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The panthic gathering convened by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday passed a resolution asking the Punjab government not to frame or amend the anti-sacrilege law without a discussion with the gurdwara body. The gathering was called after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government announced a special session of the vidhan sabha on April 13 to bring an amendment in the Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008, which will impose stricter punishment against sacrilege ( ...Read More >
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab announced on Friday that more than 65,000 government jobs have been provided over the past four years under what it calls an "Employment Revolution". Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann highlighted the figures in a statement, presenting the initiative as a major step toward transparent and merit-based recruitment in the state. According to details shared by the party's Punjab unit, a total of 65,264 government jobs have been handed over across departments witho ...Read More >
In a significant administrative reshuffle, the Punjab government on Monday appointed 1992-batch IPS officer and special DGP Sharad Satya Chauhan as the chief director of the Vigilance Bureau. The appointment comes on a day the government also sent a list of eligible officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the selection of the next director general of police (DGP). Chauhan, a batchmate of incumbent DGP Gaurav Yadav, is the senior-most IPS officer presently serving in Punjab. ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday asserted that Punjab's power sector has undergone a structural turnaround under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, with the once loss-making department now recording profits even while providing free electricity to 90% of households. He highlighted that the government not only ensured zero electricity bills for the majority of families through 600 units of free power, but also reversed the earlier trend of selling public assets b ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj said the BJP-controlled Delhi Police is driven by prejudice, pointing out that while no FIR was registered even after an attack on Dalit MLA Kuldeep Kumar, the entire police machinery, including the Commissioner, swung into action when ink was thrown at the Assembly Speaker's car and a bouquet was left behind. A car breaching security and entering the Delhi Assembly premises by breaking through the gate ha ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC on Monday held that a promise, assurance, or representation made by a CM Rekha Gupta during a press conference cannot be treated as an enforceable commitment binding on the government. A Bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla set aside a single-judge order that had directed the Delhi government, then led by the AAP, to take steps to frame a policy for implementing such an assurance. "No mandamus could be issued to enforce the statement made by the then C ...Read More >
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday in the Delhi High Court opposed former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's application seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing its appeal against the trial court's order discharging him and 22 others in the Delhi excise policy case, describing the development as "serious". Even as Justice Sharma issued notice in the application, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the agency, submitted that Kejriwal had ...Read More >
India - Akali leaders Harsimrat, Majithia seek compensation for crop damage due to hailstorms Chandigarh, Senior SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged the Union agriculture minister to send a special team to Punjab to assess the damage caused to the standing wheat crop by hailstorms. He urged the Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to release a special compensation package to affected farmers. On the other hand, Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded immedi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday raised concerns over security arrangements in the national capital after a car allegedly breached the gate of the Delhi Assembly and entered the premises. In a post on X, AAP MLA and Chief Whip Sanjeev Jha termed the incident a "serious lapse" and sought clarity on the overall security mechanism in the city. Sharing a photograph of the damaged gate on X, Jha said a vehicle entering a high-security zone like the Assembly by breaking thr ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) The Punjab government is learnt to have sent a panel of 14 senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission for shortlisting three candidates for the post of regular Director General of Police in the state, sources said on Monday. At present, IPS officer Gaurav Yadav is the acting DGP (head of the state police force). In the list sent to the UPSC, senior IPS officers having the rank of DGP figured in it. The list comprised names of 1992-batch IPS officer Gaur ...Read More >
Patiala, Apr 6 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday called on people to boycott Shiromani Akali Dal leaders, saying those responsible for "beadbi" (sacrilege) of a religious text and "atrocities" against people must be held accountable. The CM was referring to the 2015 sacrilege incidents and police firing on anti-sacrilege protesters in Faridkot. "These (Akalis) people bruised the psyche of every common man by allowing the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib during their regime. ...Read More >
Kapurthala, Apr 6 (PTI) An elderly couple from Sultanpur Lodhi here has claimed that they have lost four sons to drugs while the fifth and last surviving son is also bed-ridden due to a severe liver infection. However, ruling Aam Aadmi Party's general secretary Baltej Pannu rebutted the claims of four deaths in a single household caused by drugs, asserting that the facts present a very different and more nuanced picture. In a statement, Pannu claimed a thorough field verification revealed that ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Sidelined Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Monday shared a post on social media saying "never outshine the master", amid a bitter rift with his party leadership. Chadha shared on Instagram pictures of himself reading a book titled "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene. Posting a portion of the book, the Rajya Sabha MP said, "Somebody gifted me a book this week." "Funny how timing works," he said in his post. "Some books arrive exactly when they are meant to," his pos ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that an assurance given by then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in March 2020 on payment of rent on behalf of poor tenants during the Covid-induced lockdown cannot be enforced by his statement was not followed up by any official action. The ruling by a bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and O P Shukla came on an appeal by the Delhi government against a single judge's 2021 decision, which held that the chief minister's promise to the citiz ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) BJP's Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar on Monday said "cowardly" acts such as the recent attack on the party office by those alarmed at its rising popularity will not shake the party's resolve to build a "new Punjab". Speaking at the party's 47th foundation day event at its state headquarters, Jakhar said the people of Punjab are increasingly viewing the BJP as a "ray of hope" for their