Chandigarh, July 7 (IANS) Former Union Minister and former Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Vijay Sampla on Tuesday accused the state government of politically exploiting the sensitive issue of sacrilege to divert public attention from its failures. Sampla, who appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Chandigarh in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case linked to multiple sacrilege incidents, said the Aam Aadmi Party government had promised justice before c…
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Chandigarh, July 7 (IANS) Amid a deepening rift within the Punjab Congress, with senior leader Partap Bajwa calling for greater discipline ahead of the 2027 assembly elections, the party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said the party was “the only option,” and people were looking forward to it. However, several “sulking” Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Charanjit Channi, were conspicuously absent from the “damage-control” meeting called by Baghel in Chandiga…
Chandigarh, July 7 (IANS) Acting on the appeal of Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon submitted to the government of India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed a three-member review committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the removal of the Punjabi film “Satluj” from the OTT platform. Welcoming the Centre’s decision, Dhillon said in a statement that Punjab’s cinema and its artists represent the voice, history and cultural identity of…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) and Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Harsh Malhotra on Tuesday hit out at the former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for speaking on every issue — from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination to fuel quality but remaining silent on the growing drug menace and crime in election-bound Punjab where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power. Malhotra said that it is astonishing for the people of Delhi and the country to s…
Jalandhar, July 5 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said that society must collectively resolve to build a drug-free and educated community while pursuing systemic reform and nation-building. “Only then can meaningful contributions be made towards creating a society rooted in service, respect and values,” he added.CM Saini was addressing a ceremony dedicated to the 39th Dikshant and Seva Samman of Piyush Muni Maharaj in Punjab’s Jalandhar city.The Chief Minister sai…
Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) The ongoing infighting within the Congress has exposed the party’s complete political bankruptcy, said Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab media in-charge Baltej Pannu on Sunday. He accused the Congress, the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal of joining hands to target Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann because they have no answer to the unprecedented work done by the government.Pannu told the media here that the Congress’ “internal feud is its own matter, but it reflects the p…
Jalandhar, July 5 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party government and said despite four and a half years having passed, the promise of eliminating drugs from Punjab has proven completely hollow. Instead, the flow of drugs has increased manifold compared to earlier, he added.Dhillon told the media here that before the elections, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal had promised the people of the state that drugs would be eradica…
Vadodara, July 4 (IANS) The announcement of the Manjalpur Assembly bye-election has set the stage for the first major electoral contest in Gujarat since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s sweeping performance in the state’s local body elections, with recent electoral trends placing the ruling party in a strong position to retain the Vadodara seat while the Congress prepares to challenge it and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is yet to decide whether to enter the fray.The Election Commission on Thursda…
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Wednesday slammed the state Aam Aadmi Party government over the launch of the monthly financial assistance scheme for nearly 40 lakh adult women, accusing it of committing a “massive betrayal” against women. He said the government, driven by false guarantees and functioning under the directions of Arvind Kejriwal, is misleading the people of the state and engaging in nothing more than an electoral stunt.Questioning the gov…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed several online platforms to remove certain prima facie defamatory social media posts targeting BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, holding that while political satire and criticism are integral to democracy, content that is “profane and vulgar” cannot be protected as harmless humour. Passing an interim order, a single-judge Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad directed Defendants No. 2 and 4 — the intermediary platforms — to ta…