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Probe on corruption charges against former Punjab DGP S S Virk have gained momentum. Sleuths of vigilance department conduct raids on his property in and around Chandigarh. The former Punjab DGP was arrested on Sunday in a disproportionate assets case. More...

Chandigarh, September 12 (PTI) Rats have literally driven a hole in the foodgrain stock of Punjab, destroying over ten lakh tonne of crops on an annual basis. More...

Who are police cats? Cats are persons who are used for pseudo-terrorist techniques to infiltrate terrorist groups. In Punjab, they were specially recruited and helped the police to track down listed terrorists. These cats, on making contact with the terrorists, provided actionable intelligence...

PUNJAB VIGILANCE Bureau (VB) officials were on Tuesday caught in a piquant situation when former DGP S.S. Virk was produced before a sub-divisional judicial court in S.A.S. Nagar. The court remanded Virk to 14 days in judicial custody. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Punjab Police have been unable to interrogate former director general of police (DGP) S.S. Virk even once since his arrest on Sunday on charges of corruption and harbouring of terrorists. More...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Phalah Pind, Ajnala (Punjab), Sept. 11 (ANI): In Punjab's rural areas, the "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan" (SSA) is contributing to improve capabilities in children via community-owned quality education. In a response to a demand for quality basic education, the SSA was started...

Lawyers for Human Rights International and Global Human Rights Council today condemned the arrest of the former DGP Punjab SS Virk as unlawful. The advocates also tried to meet the former DGP, but they were not allowed to go inside the hospital. Talking to media persons, chairman of Lawyers for...

Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Leading Japanese automobile manufacturer Isuzu Motors will set up a Rs.3 billion ($74 million) facility in Punjab for manufacturing buses and trucks. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Former Punjab director general of police S.S. Virk was admitted to hospital here Monday, a day after he went on 'hunger strike' to protest his arrest on corruption charges. More...

After making waves in the festivals circuits and numerous screenings in USA, crossover film LOINS OF PUNJAB PRESENTS would be seeing an Indian release this month. More...

A team of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) arrested former Punjab Director General of Police and Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer S.S. Virk in New Delhi on Sunday. The case against the officer, who is considered close to former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, is that he misused his official...

Agriculture, the mainstay of Punjab's economy since the Green Revolution, has become the main cause for the slow growth of the state's economy. For, enquiries reveal that the growth rate in the primary sector, which comprises agriculture and allied sectors, was just 2.17% in 2004-05. It went...

FORMER PUNJAB DGP S.S. Virk was on Sunday arrested by the state Vigilance Bureau on charges of corruption and amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income. He was arrested from New Delhi and brought here for questioning. The VB has also arrested a property dealer, Vijay Pal Singh, in...

Chandigarh, Sep 9 (PTI) Former Punjab DGP S S Virk, who was removed before the assembly poll in the state, was today arrested on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources More...

New Delhi, Sept 9 (ANI): Punjab Vigilance Bureau here today arrested former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) S S Virk in connection with a disproportionate assets case. A case is registered against Virk, a Maharashtra cadre IPS officer, for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Sep.9 (ANI): Golden Temple, the holiest pilgrimage centre for Sikhs, in Amritsar draws a large number of devotees from across the country and world. The shrine also houses a museum showcasing the origin and growth of Sikh religion through several artefacts...

Ranchi, Sep 9 (IANS) Armies of India and Thailand are sharing anti-terror tactics in a joint exercise underway at The Sikh Regiment Centre at Ramgarh in Jharkhand. More...

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) Former Punjab Police chief S.S. Virk was Sunday morning arrested in New Delhi for amassing assets 'worth Rs.1 billion' through corrupt means. More...

By Ravi Khandelwal Chandigarh, Sept 9 (ANI): After making a name in television and stage anchoring, Sattinder Satti has debuted as a singer through her Punjabi album title 'Peeng' or "The Swing". The daughter of an army officer from a baptised Sikh family, Satti was born and brought up in...

By Ravi Khandelwal / Sunil Sharma Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Sept. 9 (ANI): Herbal medicine is perhaps the oldest form of treating any illness known to mankind. The excessive reliance on allopathy, however, has kept people from using herbal medicines. Fortunately, herbal gardens have now been set up...