Chandigarh: Intensifying its attack on chief minister Bhagwant Mann over the alleged sacrilege-related video controversy, the Punjab Congress on Wednesday announced a boycott of the chief minister, demanded his immediate resignation and sought registration of an FIR against him under the state’s new sacrilege law.The party also demanded the dismissal of two Punjab Police officers…
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday urged Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini to register an FIR against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann as well as the police officers “who manufactured fake forensic reports with the sole motive of refuting the Akal Takht and lowering its dignity”.Addressing a press conference here, SAD functionary Parambans…
Chandigarh: The special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Punjab will begin on Thursday with a month-long house-to-house enumeration exercise, with Punjab chief electoral officer (CEO) Anindita Mitra assuring that no eligible voter would be left out of the process.Addressing a press conference, Mitra said, “During the first phase, BLOs will visit every household…
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab president Aman Arora on Wednesday accused the Punjab Congress of using a purported AI-generated deepfake video to target chief minister Bhagwant Mann and said a complaint had been submitted to Punjab Police seeking legal action.Arora said the complaint sought action against Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, the…
Chandigarh: A day after Gurgaon police registered an FIR on the video controversy, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday alleged that forensic lab owners were “intimidated” to force them to claim that they were paid money to prepare a false report.Alleging a collusion between BJP, Congress, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Mann accused the…
The approved works span key sectors, including strengthening of stormwater drainage, improvement of roads and footpaths, upgradation of parks and green belts Chandigarh: The finance and contract committee (F&CC) of the Chandigarh municipal corporation cleared a record 82 development works worth around Rs 20 crore, marking a major push for civic infrastructure across the city.The…
Batala: A land dispute turned deadly in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district when a 35-year-old man shot dead his aunt, her 12-year-old son and an ex-serviceman friend before killing himself, police said on Wednesday.Batala SSP Mehtab Singh said Manjot Singh, the accused, was locked in a property and financial dispute with his uncle. He had sold his…
Amritsar: Air India flight AI 479, flying from Delhi to Amritsar, reportedly strayed into Pakistani airspace on Tuesday night before returning safely after receiving a warning from Lahore Air Traffic Control (ATC). The Airbus A321 departed Delhi at approximately 9:18 pm and instead of landing at Amritsar’s Sri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport, drifted toward…
Bathinda: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has announced a five-fold hike from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000 in monthly allowance for sarpanches of over 13,000 villages in the state from Aug 15.The announcement comes just days ahead of the governing AAP’s launch of “Maavan Dheeyan Satkar Yojna”. Under the scheme, women from the general category…
Bathinda: Ludhiana’s annual average of dangerous humid heat days climbed from 99 in 1970–79 decade to 122 days during 2016–25. Climate change was directly responsible for adding 31 of those days, representing a quarter of the total dangerous humid heat days recorded in the city during the recent decade.These details came to the fore in…
