AMRITSAR: The second day of the 10th Amritsar Literature and Book Fair began with discussions on the topic of Punjabi mentality by various scholars and a gathering of poets who had come from different parts of Punjab.

PHAGWARA: An emergency meeting of the “Insaf Di Awaaz” organization was held at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Sahib in Phagwara, under the chairmanship of the assembly constituency president, Dr. Paramjit Singh Kotli. State committee member and Punjab General Secretary, Jodh Singh Thandi, was present as a special invitee. 

PHAGWARA: Phagwara, November 16 — Leaders and members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba) on Sunday announced a series of protest actions across Punjab on November 18 to press the State Government for immediate clearance of pending sugarcane dues and compensation for the losses incurred during agitation at Shambhu and Khanouri borders. 

CHANDIGARH: A senior journalist and former President of Chandigarh Press Club  Nalin Acharya left for his heavenly abode on November 15.

SARABHA, Ludhiana: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today paid floral tributes to the great freedom fighter Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha on his martyrdom anniversary and announced development projects worth Rs 45.84 crore for complete facelift of his native village.

NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has launched a major action against a Phagwara-based engineering exporter for alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, the central agency said on Sunday. 

CHANDIGARH: As part of the celebrations dedicated to the 350th centenary of the martyrdom of Sahib-e-Kamal Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji, the Punjab Government is organizing a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the first time outside Chandigarh on the holy land of Sri Anandpur Sahib. In this context, Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan extended an invitation letter to the National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party and former Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal. 

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Information and Public Relations Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of senior journalist Sh. Nalin Acharya. The 67-year-old Sh. Nalin, who was the owner and editor of “Him Prabha” newspaper and a former President of the Chandigarh Press Club, passed away this morning. He is survived by his wife, a son, daughter-In-law and two grandchildren. 

CHANDIGARH: Ashwani Sharma, the working President of the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has strongly condemned the brazen and brutal murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer Naveen Arora in Firozpur. Naveen Arora, a third-generation volunteer, was the grandson of senior RSS leader and respected social worker, the late Dina Nath, and the son of Baldev Raj Arora. 

CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, which is observed globally on the third Sunday of November, Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar convened a special meeting with officials of the Lead Agency on Road Safety and representatives of civil society organizations. The meeting, held here today, marked the formal launch of the Action Plan for the Hit and Run Compensation Scheme in the state. The day is observed in memory of road crash victims, in support of their bereaved families and to strengthen collective efforts to prevent such tragedies in the future. 

AMRITSAR: Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a Pakistan-linked arms and narco network with the arrest of five persons and recovered six sophisticated pistols along with 1.01 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday. 

CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party’s state president Sunil Jakhar has said that the shooting and murder of Naveen Arora, the young son of RSS leader Baldev Raj Arora in Ferozepur, has once again exposed the collapse of law and order under the AAP government. 

PHAGWARA: Traditional Indian food culture once again came to the forefront as Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala organized a ‘Food & Nutrition Show’ under Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) – an initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India, with Punjab State Council for Science & Technology as the state nodal agency. The event was organized under the theme “Nutrilicious Creations: Blending Taste, Tradition and Nutrition,” highlighting the value of traditional food wisdom for healthy and balanced living. The theme underlined how traditional Indian recipes can be adapted in modern kitchens to create meals that are tasty, nutritious and environmentally sustainable.

PHAGWARA: An unidentified, partially charred body of a woman was discovered on Friday morning in farmland near Sultanpur Lodhi, triggering a police investigation into a suspected case of murder. According to reports received here today the incident came to light around 10:30 a.m. when Manpreet Singh, a resident of Sultanpur Lodhi and currently farming 11 acres of leased land belonging to Jagdeep Singh of Georgepur, visited the fields to inspect recently sown wheat. 

PHAGWARA: A string of unrelated but serious criminal incidents were registered across police stations in district kapurthala involving robbery at knifepoint, assault, unlawful trespass, road-rage violence and communal provocation.