future. National general secretary Tarun Chugh, working president Ashwani Sharma, MP Sa ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Senior SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged the Union agriculture minister to send a special team to Punjab to assess the damage caused to the standing wheat crop by hailstorms. He urged the Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to release a special compensation package to affected farmers. On the other hand, Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded immediate compensation of Rs 50,000 per acre from the state government. Bathinda MP Hars ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (UNI) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has triggered a fresh wave of political speculation amid his intensifying rift with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by sharing a cryptic social media post centred on the "laws of power". In a move widely interpreted as a direct swipe at AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Chadha posted a photograph of himself reading Robert Greene's 'The 48 Laws of Power'. The MP specifically highlighted the book's first law, which cautions subordinates to "never outshin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Delhi Police have arrested a man who broke through a gate of the Delhi Assembly and placed a bouquet outside the Speaker's office on Monday. The Police also seized the involved Tata Sierra car with a Uttar Pradesh registration number which forcibly entered Gate No. 2 of the Assembly, breaking the iron gate. Also Read | Oracle Layoffs: Laid-Off Employee Turns Uber Driver, Earns INR 43,000 Monthly Interest After Losing Job; Here's How. The driver had escape ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Delhi Police have arrested a man who broke through a gate of the Delhi Assembly and placed a bouquet outside the Speaker's office on Monday. The Police also seized the involved Tata Sierra car with a Uttar Pradesh registration number which forcibly entered Gate No. 2 of the Assembly, breaking the iron gate. The driver had escaped after placing the flower bouquet. Following the incident, Delhi Commissioner of Police Satish Golcha and the forensics team arr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday refrained from making detailed public comments on the ongoing excise policy case, stating that the matter is currently sub judice and sensitive in nature. Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said, "The matter is subjudice. It is a sensitive issue. I will not speak in the media about this matter. The next date of the hearing is on Monday (April 13) at 2:30 PM. I will argue in my case." Also Read | ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appeared in person in the Delhi High Court seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the CBI petition challenging the discharge of the AAP convenor and all other accused in the liquor policy case. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application for her recusal on record and listed it for hearing on April 13, after she was informed that a plea for transfer of the case to another HC bench filed before the apex co ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a recusal application filed by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who appeared in person and sought that the matter relating to the alleged excise policy case be heard by a Bench other than that of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The development came during the hearing of a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court order discharging Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday opposed before the Delhi high court, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's application seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing its appeal against the trial court's order discharging him and 22 others in the Delhi excise policy case, describing the development as "something serious" that had taken place in the national capital. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application on record and listed it for hearing ...Read More >
New Delhi: Amid an ongoing rift with the party's top leadership, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Monday shared a cryptic Instagram post, which is seen as a veiled dig at party chief Arvind Kejriwal. However, Chadha did not directly refer to the party or the leadership in the post. Sharing images of a book's cover and the first chapter, Chadha wrote, "The timing is hard to ignore. I turned to chapter 1 - 'Never Outshine The Master'. Some books arrive exactly when they are meant to." " ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday refrained from making detailed public comments on the ongoing excise policy case, stating that the matter is currently sub judice and sensitive in nature. Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said, "The matter is subjudice. It is a sensitive issue. I will not speak in the media about this matter. The next date of the hearing is on Monday (April 13) at 2:30 PM. I will argue in my case." Earlier in ...Read More >
RAYYA, AMRITSAR -- In a resolute stance against the rising incidents of sacrilege, Dal Khalsa has made an earnest appeal to Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj, SGPC appointed acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht Sahib, urging him to look towards the Panth rather than the government for justice. According to the written release issued by the organization -- a copy of which is available with the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) -- the community must rely on its own strength and traditions to combat blasphemy instead ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): In a key development during today's hearing, the Delhi High Court issued notice to the CBI on Arvind Kejriwal and others' plea seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the excise policy case. Kejriwal, appearing in court, stated that he will argue the recusal application himself. Recording his presence, the Court noted that Respondent No. 18 (Kejriwal) appeared in person and took his recusal application on record, directing the Registry to p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appeared in person in the Delhi High Court seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the CBI petition challenging the discharge of the AAP convenor and all other accused in the liquor policy case. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application for her recusal on record and listed it for hearing on April 13. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, argued that the court was not a forum for theatr ...Read More >
ALSO READ | It's not about the samosas alone: How Raghav Chadha and AAP broke up slowly but steadily Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Atishi questioned Chadha's silence on what she described as "pressing national concerns." In a video, she asked why he had not raised issues such as the alleged misuse of institutions and the ongoing LPG shortage. "Today, our nation is passing through an immense crisis... yet you are not raising any questions. Why are you seemingly afraid to speak out again ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday arrived at the Delhi High Court, along with his wife, in connection with his recusal application before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the alleged liquor scam. Kejriwal is also expected to argue his case during the hearing. Also Read | Rajasthan Weather Forecast and Update: IMD Issues Yellow Alert for Rain and Hailstorms Till April 8. Refusing to comment on the matter, he told reporters, "The m ...Read More >
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