “when the elephant walks, a thousand dogs bark”. He refused any further comment over the “silly and nasty campaign undertaken by a Congress leader against him”. Sidhu’s reaction was released to the […]
SANGRUR – The police has registered a case against four persons for allegedly raping a 30-year-old married woman. Sources said the woman was reportedly staying in a rented accommodation at Dirba for the past several months after some dispute with her husband. Station House Officer (SHO), Dirba police station, Subeg Singh said the case had […]
By Dr. Sawraj Singh If the West attacks Syria, it has nothing to gain and everything to lose. An attack on Syria can start a chain of events which can lead to extremely disastrous and devastating consequences for the West and the rest of the world. The West used the false excuse of the existence […]
BANGALORE – Ami Bera, an Indian American congressman has expressed his desire to see an Indian handling the post of U.S. President, reports DNA. With Indian-Americans being one of the most powerful ethnic groups in the U.S., the dream is not that unrealistic. Dr Ami Bera is an Indian- American physician by profession, born to […]
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley greets Anna Hazare at the encyclopaedia launch in Washington on Sunday.
A bowling fundraiser was held to benefit Parkinson’s disease by Jas Hayre and the Hayre family in memory of their father-grandfather Jaswant Singh Hayre in Burnaby last weekend. People can also support the Parkinson Super-walk being held on September 8 at 9 am at Ceperlt playground. Those looking to make donations to Parkinson Society of […]
LOS ANGELES – Indian origin actor Aziz Ansari, best known for his role in hit TV series ‘Parks and Recreation’, has scored a multi-million-dollar deal with Penguin Press to publish his first book. The funnyman has already received USD 3.5 million advance for the untitled book about single life, which is expected to be published […]
