Rajinder S Taggar

Malbros producing dangerous chemicals without nod from Punjab Pollution Control Board

Chandigarh: The management of the Malbros liquor manufacturing factory at Zira has not informed the Punjab Pollution Control Board that…

2 years ago

Disconnect between Punjab Chief Secretary and Chief Minister’s Office sparked spat with Governor

Chandigarh: After the major embarrassment caused to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the spat with the Punjab Governor, the question…

2 years ago

IPS officer shunted out of Chandigarh by Punjab Governor is mired in controversies

Chandigarh: As the controversy over the premature repatriation of Kuldip Singh Chahal from the post of SSP, Union Territory of…

2 years ago

Punjab Governor puts CM Bhagwant Mann on mat over shunting of top cop from Chandigarh

Chandigarh:  Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit has in a hard-hitting reply to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann informed…

2 years ago

Ex-IAS officer questions Punjab Vigilance Bureau mandate to quiz him in Rs1,000 crore scam

Chandigarh: KBS Sidhu, the retired IAS officer, suspected to be involved in the Rs 1000 crore Irrigation Department scam has…

2 years ago

Mining mafia gains as Punjab fails to adopt Centre’s strict mining law

Chandigarh: Punjab government has failed to adopt the country’s new amended mining and minor minerals Act of 2015 that is…

2 years ago

Ex-IAS officer KBS Sidhu called for questioning in Rs1,000 crore Irrigation Dept. scam

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has summoned KBS Sidhu IAS (retired), the then Additional Chief Secretary of the state’s Irrigation Dept,…

2 years ago

Another FIR to be filed against Punjab ex-Minister Dharmsot in Forest Dept. scam

Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has decided to register a fresh FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act against…

2 years ago

Foreign-made guns continue to be registered in Punjab despite Central Govt ban

Chandigarh: The registration of thousands of foreign-made weapons continues in Punjab in gross violation of a Union Home Ministry order…

2 years ago

Three proclaimed offenders in sacrilege cases continue to dodge Punjab police for over a year

Chandigarh: The Punjab police has not been able to arrest three accused in the sacrilege cases even though 16 months…

2 years ago

Punjab gangster-turned-terrorist Goldy Brar detained in California

Chandigarh: Most wanted Punjab gangster-turned-terrorist Goldy Brar of the Lawrence Bishnoi Gang has been detained in California by Interpol at…

2 years ago

IGP’s report exposes politician-gangster nexus in Punjab

Chandigarh: A report submitted by then Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Punjab’s Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) has made…

2 years ago

Pakistan’s use of China-made drones to pump arms, drugs to terror groups in Punjab on rise

Chandigarh: Raids carried out by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) at 10 places in Punjab on Wednesday have confirmed further…

2 years ago

In curious case IFS officer facing trial in Forest Dept scam sanctions pension to himself

Chandigarh: In a shocking case a top IFS officer facing trial in corruption cases related to his tenure in the Punjab…

2 years ago

3 top IPS officers indicted for letting accused in custodial rape, extortion case go scot-free

Chandigarh: The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has indicted three top IPS officers for conducting a shoddy investigation without applying their…

2 years ago

Punjab Govt. moving High Court in Rs 1,200 crore Patiala land scam case

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has decided to challenge the acquittal by a lower court of all the accused in the…

2 years ago

Ex-Minister’s trial in Forest Dept. scam held up as Punjab govt fails to give nod

Chandigarh: The court trial of former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharmsot in the Forest Department corruption scandal has been held…

2 years ago

Two IFS officers in Punjab Forest Dept. scams declared absconders

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has placed under suspension two absconding Indian Forest Service officers (IFS) who are facing corruption charges…

2 years ago

Gangster-turned-Khalistani Harvinder Rinda dies in Lahore military hospital due to drug overdose

Chandigarh:  Gangster-turned-Khalistani terrorist Harvinder Sandhu alias Rinda, 34, died in a Pakistan military hospital in Lahore today evening due to…

2 years ago

University owned by AAP MP in Punjab cleared of cheating charges in land deal

Chandigarh: The Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, has come to the conclusion that the Lovely Professional University (LPU),…

2 years ago

ED attaches Dubai bungalow of Ludhiana biz man in Rs 5600 crore scam but Punjab cops drag feet

Chandigarh: While the Punjab police have failed to arrest one of the main accused in the Rs 5,600 crore National…

2 years ago