Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday strongly criticised the parole granted once again to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, accusing the Haryana government and the Centre of adopting double standards in dealing with prisoners and sacrilege-related cases.Ram Rahim, who is serving his sentence in Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak, was recently granted 30 days of parole. The move has triggered sharp criticism from the SGPC, with commit…
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Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal said on Sunday that the saying, “birds of a feather flock together”, perfectly reflected the relationship between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party in state politics. He added that a vote cast in favour of the Congress during Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council elections ultimately “strengthens the Aam Aadmi Party, as both parties are only pretending to oppose each other while secretly wo…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Severe heatwave conditions continued to intensify across Delhi and several parts of North India on Wednesday, with temperatures crossing 45 degrees Celsius in many areas of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue red and orange alerts in multiple states.According to the IMD, the ongoing heatwave is likely to persist over the next few days, severely impacting normal life across the region.In Delhi, scorch…
Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) Punjab Cabinet Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Thursday reviewed the ongoing relining work of the Rajasthan Feeder Canal and directed officials to ensure the timely completion of the project. He said the canal passes through several villages and towns of Punjab, and its lining had deteriorated considerably due to its nearly six-decade-old structure.He said repeated breaches in the common bank of the Rajasthan Feeder and Sirhind Feeder canals in the past had posed a cons…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday paid floral tributes to former President Giani Zail Singh on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Giani Zail Singh served as the seventh President of India from July 25, 1982, to July 25, 1987, and is remembered for his long-standing contribution to public life and governance.Born on May 5, 1916, in Sandhwan village in Punjab’s Faridkot district, Zail Singh’s political journey was shaped by his deep commitment to public service …
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested two operatives allegedly working at the behest of Pakistan-based gangster and ISI proxy Shahzad Bhatti, uncovering a major criminal conspiracy aimed at carrying out firing incidents, grenade attacks, and targeted killings in the Delhi-NCR region. The arrested individuals have been identified as Rajveer, 21, son of Vijay Ram and a resident of Dabra in Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, and Vivek Banjara,19, son of Nanhe Singh, also a resi…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Raveena Tandon’s daughter and actress Rasha Thadani will be celebrating her 21st birthday on March 16, but it seems like her birthday celebration has begun early this year, as she received a sweet surprise from her team on the set.Rasha took to her official Instagram handle and published a clip where her team was seen surprising her by bringing her a chocolate cake as she was getting ready to call it a day. They came into her vanity with the cake, singing “Happy Birthday”…