Batala, April 16 (IANS) One of Punjab’s most historic cities, Batala, is set for a major transformation as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday rolled out development projects of Rs 177 crore, combining large-scale infrastructure expansion with a sharp political message against previous regimes. With over Rs 95.72 crore of works by the Municipal Corporation (MC), Rs 16.05 crore by the Mandi Board, and Rs 65.09 crore in road construction by the PWD, alongside fresh repair works worth Rs…
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Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) Amidst a row over the suicide by a senior official of the Punjab Warehousing Corporation and allegations of harassment, Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Saturday resigned from the Cabinet. It’s learnt that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had asked Bhullar to step down over the allegations. Also, CM Mann has ordered an inquiry by the Chief Secretary into the circumstances leading to the official’s death, including any possible involvement of the lawma…
Patna, March 5 (IANS) Amid political buzz over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar moving to the Rajya Sabha, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday alleged that he had been “forced” into the decision under pressure from the BJP and termed the development a “betrayal of the people”.Talking to reporters here, Tejashwi Yadav said the RJD sympathised with Nitish Kumar and claimed that circumstances had compelled him to step aside.”Nitish Kumar is going to the Rajya Sabha, and we fully sympathise with …
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab’s legislator and spokesperson Kuldeep Dhaliwal, on Friday, hailed the decision of Special Delhi Court in which party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were acquitted in the liquor scam case. Dhaliwal said the court’s decision on Friday has proved that the entire case concocted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to eliminate the Aam Aadmi Party was a deep-rooted political conspiracy. La…
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party’s decision to pass the mantle to former Maharashtra deputy chief minister late Ajit Pawar after his death in a plane crash aimed to ensure the continuation of dynastic succession in yet another regional party. NCP, which is yet to recover from the deep shock of the sudden and untimely death of Ajit Pawar, preferred to appoint Sunetra Pawar as the legislature party leader and DCM in a bid to ride on Pawar’s legacy.The party arrived a…
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday denied that there was any factionalism in the state party. He said that the Congress does not practice caste or communal politics like the BJP to polarise people. He also took a dig at the AAP government in Punjab for making a U-turn on the issue of the missing ‘swaroops’ of the holy Guru Granth Sahib. In an informal interaction with the media here, he said, unlike the BJP, the Congress does not believe i…
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Talbir Singh Gill would be the party’s candidate from Majitha for the 2027 Assembly elections. He said the people would not allow any attempt to push Punjab back into beadbi (sacrilege) and ‘goondagardi’, and that development, dignity and respect for the Akal Takht Sahib would remain paramount.Addressing a public gathering after laying the foundation stone of 23 new rural li…
Ludhiana, Jan 8 (IANS) In a strong political message, Aam Aadmi Party Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday, met the newly elected Zila Parishad and Block Samiti members and asserted that the state has decisively broken away from the era of fear and manipulated elections, while announcing the AAP government will now launch a full-scale war against gangsters on the lines of the ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ (War against Drugs) campaign. Citing the AAP’s sweeping vi…