Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon said on Sunday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s attempt to shield its two Ministers in the paper leak and examination cheating scandals “is clear evidence that it is patronising corruption and dishonesty”. He said AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, who once incited young people to protest during demonstrations in Delhi, has now chosen to remain completely silent on the paper leak and cheat…
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), demanding the resignation of Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains over the alleged paper leak controversy. Sirsa accused the AAP of adopting double standards and alleged that its leaders had failed to uphold the principles they had previously advocated on examination paper leaks.Speaking in a video post, Sirsa referred to AAP’s earlier stand on similar controve…
Chandigarh, July 25 (IANS) Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturday hailed the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as the “victory of the youth of the country against a corrupt and an arrogant regime”. Reacting to the resignation amid nationwide protests seeking accountability over exam irregularities, Warring said while the Union Minister had been forced to resign, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains was still in office and he must a…
Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday demanded the resignation of the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and the Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains over repeated paper leaks in the state.He said like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan “are responsible at the national level and the country seeks answers and accountability from them, so are Mann and Bains accountable for Punjab leaks and …
Patiala, June 10 (IANS) Marking a paradigm shift in Punjab’s urban sanitation and cleaning initiative, state Local Government Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Wednesday announced a first-of-its-kind hybrid cleaning model that would make this city the cleanest in the state within a month and eventually position Punjab as India’s cleanest state. Demonstrating the new system on Patiala’s streets this morning, Bains said the hybrid model integrates mechanised shrub-cutters, super-suction machine…
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind move to improve urban sanitation, Punjab Local Government Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Monday launched ‘Mission Clean Punjab’, a technology-driven drive that will put all civic officials, from top to bottom, on the ground daily from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.Unveiling ‘Mission Clean Punjab’ at the department’s headquarters here, Bains reviewed the drive’s first day through video calls with field officials.He said the initiative will be powered…
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Thursday announced that sanitation workers across various Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), municipal councils, municipal committees, and nagar panchayats in the state have decided to withdraw their ongoing strike after talks with the government. Cheema told the media here that a five-member delegation from the workers’ 35-member committee held detailed discussions with Cabinet Minister Harjot Singh Bains, senior government officials,…
Anandpur Sahib, May 6 (IANS) As a devout and indebted Sikh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday embarked on a ‘Shukrana Yatra’ with religious fervour after paying obeisance at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib here. Accompanied by Cabinet minister Harjot Singh Bains, CM Mann said the yatra was being undertaken to express gratitude to the almighty for blessing him with the opportunity to serve humanity by enacting the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act of 2026, which provi…
Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) In a student-centric move aimed at reshaping school education delivery, the Punjab government has introduced a major reform in textbook distribution for private schools. From this academic session, the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) will directly supply books to every Class I to XII student studying in PSEB-affiliated private schools, ending the long-standing monopoly of authorised agencies and bookshops.Announcing the reform, Education Minister Harjot Singh Bai…
Chandigarh, April 19 (IANS) Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has given assent to the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, enabling harsher punishment for ‘beadbi’ (sacrilege) of the living Guru Sahib.As a mark of respect to Guru Granth Sahib, the Assembly, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, on April 13 unanimously passed the Bill.Now, the law provides for life imprisonment for ‘beadbi’, creating one of the toughest legal frameworks in the country to …