Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday, seeking restoration of Diljit Dosanjh-starrer film ‘Satluj’ that was removed just days after its digital release on an OTT platform.The petition said the removal of the film, based on activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s efforts to uncover alleged disappearances during Punjab’s insurgency era, without any public statutory or judicial order, “is violative of the constitutionally g…
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Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday criticised the AAP government in Punjab over the state’s deteriorating law and order situation, saying the explosion at the Sadar Police Station in Moga was evidence of the government’s failure to maintain security.“I had already expressed this apprehension that certain forces are on the prowl to disrupt Punjab’s peace, and today’s incident has turned this fear into reality,” Bittu wrote on X…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Punjab government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NICDC Logistics Data Services Limited (NLDSL) to accelerate the digital transformation of the state’s logistics ecosystem through the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP), an official statement said on Wednesday.NLDSL will support the Government of Punjab in developing a digitally connected logistics ecosystem by enabling seamless data exchange across departments through ULIP, the statement fr…
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, June 27 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Saturday termed the subsidised urea fertiliser supplied by the Central government for farmers in Punjab as not merely an administrative failure of the state AAP government, but a major corruption racket operating under official patronage. He said thousands of bags of subsidised urea reaching government plants such as Markfed and Milkfed could not have happened without government collusion and protection at higher levels. Dhil…
Ludhiana, June 27 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday launched the ‘Soorma’ (warrior) campaign and honoured drug-rehabilitated people with specially crafted ‘Soorma’ rings and T-shirts. Declaring it as the next phase of the state’s anti-drug movement, the Chief Minister said the initiative aimed to transform recovered drug victims into “Ambassadors of Hope”, who will lead the fight against addiction at the grassroots.Felicitating individuals who have remained dru…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Thursday demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and called for an FIR against him under the Anti-Sacrilege Law due to an alleged controversy involving an objectionable video. Speaking to reporters, Chadha said the truth behind the sacrilege-related video involving Bhagwant Mann, which he alleged was attempted to be concealed through a fabricated forensic report by the Punjab government, has now been expose…
Ludhiana, June 22 (IANS) Restoring the industrial and commercial glory of Punjab is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) resolve, and it will be fulfilled at all costs, BJP National President Nitin Nabin said on Monday. He assured industrialists in Ludhiana that a favourable environment for industrial development and investment will be created in the state, with agriculture running parallel to it.Nabin said the problems of each sector are different, but government policy, intent and decisive lea…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM-Punjab) on Friday called on Governor and Administrator of Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, at Lok Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum highlighting various issues and demands concerning the farming community.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha delegation raised several key issues, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), debt relief for farmers and agricultural labourers, conservation of water resources, cr…
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Pakistan’s Olympic champion in javelin throw, Arshad Nadeem, will get a financial boost for his sports complex to produce more champions as the country’s government has allocated 50 million PKR (180k US dollars), a news report said on Thursday.Nadeem stunned the world by winning the gold medal in the Javelin event of the Paris Olympics two years ago, throwing the spear to a new Olympic record distance of 92.97 meters. Nadeem showed pleasure at the allocation of the budge…