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Withdraw Sikh Gurdwaras Bill or face stir: SGPC chief Dhami to Punjab government

June 27, 2023

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s (SGPC) Chief, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann are butting heads over the recently passed Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann posted two tweets referencing this on Monday while taking a jibe at the SGPC Chief and said,...

Brinder Singh Dhillon challenges AAP government’s claim of 29,000 jobs

June 26, 2023

Despite the Punjab Government’s repeated claims of creating 29,000 job opportunities in the past year, a closer examination of the details and a legislative inquiry has revealed glaring inconsistencies in the government’s assertions. Cabinet Minister Aman Arora revealed 4,588 joining letters issued since March 16, 2022, with 4,358 for constable...

governor Purohit dismayed at Mann’s defamatory remarks

June 22, 2023

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit hit back at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after the CM made derogatory remarks against him in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The Governor said, “[CM Mann] said that he has given a helicopter to the Governor. I used it for official duty and not for my personal...

Gurudwaras Bill amended, SGPC alleges meddling in Sikh affairs

June 21, 2023

Led by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the state Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed the Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which aims to ensure a free telecast of Gurbani from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The Bill removes the need for tenders, aiming to end the monopoly of telecast rights...

Punjab’s law and order worsens as Mann Tours as Kejriwal’s Pilot: Shah

June 19, 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah scornfully attacked the AAP governance and its dispensation in Punjab, saying the state’s law and order is going from bad to worse as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann spends all his time facilitating tours and escorting Arvind Kejriwal across the country for Kejriwal’s political ambitions. Shah...

‘Gift of life’ to organ failure patients at PGIMER

June 17, 2023

“Since our son, all of 19, met with the fatal accident on 10 June, we were at his bedside praying for a miracle to happen. But who could have imagined that our dear son was to be the miracle? He became a miracle to all those who got another chance...

Bomb-maker Avtar Singh Khanda’s blood cancer death stuns Khalistan

June 16, 2023

An incendiary chapter of Khalistani extremism was abruptly closed today, as Avtar Singh Khanda, one of the leaders of the Khalistan Liberation Force, breathed his last in an upscale private hospital in the United Kingdom. This event sent shockwaves through a faction of Khalistan loyalists worldwide, while barely causing ripples...

Nadda meets shooter Anjum Moudgil in Chandigarh

June 16, 2023

BJP national president J P Nadda met Arjuna awardee and sport shooter Anjum Moudgil at her Chandigarh residence on Thursday as part of his party’s ‘Sampark Se Samarthan’ campaign to mark the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government. He also met industrialist and philanthropist Sanjeev Juneja in...

BJP ‘minting money’ from Dadu Majra: AAP MLA

June 15, 2023

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of minting money from the Dadu Majra garbage dump at the cost of the residents of Chandigarh. Addressing a press conference, AAP leader Malwinder Singh Kang said it was unfortunate that BJP not only passed the 400-crore plant...

CBI seizes documents in probe against top forest official

June 13, 2023

A day Chandigarh Administrator and Governor of Punjab Banwarilal Purohit ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry against Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) bureaucrat Debendera Dalai for “manipulating and hoodwinking” the administration, the agency seized all papers related to the departments that IFS Dalai oversaw. IFS...

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