New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh Bittu quit the Union Council of Ministers and President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation on Friday, said an official. An official communique issued by the President’s Secretariat said, “The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Shri Ravneet Singh from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Articl…
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New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Amid the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer film ‘Satluj’ row, Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu on Monday said his objections were not directed against any religion, but against terrorism, violence and bloodshed. He said Sikhism also “stands for peace, courage, sacrifice and service to humanity”.Bittu highlighted the contributions of members of the Sikh community in diverse fields, including the judiciary, the armed forces, public administration, business, sports, litera…
Chandigarh, July 12 (IANS) The makers of the ‘Satluj’ film cannot hide behind the excuse of “creative freedom” while presenting disputed claims as established history, Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu said on Sunday.He said Punjab’s painful past “is not a script to be selectively edited to suit a narrative”.In a statement, he challenged the producer and director of the ‘Satluj’ movie to place before the people of Punjab the complete documentary evidence,…
Jalandhar, July 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Wednesday said allegations by certain politicians regarding the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Central government’s role in the removal of “Satluj” film from the OTT platform “are baseless, misleading and devoid of facts.” He said it is important to place the issue in its proper context. The events depicted in the film take place during a period when both the government of Punjab and the government of India…
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) The high-security Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat, guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat email was received in the office of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), officials said.Besides the CISF, Chandigarh Police, along with its counterparts from Punjab and Haryana, bomb squads and the Fire Brigade, were deployed in the Secretariat, which houses offices of the Chief Ministers of both states, their C…