Jodh Singh

While people across Punjab and Haryana associate Baisakhi with harvesting, some associate it with religious activities, but for Tarlochan Singh and his family, April 13 brings alive the tale of his father, Jodh Singh's miraculous escape in the Jallianwala massacre.

The traffic cops at Missionary Chowk hadn't thought they were about to catch a large consignment of prohibited drugs when they tried to stop Jodh Singh, who was carrying the booty in a bag on his scooter.

CHANDIGARH: Jodh Singh, a CBI witness in the Beant Singh assassination case, turned hostile on Saturday.

A vigilance team arrested an exemptee assistant sub-inspector (EASI) of Sector 5 police station from Majri chowk who was allegedly taking bribe of Rs 3,000 from a resident of Indira Colony, Sector 17.

After carving a niche for itself in the field of academics across eastern India, JIS Group has entered dairy business. Unveiling a dairy brand ‘JOI Farm’, the group has invested Rs 150 crore in the venture which includes a plant in Howrah. It would create 150 jobs.

"Amrita Shergill samman" was given to Nek Chand, B N Goswamy, D C Bhattacharya, Jodh Singh, Shiv Singh, Malkiat Singh, Balvinder Singh, Satwant Singh, S Raj Kumar and Nirupama Dutt by UT administrator Shivraj Patil on Wednesday.

On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, Panjab University celebrated with a Plant Adoption Drive

A 16-year-old student of Class X preparing for his board exams, reportedly consumed some poisonous substance in school and fell unconscious.

The Mavli police has registered a fraud case against ten people including ex-BJP MLA Shyama Devi Sengar, her two sons and grandson and an official of the deputy registrar's office.

In the 101st year of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) foundation, there is no certainty that who would become the next president as incumbent Jagir Kaur is completing a year of her term. In the last two decades, there has been much talk that the name of SGPC president comes out of a “lifafa” (envelope) sent by Shiromani Akali Dal president

Upon taking over the helm of the Panjab University on Wednesday, vice-chancellor Prof Renu Vig on Thursday said in a press conference that she was happy her female students and faculty members were looking up to her as a role model. "I want my students to dream high and rise high," said the new VC.

Members of the student body, SATH, met dean, students welfare to discuss the problem of water supply faced by hostel students.

Sikh intellectuals have different a view from the clergy about ways to tackle the declining population of the community following the religious data released from the 2011 Census.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) former MLAs Amarpal Singh Boni and Manmohan Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a function in Delhi on Wednesday.

Congress leader from Majitha Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli, who is also general secretary of PPCC, has blamed revenue minister Bikram Majithia for eye-wash in the name of undergoing penance at Takhts.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee announced that it would translate Guru Granth Sahib in English.

Four youths, including an advocate, were arrested for teasing students near Sri Guru Gobind Singh College-26 on Saturday.

A man who was caught allegedly smuggling a leopard skin earlier this year took poison after he received summons from the court to appear for a hearing in the case.

Employees of Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET), who have been protesting to demand a uniform policy for contractual staffers, will observe a ?Slave Day' on Independence Day on Friday.

A basement wall collapse in Agra's Bah sub-division tragically claimed two lives and left five others critically injured. Villagers were gathered around a bonfire near the newly built wall when it gave way, burying them under debris. The injured were rushed to a community health center, with two succumbing to their injuries.

In an outrageous act of domestic violence, a man starved his wife by keeping her locked in a room for two days and chopped off her hair.

AMRITSAR: More than 400 students were awarded degrees at the 28th annual convocation of Guru Nanak Dev University held, here, on Saturday.

PSA chief Gurbhajan Singh Gill said the university honoured them with a memento, a citation, a shawl and Rs 31,000."We were among the two literary institutions that were honoured,'' he added.