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 …
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Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) Punjab on Wednesday introduced artificial intelligence (AI) as a mainstream subject from Class I to XII. The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) will roll out the curriculum in a phased manner under the ‘Sarbat.AI’ project, said School Education Minister Harjot Bains.Accompanied by former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia, Bains launched the project in the presence of education experts, technology partners and senior officials of the School Education Departm…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra said on Sunday that the appearance of senior and highly paid lawyers, including MPs Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha, before the Delhi High Court to seek interim relief in the Sonam Wangchuk matter makes it evident that he is not an ordinary activist but a political pawn of the entire Opposition.The Delhi BJP President said that the Delhi Police’s action to shift Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar to a hospital was in accordance with the High Cou…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party leadership must explain its political association with and patronage of ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, who was held guilty of instigating the 2020 Delhi riots, murder and violence in a court. Reacting to the trial court’s decision delivered on Monday, Chief Minister Gupta said that the conviction of Tahir Hussain in the case marks an important step towards justice for the families who lost the…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra on Tuesday junked the so-called “education revolution” of the AAP in Punjab, pointing to an Amritsar girl’s suicide allegedly due to non-payment of fee to a private school. Malhotra said the incident of a girl taking her own life over a school fee amounting to only a few thousand rupees has shaken the conscience of the entire country and, at the same time, exposed the Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s claims of bringing …
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, on Friday, expressed his gratitude to the people of Punjab after the party’s victory in the state civic body polls. He asserted that the mandate is a reflection that people have supported the party’s working style. The AAP in Punjab 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…
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…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned till July 16 the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the discharge of former Chief Minister of Delhi and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and others, in the alleged excise policy corruption case.A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain took on record the submission that ‘vakalatnamas’ have been filed on behalf of Kejriwal, Sis…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notices to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai and investigative journalist Saurav Das in a criminal contempt petition alleging circulation of scandalous and contemptuous social media content against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in connection with the excise policy case.The petition, filed by Ashok Chaitanya under Section 15(1)(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, read with Article 215 of the Constitution, had also sought initi…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A fresh petition seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings has been filed before the Delhi High Court against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj, MLA Gopal Rai and investigative journalist Saurav Das over alleged “scandalous and contemptuous” social media posts targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in connection with the excise policy case. The petition, filed by advocate Ashok …