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PM inaugurates housing complex to rehabilitate slum dwellers

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 13:13

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated a housing complex built at a cost of Rs 2,400 crore on the outskirts of the city which would benefit nearly 8,500 families living in slums here.

Hope Chandigarh becomes India`s first slum-free city: PM

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 13:10

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday hoped Chandigarh would soon become India`s first slum-free city, as he handed over keys to newly-built flats to slum dwellers.

Badal to apprise PM of problems faced by flood victims

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 18:05

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said he would apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of people`s plight in the flood-affected areas of the state during his visit to Chandigarh on Thursday.

Badal has failed to protect rights of Sikh farmers: NCM

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 18:02

National Commission for Minorities (NCM) member Ajaib Singh on Friday alleged, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has failed to protect the rights of Sikh farmers residing in the Kutch region of Gujarat.

Facebook farce: `Band, baja and baraat`, but no bride

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 22:26

He came here with "band, baja and baraat" but went back "berang" (blank) when he found neither the bride nor anybody else from the girl`s side to play host.

Bajwa condemns US based group `Sikhs for Justice`

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 21:42

Punjab state Congress on Thursday condemned the action of US-Canadian group, Sikhs For Justice, against Congress president Sonia Gandhi holding her responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

SAD will accept BJP`s PM candidate: Sukhbir

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 19:31

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said, his party will accept anyone selected by its alliance partner BJP, as NDA`s Prime Ministerial candidate.

Minor rape victim undergoes operation, still critical

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 14:14

The two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped in a slum area in Punjab`s Ludhiana district, underwent an operation at PGIMER here even as her condition continued to remain serious.

Two-year-old girl raped in Ludhiana, left to die on road

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 11:21

The Ludhiana Police registered a case against two unidentified people for raping a two-and-a-half-year old girl.

Former CBI judge suspended over bribery charges

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 19:37

A former special CBI judge in Patiala, who was recently transferred to Faridkot, was placed under suspension following bribery charges against him, a senior high court official has said.