Two gangsters were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with police at Cheecha Bhakna village of Amritsar district. The encounter that continued for more than four hours took place near the Attari border in Punjab. The two gangsters, with links to the killing of singer and politician Sidhu Moose Wala, were said to be involved […]
A Haryana deputy superintendent of police (DSP) following up on a tip-off about illegal mining in Nuh district’s Pachgaon area on Tuesday was allegedly run over by a dump truck that he tried to stop, senior district police officials said. Surender Singh, DSP of Taruru subdivision in Nuh, died on the spot. He was due […]
Former speaker and senior SAD leader Nirmal Singh Kahlon (79) dies in sleep. He was a minister of Rural Development and Panchayats state of Punjab from 1997 to 2002 and Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. He was charged in a recruitment scam case, but was later acquitted by the courts.
In a fresh move indicating he is inching towards the BJP, expelled Congress MLA in the Haryana Assembly Kuldeep Bishnoi on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and president of the ruling party Jagat Prakash Nadda and praised them. Earlier, Bishnoi was expelled from the Congress after being accused of cross-voting in the recently […]
The wedding festivities of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Dr Gurpreet Kaur began here on Thursday.The celebrations kicked off with Mann arriving under a ‘Phulkari’ dupatta in a golden groom’s attire. AAP MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal were seen walking beside him.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will get married on Thursday, July 7, at a private ceremony, highly places sources in the Aam Admi Party said here on Wednesday. Mann is getting married to Dr Gurpreet Kaur. It is his second marriage.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would attend the ceremony, sources said.
Five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators were on Monday inducted as ministers in the Punjab government as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expanded his Cabinet.Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to AAP MLAs Aman Arora, Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Fauja Singh Sarari, Chetan Singh Jourmajra and Anmol Gagan Mann at the Guru […]
Five AAP MLAs on Monday were inducted as ministers in the Punjab government as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expanded his cabinet. It was the first cabinet expansion of the Mann-led government after AAP stormed to power in the state during the Assembly elections earlier this year.Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and […]
The Punjab Government has appointed counter-intelligence expert DGP Gaurav Yadav as Punjab DGP. He was earlier posted as Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Incidentally, Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal had cleared the Civil Services Examination together in 1992. While Yadav got selected in the […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is expected to expand its ministry in Punjab on Monday. At least six ministers, including one woman, are expected to be inducted in the Bhagwant Mann ministry, taking its total strength to 16.According to sources, the state government has sent a letter to Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit seeking time […]