Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Tuesday sent a reminder letter to the Union government to allot special trains from Punjab to Sri Guru Ravidass Maharaj Janam Asthan Mandir in Varanasi, enabling pilgrims to pay their obeisance. The Finance Minister, who is Chairman of the Cabinet sub-committee formed by the state government to organise celebrations, made this call while chairing a review meeting to assess the ongoing yearlong celebrations being organised by the …
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New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab and Haryana in connection with three terror-gangster network cases linked to Pakistan-based terrorist Shahzad Bhatti. NIA teams carried out coordinated searches at 18 locations across nine districts in the two states. Several individuals were examined to gather relevant information, while digital devices, documents, and data related to communication networks, financial t…
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted another round of searches in a money laundering investigation involving Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora and some others in an alleged Rs 100 crore GST fraud case linked to the sale of mobile phones. Official sources said the raids were underway in Delhi-Noida (NCR) and Punjab’s Ludhiana and Jalandhar in a case linked to Arora’s firm Hampton Sky Realty.Likewise, the ED also conducted a raid on the premises of Munic…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) ‘Prince of Bhangra’ Sukhbir has added a touch of Rajasthani tadka to his iconic Punjabi number “Sauda Khara Khara”. Taking to social media, Sukhbir shared a video of him sitting and playing the harmonium. In the clip, Rajasthani folk singers are sitting next to him with a dhol and khartal.They all could be seen singing the number, which was also recreated for the film Good Newwz starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kiara Advani and Diljit Dosanjh.The video ha…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court has convicted and sentenced three accused in a 2018 terror conspiracy case linked with the banned Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) terrorist organisation, involving the seizure of weapons and explosive materials from an educational institute hostel room in Punjab’s Jalandhar, central agency officials said. The NIA special court at Mohali in Punjab, which on Monday convicted Zahid Gulzar, Yasir Rafiq Bhat and Mohammad Idri…
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Friday achieved an impressive victory in 102 civic bodies by winning 862 wards of the 1,765 that have been counted till now. A total of 1,977 wards went to the polls on May 26. The principal Opposition Congress emerged second by winning 348 seats. The Independents emerged third by winning 242 wards, higher than the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which won 169 wards. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (B…
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…
Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) Former Indian cricketer and ex-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh on Friday asked his previous party that “when the time comes, he would reveal how many Rajya Sabha seats were sold”. The former India off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh, became the Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member in 2022. And on April 24, he switched sides along with six AAP MPs and joined the BJP.Responding to the remark of ‘gaddar’ by an AAP functionary, Harbhajan Singh replie…
Chandigarh, May 20 (IANS) In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted an international drug cartel with the arrest of two persons and recovered 10 kg ICE (methamphetamine) and 4 kg heroin from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday. Those arrested have been identified as Mohit alias Bachi, 19, a resident of Pavaar village in Jalandhar, and Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh…
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Dealing a major blow to the circulation of fake currency, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence Patiala (CI unit in Malerkotla has busted a module with the arrest of four individuals and recovered counterfeit currency of 5.50 lakh, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday. Those arrested have been identified as Nazar Khan, a resident of Malerkotla; Raj Mohammad, a resident of Dhuri in Sangrur; Mukhtiyar Singh, alias Gurjit Singh, a resident of …