Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) A major firing incident suspected to be a gang rivalry-related attack was reported near the Department of Botany at the Panjab University in Chandigarh, raising fresh concerns over security on the campus. Sources said two unidentified individuals entered the campus on a two-wheeler and upon reaching the parking area near the varsity’s Department of Botany, fired two gunshots in the air on Tuesday evening. They then fled via the Ankur School road towards the temple ins…
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Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Member of Parliament, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, on Thursday appealed to the National Commission for Women to take cognisance of the “misogynistic and derogatory” remarks made by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann against women. In a representation to commission Chairperson, she said the Chief Minister had while addressing students at the Punjab Agriculture University in Ludhiana related how he used to refer to women as yellow wasps and Pakistan …
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Several Opposition MPs on Thursday raised concerns over claims of shortages of LPG cylinders and rising fuel prices, demanding a discussion in Parliament and accusing the government of failing to manage the supply situation. However, leaders from the ruling alliance asserted that there was no reason for panic and assured that adequate reserves were available in the country.Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told IANS that the issue must be discussed in Parliament and the gover…
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said the Opposition’s frustration over the announcement of Rs 1,000 per month for women clearly reflected their fear of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) returning to power in Punjab in 2027. Addressing the legislative Assembly here, CM Mann said while parties such as the Shiromani Akali Dal, the BJP and the Congress repeatedly betrayed the public by ignoring their election promises, the government has treated its manifesto as …
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday flagged off the eighth batch of 30 government school principals for training at the Principal Academy in Singapore, saying the initiative is aimed at providing exposure to educators to global teaching practices and further strengthening the state’s public education system. The Chief Minister also spoke on a range of political issues, asserting that Punjab will strongly oppose the Electricity (Amendment) Bill of 2025, whil…
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) Even as the Budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is underway and the government is highlighting its claims of maintaining an “upright” law and order situation while projecting policing initiatives, a village sarpanch was shot dead in broad daylight in Moga district on Friday. Sarpanch of Patto village, Harvinder Singh Happy, was gunned down in the Baghapurana area of Moga.According to initial reports, armed assailants arrived in a vehicle, surrounded the sarpa…
Chandigarh, March 5 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), on Thursday, demanded Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to allocate funds to fulfill promises made to women, farmers, government employees and the common man or be ready to face the ‘gherao’ of its legislators when they visit towns and villages to campaign for the party in the 2027 state Assembly elections. Addressing the media here, senior SAD leader N.K. Sharma said “the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has betrayed each and e…
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday rejected the reconstituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab to probe the 328 unaccounted ‘swaroops’ of the Guru Granth Sahib, while claiming a new team had been formed solely because the old SIT refused to follow illegal orders to implicate party chief Sukhbir Badal in the case.Reacting to the development, senior leaders Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Parambans Singh Romana,…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema said on Tuesday that the state government’s sustained crackdown against narcotics is delivering concrete results, dismantling drug networks that once operated with impunity, adding that drug traffickers are also fleeing the state and establishing Haryana as the new base. He noted that as Punjab “strengthens enforcement and public participation against drugs, serious questions are arising about the growing menace in Haryana under the…
Attari, Feb 21 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said that if his party forms the government in Punjab in 2027, it will work towards reopening the Attari and Fazilka borders to facilitate trade with Central Asian countries and establish a special industrial zone in the border belt.Addressing a rally here as part of the party’s ‘Punjab Bachao’ campaign, Badal said business activities in the border belt had suffered significantly following the closure…