Chandigarh, February 21: Claiming to be the "world's largest immigration group", the multi-billion rupee WorldWide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) here is under the police scanner after it was found the firm was dealing in work permit visas without having a licence for it. Chandigarh police, which have a special investigation team (SIT) ...

Phagwara, February 14:Unidentified robbers struck at the house of an NRI here and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs of rupees, police said today. Gurvinder Singh, settled in France, told police that he had recently come to his house in Kirpalpur Colony here and yesterday when he and his mother ...

Chandigarh, February 8: The Punjab NRI Commission today issued notice to the Centre and the state government on a complaint field by expatriate Indian workers regarding non-payment of their salaries by a Nigeria based company for the last 11 months. The notice was issued to Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Overseas ...

Jalandhar, February 8: The ministry of overseas Indian affairs has revised the present scheme to provide financial assistance ranging from $2000 to $3000 to the women deserted by their non-resident Indian (NRI) husbands for arranging legal assistance in their fight against NRI grooms. Earlier, MOIA had brought out booklets and pamphlets on safeguards, legal ...

Chandigarh, February 4: Political parties in Punjab may have to wait for the outcome, but the assembly polls have already produced one sure winner - the Election Commission (EC). The strict control that EC officials and their teams had over things in the five weeks between the announcement of elections Dec 24 ...

Phagwara, February 2: A newly married wife of an NRI died after consuming some poisonous substance near here, police said today. The deceased was identified as Manpreet Kaur (23), they said, adding her husband Sarbjit Singh is settled in Italy. The young woman was alone at her home in nearby village Panchhat when ...

Ludhiana, February 2: The body of a Punjab police officer was found at a farmhouse near here Thursday morning. The dead officer was identified as Balraj Singh who was a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) posted at Moga, 80 km from here. "We have recovered some ID cards from the body," inspector Ram ...

Chandigarh, January 31: The final vote count in the election to 117 assembly seats in Punjab Monday has come to 78.67 percent -- the highest-ever in the electoral history of the state, Election Commission (EC) officials announced Tuesday evening. Chief electoral officer Kusumjit Sidhu said the latest information received from all constituencies ...

Chandigarh, January 31: Having set a new record with 76.63 percent voting in Punjab's election to 117 assembly seats, voters have left the main parties and leaders in a state of anxiety till the results finally come out March 6. Each of the three main players in Punjab's political spectrum this time, ...

Chandigarh, January 30: Setting a record, nearly 77 percent of Punjab's 1.76 crore voters cast their ballots Monday to pick a new state assembly and Election Commission (EC) officials said the final polling percentage could go up. One person was killed in poll-related violence while a few others were injured. "The Punjab polling ...