The Punjab government has withdrawn the security of 424 VIPs in the state. These include former MLAs and former police officers.Ten personnel from the security of Dera Radha Soami, Beas, have also been withdrawn. Two personnel from Majitha MLA Ganeive Kaur Majithia’s security have also been withdrawn.One person from the security of former Punjab DGP […]
A Mohali court on Friday sent sacked Punjab minister Vijay Singla to 14-day judicial custody.Singla, who held the health portfolio in the state government, was arrested on corruption charge on Tuesday after chief minister Bhagwant Mann sacked him as he was accused of demanding “one per cent commission” in tenders and purchases by his department. […]
A Delhi court on Friday awarded four-year jail term to former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.Special Judge Vikas Dhull also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the convict in the case of acquiring disproportionate assets from 1993 to 2006. The judge also directed the authorities concerned […]
The Department of National Service Scheme, Chitkara University, Punjab, under the guidance and support from Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and NSS Regional Directorate, Chandigarh is organising a week long National Integration Camp at its campus. The camp is going to be a congregation of 200 volunteers who come to our […]
AAP MLA from Patiala (rural) Dr Balbir Singh and three others, including his wife and son, were sentenced to 3-year rigorous imprisonment by additional chief judicial magistrate Ravi Inder Singh in an 11-year-old assault case here today. The court, however, granted bail to all of them on the spot. According to complainant Paramjeet Kaur, Dr […]
Congress leader Navjot Sidhu, who is lodged in Patiala Central Jail in a road rage case, on Monday arrived at the Rajindra Hospital amid tight security. According to sources, he has been having only boiled vegetables from the jail canteen after he had raised concerns about being allergic to wheat. Following the court direction, Sidhu […]
Veteran Akali leader and former Punjab agriculture minister Tota Singh died in Chandigarh on Saturday. The former Akali Dal chief died of prolonged illness. He was a sitting member of the SGPC. He suffered from pneumonia last year that infected his lungs. He was on medication for the past few months.He started his political career […]
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu surrendered before a court here on Friday, a day after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road rage death case.”He surrendered before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Amit Malhan,” said senior advocate HPS Verma, who accompanied Sidhu to the court. The former […]
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu will request the Supreme Court to allow him a few weeks’ time to surrender in connection with the 1988 road rage case in which the top court on Thursday sentenced him to a year’s imprisonment. The Congress leader, represented by senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, said he […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in Delhi and demanded more central forces. The meeting comes ahead of the anniversary of Operation Blue Star in the first week of June amid a rise in pro-Khalistani activities.After his meeting, Bhagwant Mann, while speaking to the media, […]