During the Zero Hour discussion of ongoing budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, CM Bhagwant Mann promised to bring an all-party resolution against the Agnipath scheme.The demand to do so was made by Congress Legislature Party leader Partap Bajwa. BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma opposed the move. Sharma said the House was being […]
Amid the ongoing controversy over the SYL song sung by singer Sidhu Moosewala who was shot dead recently, a Hisar YouTuber has alleged that a Haryana singer, who came up with a song to counter Sidhu Moosewala’s song, has used a clip of his video in a wrong manner. YouTuber Rajesh Kundu, while serving legal […]
Since no new tax has been announced and the revenue receipts are projected to increase by almost Rs 14,000 crore over 2021-22, Finance Minister Harpal Cherma said revenue augmentation would be through excise policy, which would yield the state a revenue increase of 56 per cent. Buoyancy in GST collection will get state an increased […]
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government has lost majority as the Shiv Sena legislative party has withdrawn support, rebel MLA Eknath Shinde said in the petition filed before the Supreme Court on Monday. The Shinde camp had moved the top court challenging the disqualification notices sent by deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal to them on […]
The AAP on Sunday suffered a setback in the Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection as SAD (Amritsar) president and candidate Simranjit Singh Mann claimed victory.“My priority will be to raise the issue of the poor economic condition of Sangrur, including the condition of farmers under debt. We will work with the Punjab Government,” SAD (Amritsar) chief […]
Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh who succumbed to injuries after being brutally beaten by inmates in a Pakistan jail in 2013, died here on Sunday. She was 67.Dalbir Kaur had hit the headlines when she led a vociferous campaign for the release of her brother from the Pakistan jail, where he had been […]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter made an emergency landing in Varanasi after a bird hit the chopper on Sunday. The incident took place as the helicopter left the Reserve Police Lines Ground in Varanasi for Lucknow. Initial inputs suggest the chief minister came back to the circuit house. Now, he will leave for […]
The national executive of the Shiv Sena on Saturday passed a resolution authorizing Maharashtra Chief Minister and party chief Uddhav Thackeray to take action against the rebels.Faced with rebellion by senior state minister Eknath Shinde who has claimed the support of majority of Sena MLAs, the executive also passed a resolution that no other political […]
Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed the Supreme Court verdict in the 2002 Gujarat riots which rejected plea seeking probe into ‘larger conspiracy’.In an interview to news agency ANI, Shah said all allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi were politically motivated. “A tall leader fought this 18-19-yr-long fight without saying a word and […]
United States president Joe Biden on Friday said lawmakers had finally responded to the demands of families whose loved ones had died in various tragic shootings over the past years by clearing legislation ‘to address the scourge of gun violence in our communities’. The Senate late Thursday approved a bipartisan bill with a narrow package […]