Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Amid the controversy over Diljit Dosanjh’s film ‘Satluj’, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Thursday dismissed allegations that the state government had signed any file related to the premature release of convicts in the 1995 abduction and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Presenting a chronology, the party’s media in-charge, Baltej Pannu, said here that the proposal for premature release was first sent during the Congress government, while the …
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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…
Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) Firmly believing that without the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “double-engine” governments it is not possible to turn it into a ‘Khushal Punjab’ (prosperous Punjab). The party also aims not to go for a pre-poll alliance in the state Assembly polls slated early 2027 with its oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working in a mission mode named ‘Punjab Mission’ after a landslide win in West Bengal polls.These were the candid views of State BJP President K…
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…
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) BJP leaders on Wednesday termed the launch of Punjab AAP government’s ‘Mawan Dhiyan Satkar Yojana’ at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s constituency Dhuri, “an election stunt” in view of the upcoming state Assembly polls.In a post on X, Punjab CM Mann said: “Today, the historic launch of the ‘Mothers-Daughters Respect Scheme’ took place in Dhuri…Under this, Rs.1,000 for the general category and Rs.1,500 for the Dalit community is being given as a monthly honorarium.”He a…
Sangrur, July 1 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday called on the people to get their enumeration done under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. After getting his own enumeration completed here, the Chief Minister said the state has already achieved nearly 90 per cent electoral roll mapping and reaffirmed that the state government will not allow any genuine vote to be deleted during the ongoing revision exercise.During a media interaction, the Chi…
Sangrur, June 30 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, on Tuesday inaugurated an Olympic-standard swimming pool built at a cost of Rs 9.50 crore in Sangrur and declared that the district is poised to emerge as a nursery for Asian, World and Olympic champions.Highlighting the Aam Aadmi Party government’s investment in sports infrastructure, CM Mann said Punjab has increased the sports budget from less than Rs 200 crore under previous governments to Rs 1,790 crore, secured the opportunity…
Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Monday raised questions over ministers and legislators giving their consent to the Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, without reading it.He said this clearly showed that the Bhagwant Mann government, its ministers, legislators and AAP leaders, especially Arvind Kejriwal, were merely indulging in politics over the issue of the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib and playing with Sikh sentiments.In a …
Srinagar, June 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday wrote to his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann regarding unauthorised levy on livestock transport vehicles transiting through Punjab. Mutton traders in Kashmir are on an indefinite strike, complaining about unauthorised heavy levies being recovered by some contractor gangs from J&K-bound livestock vehicles passing through Punjab.In his letter, Abdullah sought the intervention of the Punjab government to stop the…
Amritsar, June 29 (IANS) All 78 Sikh legislators in the House of 117, including nine Cabinet ministers led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwa, on Monday appeared before the Akal Takht to deliberate on and present their views on the amended anti-sacrilege law that was implemented without properly consulting with it and other ‘panthic’ bodies, including the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act,…