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New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major political development ahead of the early 2027 Assembly polls in Punjab, the Union government on Wednesday approved the stoppage of the Ferozepur-Delhi Vande Bharat Express in Barnala town, benefiting at least six districts that fall in the politically sensitive Malwa region. The stoppage will mainly benefit commuters of Barnala, Mansa, Malerkotla and Sangrur districts. Justifying the decision, Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu said ...Read More >
Bathinda: Very dense to dense foggy conditions prevailed in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Adampur in Punjab and Bhopal in MP reported the average lowest minimum temperature over the plains in the country at 4.8°C, with low visibility. Bathinda witnessed a drop of 1.2°C in the last 24 hours, recorded as 0.6°C less than normal. The lowest minimum temperature in Haryana was recorded at Hisar at 5.7°C, which is 2.4°C less than normal. Due to dense fog, visibility was recorded at ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The series of events to commemorate the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib commenced on Saturday with Punjab cabinet ministers performing Ardas at Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in New Delhi.The commemorative events beginning Saturday will span most of Nov, culminating at Anandpur Sahib on Nov 25. A special session of the Vidhan Sabha dedicated to the Guru will be convened there on Nov 24, where eminent personalities will share their thoughts.From Nov 1 to 18, light and ...Read More >
Chandigarh: To assess the damage caused by the devastating floods in Punjab, a special Girdawari (crop damage assessment) has been launched across the state from today. In this regard, Punjab's Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister, S. Hardeep Singh Mundian, directed all concerned officers to carry out this process in a transparent, time-bound, and result-oriented manner so that no affected family is deprived of its rightful compensation. S. Hardeep Singh Mundian said that un ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan Saturday formed a select committee to hold consultations with various stakeholders on the "Prevention of Offences Against Holy Scripture(s) Bill, 2025". It follows a unanimous resolution passed during the assembly session on July 15. The select committee is mandated to submit its report within six months.The 15-member panel will be led by former cabinet minister and AAP (Amritsar South) MLA Inderbir Singh Nijjar. The state's advocate gene ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 19 (PTI) Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Saturday formed a 15-member select committee of the House for wider consultations with stakeholders on an anti-sacrilege bill. The move came days after the Punjab Assembly unanimously decided to refer the Punjab Prevention of Offences Against Holy Scripture(s) Bill, 2025, proposing punishment up to life imprisonment for sacrilege acts against religious scriptures, to a select committee of the House. The panel will submit ...Read More >
New Delhi: A quaint walled residential complex in Sector 39A in south Chandigarh is home to top ministers and officials of the Punjab government. Uniformly marked white boards point to numbers of red-brick single storey bungalows in the complex. There is no name plate outside bungalow number 926. When you enquire if it is home to former Delhi chief minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia, two guards from the neighbouring home helpfully say, "This is Satyendra Jain's kothi. Siso ...Read More >
Patna, July 6 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that Muharram symbolises sacrifice for justice and truth against injustice and arrogance. Kumar said here that on the occasion of Muharram tribute is paid to the martyrs of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain. He said that the sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions in the Maidan-e-Karbala for justice and truth against injustice, oppression and arrogance was immortal. Kumar appealed to the peopl ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Sunday demanded that Hindu temples and idols should also be included in the proposed Sacrilege Bill, for which a special Punjab Assembly session has been called on July 10 and 11. Chugh regretted that the Bill is being brought by the Bhagwant Mann government even after more than three years of its promise made in the election manifesto. "But better late than never," he said and demanded that the Bill must also in ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab will convene a special two-day session of the Legislative Assembly next week to enact a law on sacrilege, an emotive issue that remains a hot political issue ahead of every poll. A government spokesperson said the law against sacrilege would be passed in the Vidhan Sabha special session on July 10-11 to prevent a repeat of such incidents in the future. "For a long time, there has been a demand for making a law a ...Read More >
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suspended Amritsar North MLA and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh for five years due to alleged anti-party activities. This action follows Singh's criticism of a Vigilance Bureau raid on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia's residence in connection with a disproportionate assets case.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday suspended Amritsar North MLA and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from the party for five years for allegedly in ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jun 29 (PTI) The AAP on Sunday suspended Amritsar North MLA and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from the party for five years for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. Kunwar's suspension came days after he questioned the Vigilance Bureau's action against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested in a disproportionate assets case on June 25. The decision to suspend Kunwar from the party was taken by the AAP's political affairs com ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday suspended Amritsar North MLA and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from the party for five years for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. Singh's suspension came days after he questioned the manner in which a Vigilance Bureau team raided the residence of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in Amritsar in a disproportionate assets case. The decision to suspend Singh from the party was taken by the AAP's polit ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Congress high command has accepted the resignations of Bharat Bhushan Ashu as working president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, and Pargat Singh and Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon as the vice-presidents of the state unit, after the party's defeat in the just concluded Ludhiana West byelection. Bupesh Baghel, AICC incharge of the party's Punjab affairs, took to X Thursday evening to convey the party's decision. He wrote, "The party expresses its gratitude for the services of all three ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab police has asked the dating App Tinder about an account suspected to be linked to Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, who has been booked in the case of murder of a Sikh activist. A radical preacher, Amritpal Singh, is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under National Security Act (NSA). According to information, the query put to Tinder is in connection with the investigation being carried out by Faridkot district police into the murder case of Sikh activist Gurpreet Si ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 18 (VOICE) Railway commuters faced inconvenience in Punjab on Wednesday after farmers squatted on rail tracks in support of their long-pending demands, including the legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP) for crops.However, no untoward incident was reported in the state, a senior police official here told VOICE. The protest, at the call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, was carried out at over 100 locations in the state, badly imp ...Read More >
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