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, June 11 (IANS) The Congress President on Thursday appointed AICC observers to assess the current political scenario in Punjab and submit a report. They are Ajay Maken, Meenakshi Natarajan and Bhajan Lal Jatav. Meanwhile, state Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said the party will fight the ensuing elections in the state under the leadership of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.Replying to a question from the media …
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders strongly criticised the government after Punjab Police conducted a raid at the Amritsar residence of its senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia after a major clash, alleging that the action was politically-motivated and part of a broader campaign to target the Opposition.The raid was carried out at Majithia’s Green Avenue residence following a major political standoff and clash at a local police station.After the confrontation, Amritsar P…
Chandigarh, May 30 (IANS) RTI activist and lawyer Simranjit Singh, who had been filing complaints against high-profile people, was shot dead in a second attempt on his life by two motorcycle-borne men at point-blank range on Saturday in Punjab’s Phagwara city, police said. The assailants opened fire at him near the Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway. Simranjit Singh was hit by multiple bullets.Simranjit Singh, who had earlier narrowly escaped an attempt to kill him in Jalandhar city, had been filing p…
Patiala, April 28 (IANS) A blast was reported near a railway track in Patiala, Punjab, officials said on Tuesday, adding that no severe damage was reported.The incident occurred late on Monday night.According to authorities, an unidentified body was also found near the Shambhu-Ambala rail track where the explosion occurred. However, officials said it is not yet clear whether the body is linked to the blast.The explosion caused partial damage to the railway track, said Patiala Senior Superintende…
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Friday lauded the unity of opposition parties under the INDIA bloc, thanking a wide range of national and regional leaders for their collective opposition to the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill. In a post on social media, Stalin expressed particular gratitude to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for raising concerns in Parliament against what he described as an attempt by the BJP to push through the legislation without a…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The face behind justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, human rights lawyer and former AAP lawmaker H.S. Phoolka, on Wednesday joined the BJP.After joining the BJP here, Phoolka said, “I’ve been a strong supporter of the BJP since my childhood. From 2014 to 2017, I was in the Aam Aadmi Party. We thought that we had come to this party to end all the corruption that existed under the Congress government at that time, but later, we saw that the situation was quite…
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab was forcing farmers to commit suicide in despair after failing to give them any succour, be it fulfilling the promise to provide minimum support price (MSP) on 22 crops. Expressing sorrow at the extreme step taken by two brothers – Jaswinder and Jaskaran of Faridkot district after becoming severely indebted, the SAD president said, “AAP promised big but did n…
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…
Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday announced to start a mass contact programme from February 17 in Qadian town in Gurdaspur district to launch the first phase of an election campaign comprising 40 rallies in nearly one month for the Assembly polls slated early next year.A decision to this effect was taken by party President Sukhbir Singh Badal after consultation with the senior party leadership.Speaking on the issue, Badal said, “We will take up all the burning i…