The School of Nursing at Desh Bhagat University celebrated the vibrant festival of Haryali Teej with great enthusiasm and cultural splendour

The Department of Sociology at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib organized a one-week workshop on “The Sociology of Everyday Life: Observing, Questioning and Understanding.” The intellectually stimulating event brought together esteemed scholars, faculty, and students to explore the nuanced relevance of sociology in daily life and to develop a critical lens for interpreting the social world. Prof. Pritpal Singh, Vice Chancellor of the University, while inaugurating the workshop emphasized the need for sociological thinking in understanding contemporary realities.Prof. Sukhwinder Singh Billing, Dean Academic Affairs, graced the occasion as the special guest and commended the Department for organizing a workshop that connects academic theory with lived experience. The workshop was convened by Dr. Nav Shagan Deep Kaur, Head of the Department of Sociology. She delivered a lecture on “Thinking Sociology: Beyond Common Sense – What Makes Sociology Different from Personal Opinion or Common Belief." 

In a major breakthrough against Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror network, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence of Jalandhar, in a joint operation with SBS Nagar Police, have busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror network with the arrest of five operatives, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday.

He said it was operated by foreign-based handlers Mannu Agwan, Gopi Nawashehria and Zeeshan Akhtar on the directions of Pakistan-based BKI operative Harwinder Rinda.

Five operatives were apprehended from Tonk and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan and averted further planned attacks, he said.

The module had planned an attack inside a liquor store in Punjab’s SBS Nagar recently and was further tasked to attempt such attacks on Independence Day.

Akal Takht's former acting Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was on Monday unanimously elected as President of the Shiromani Akali Dal breakaway faction, while Bibi Satwant Kaur was elected as Chairperson of the party’s religious wing at an election conducted by the Akal Takht-constituted five-member committee in this Punjab holy city.

The participants in the election were rivals of the Akali Dal, which is led by Sukhbir Badal, son of late Parkash Singh Badal.

Both claimed to be the original Akali Dal that came into being on December 14, 1920, to free gurdwaras from the control of ‘mahants’.

The election of the party was conducted following last year’s edict by the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs that tasked the five-member committee to hold a membership drive for the party and subsequently hold the organisational elections.

In a first initiative in India to check supply of drugs from across the international border, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday jointly flagged off ‘Baaj Akh’, an anti-drone system.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday jointly launched 24 sector-wise industrial advisory committees, a step to establish the state a hub of industry and commerce.

During the orientation program organized for the 2025 batch of new students at Baba Banda Singh Bahadar Engineering College, Sri Fatehgarh Sahib, Dr. Avtar Singh delivered an informative lecture on the topic Mysteries of the Universe

In a major blow to Pakistan’s ISI-backed cross-border terror networks, Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Pakistan-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Harwinder Rinda and terrorist Lakhbir Landa.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) and Main Pumping Station at Dera Sachkhand Ballan, a project to be completed at a cost of ₹3.4 crore.