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Tarn Taran: A total of 26 nomination papers have been filed for the Tarn Taran byelections scheduled to be held on Nov 11, with 11 candidates submitting their nominations on the last day.The high-stakes bypoll in the sensitive panthic constituency, known for its turbulent past, has drawn significant attention from major political parties and influential independent candidates.The key contenders include Harmeet Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party, Sukhwinder Kaur of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Harjit Singh ...Read More >
Patiala: Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) leader and former MP, Prem Singh Chandumajra, on Sunday urged both the central and state govt to provide adequate compensation to farmers hit by poor paddy yield due to the recent floods. He said the low paddy yield should be classified as a natural calamity. Although the Centre recognised flood damage as a severe calamity, he added, the combined impact of floods, the bona virus, and haldi disease has caused a 40-50% drop in paddy yield, leaving farmer ...Read More >
The CBI arrested DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a middleman on bribery charges after an iron merchant alleged a ₹8 lakh demand. Searches at Bhullar's premises uncovered approximately ₹5 crore in cash, jewelry, luxury watches, and multiple firearms. The agency also seized ₹21 lakh and property documents from the alleged middleman. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested DIG (Ropar range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar and an alleged middleman on bribery charges after an iro ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: In a dramatic turn ahead of the Nov 11 by-election for the Tarn Taran assembly constituency, Mandeep Singh, brother of jailed Sandeep Singh, who gained notoriety for allegedly killing Hindu leader Sudhir Suri in Amritsar and was later linked to the custodial death of inmate Suba Singh in Central Jail, Patiala, filed his nomination papers on Saturday as an independent candidate.Equally surprising was the entry of Komalpreet Singh Chahal, a close relative of late Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ...Read More >
In panthic seat, the party has promised 'double-pace development', akin to BJP's double engine pitch. Since March 2022, when the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power with a brute majority of 92 in the 117-strong Vidhan Sabha, Punjab has witnessed six Assembly bypolls, of which the ruling party won five. In three of these, the AAP had fielded turncoats and other two other, a loyalist and its own Rajya Sabha MP. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO With stage now set for a seventh Assembly bypoll -- in Ta ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A CBI court in Chandigarh on Friday sent Punjab deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, Ropar range, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday in a bribery case, to 14-day judicial custody. Bhullar was arrested along with a middleman, Kirshanu Sharda, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh from a Mandi Gobindgarh-based scrap dealer to settle a 2023 case. Bhullar, who is son of former Punjab DGP Mehal Singh B ...Read More >
Chandigarh, October 17: A CBI court here on Friday sent Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ropar Range, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, to 14 days' judicial custody following his arrest on bribery charges and the recovery of a massive amount of cash and jewellery weighing about 1.5 kg from his house. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Bhullar, a senior Indian Police Service officer of the 2009 batch, along with middleman Kirshanu Sharda, in a bribery case involving Rs 8 la ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Rs 5 crore in cash, 1.5kg of gold jewellery, 22 luxury watches, keys to an Audi and a Mercedes, 40 litres of imported liquor, and multiple firearms -- these were seized by the CBI during a high-stakes raid that led to the arrest of Ropar Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a middleman on ThursdayDocuments linked to immovable properties and assets across Punjab were also confiscated, exposing a sprawling alleged bribery network.The arrests came after an iron merchant from Fatehgarh ...Read More >
Mohali: Ropar Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a 'middleman' were arrested by CBI at his Mohali office on Thursday on bribery charges after an iron merchant from Fatehgarh Sahib district complained that the IPS officer was demandings ₹8 lakh to 'settle' a case.CBI officers seized around ₹5 crore in cash, 1.5kg of jewellery, 22 'luxury watches', keys to an Audi and a Mercedes, locker keys, 40 litres of imported liquor bottles, a pistol, a revolver and a double-barrelled gun during searches a ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (PTI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police Harcharan Singh Bhullar in an alleged bribery case of Rs 8 lakh, officials said. A 2009-batch IPS officers, Bhullar was arrested from his Mohali office in a case registered on charges that he demanded a bribe of Rs 8 lakh in addition to monthly illegal gratification through his middleman Krishanu for "settling" a 2023 FIR registered against a scrap dealer from Mandi ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: Congress nominee Karanbir Singh Burj and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming Tarn Taran byelection, scheduled to be held on November 11.Karanbir Burj was accompanied by leader of opposition in Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, while Sukhwinder Kaur filed her nomination in presence of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.Both parties held a show of strength, mobilising supporters and leaders in a displ ...Read More >
Election Commission issued notifications for bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies. New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued notifications for the bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies across the country. The polling is scheduled for November 11, and the counting of votes is to be held on November 14. According to the notification, the bye-election for the 71-Nuapada Assembly Constituency in Odisha will see nomination filing from October 20, scrutiny ...Read More >
Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, "paid with her life". "There was a way to retrieve and capture all militants but Operation Blue Star was the wrong way and I agree that Mrs Gandhi paid with her life for the mistake but the mistake was cumulative decision of the Army, intelligence, police and civil defence and you cannot completely b ...Read More >
Amritsar: Reorganised Shiromani Akali Dal's panthic council president Bibi Satwant Kaur has extended her support to Mandeep Singh, the Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) candidate for the Tarn Taran assembly byelection on Nov 11.Mandeep Singh is the brother of Sandeep Singh, alias Sunny, who is an accused in the murder case of Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri. While the Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) on Tuesday announced Mandeep as its official nominee, uncertainty remains over the banner under whic ...Read More >
A social media post by Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) halqa in-charge Harmeet Singh Sandhu terming the state government's event, to be organised in Tarn Taran on Friday, as political one has drawn criticism from the Shiromani Akali Dal. The Friday's event will be presided over by chief minister Bhagwant Mann near Panjwar village on Chabhal-Khemkaran road. A communique issued by a government spokesperson stated that the function would be in connection with the foundation stone laying of rural link road ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: With the Election Commission announcing the date for the Tarn Taran bypoll, the political stage is set as parties and aspiring independent candidates gear up for a closely contested and significant electoral battle ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections.The Election Commission on Monday announced that the by-election for the Tarn Taran assembly constituency will be held on Nov 11, and the result will be declared on Nov 14. The Tarn Taran assembly seat fell vacant following the d ...Read More >
His meeting with the Congress leadership comes amid buzz that Joshi might be the party's pick for the upcoming Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll. An RSS worker, Joshi is a known Hindu leader in Punjab and is regarded as a sharp, outspoken leader. A two-time MLA from Amritsar North, Joshi had served as a cabinet minister in the 2012 SAD-BJP government, handling the local bodies and medical education portfolio. He also remained the industry minister before that for 1.5 years. He was expelled from the s ...Read More >
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object i ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 1 (PTI) The Punjab Congress on Wednesday launched a signature campaign as part of the party's nationwide 'Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod' (vote thieves, quit throne) drive under which five crore signatures will be submitted to the Election Commission on October 15. The party's Punjab in-charge and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Bhagel said 15 lakh signatures will be submitted from Punjab. Baghel claimed the BJP has been "exposed completely" after the revelations made by par ...Read More >
12 Chandigarh: Punjab recorded the highest number of drug overdose deaths for the second consecutive year in 2023, with 89 fatalities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, even as the state witnessed a decline from the 144 deaths reported in 2022.The 89 deaths in Punjab were followed by 85 in Madhya Pradesh and 84 in Rajasthan, out of a national total of 654 such fatalities in 2023, according to the NCRB report on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 202 ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (PTI) Former Punjab minister Anil Joshi is likely to join the Congress here on Wednesday, party sources said on Tuesday. Joshi had met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal in Delhi a few days ago sparking speculation about his joining the party. A former BJP leader, he was expelled from the party after he criticised the central government for "mishandling" the farm agitation against the now-repealed farm laws in 2021. Thereaf ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a mock sitting of legislative assembly on Monday, calling it 'Janta di Vidhan Sabha' (People's Assembly) where it passed a resolution condemning the Aam Aadmi Party-led govt in the state for "not taking pre-flood measures; exacerbating the 'Mann-made' crisis by its negligence and mismanagement; and shifting the blame on the Centre, despite the flood warnings".The resolution passed by the party also sought a CBI probe into ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu to ensure exemplary punishment to Air India staff members who allegedly humiliated and insulted a Sikh passenger, besides stressing the need to sensitise airline staff not to pick on articles of faith of passengers. In a letter to the Union Minister, the Bathinda MP said a Sikh passenger, Jeewan Singh, from Tamil Nadu, w ...Read More >
Former Punjab minister Majithia, who was arrested in the disproportionate assets case, is currently in judicial custody. The meeting lasted for about 30 minutes. The details about the conversation between the two were not known, the sources said. After meeting Majithia, Dhillon briefly interacted with his followers who had gathered near the jail. Dhillon did not speak to the media, they said. Tight security arrangements had been made in and around the jail ahead of Dhillon's visit. The Vigil ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Coming down heavily on predictions made by IMD and mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said all forecasts made by the agency were "irrelevant and far from the truth". He quipped the PM "may have appointed his class fellows there who would go on the roof to predict if it would rain".Citing examples while winding up the discussion during a special session of the Punjab assembly for rehabilitation measures after recent devastating floods i ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A 73-year-old grandma, who lived in US for 30 years, "did everything right, worked, paid tax, and never missed any immigration check date" is heartbroken after being deported in cruel manner -- denied access to even her medicines on flight and once handed a plate of ice as food during her detention."After living there for so long, you are suddenly detained and deported this way, it is better to die than to face this. In such a situation, one should not live," Harjit Kaur said with an ...Read More >
Aiming to reclaim its lost political ground in the Jat-dominated Sonipat-Rohtak-Jhajjar belt, now considered to be the bastion of the Hoodas of Congress, the Abhay Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Thursday held a rally in Rohtak to commemorate the 112th birth anniversary of late Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal. Held as 'Samman Diwas' every year, the rally marks an important event in the State's political calendar as the Chautalas showcase their strength through the presen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Leh was set on fire on Wednesday (Sept 24) as protests in support of demand for statehood for Ladakh turned violent. A massive cloud of smoke could be seen rising from the BJP office as people shouted slogans in support of their demand for statehood. During the protests, people clashed with police personnel who resorted to the firing of teargas shells and deployed baton charge to disperse the crowd. The police action followed after a group ...Read More >
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday hit out at the BJP-led central government for refusing permission to Sikh jathas (groups of pilgrims) to visit Pakistan for the Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak's Parkash Gurpurab in November, accusing the government of "double standards." Questioning the Centre's advisory, Mann asked when a cricket match between India and Pakistan was allowed during the Asia Cup, why the Sikh jathas were being denied the opportunity to pay obeisance at their shrines. He said t ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police has recorded the statement of Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in a Rs. 60 crore alleged fraud case. Mumbai Police shared an update in the case and stated: "Investigations are going on against actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra in an alleged fraud case of Rs. 60 crore. A summon was issued by the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police to Raj Kundra. He was asked to appear before police for the investigation." They further stat ...Read More >
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