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Chandigarh, March 24 An official of the warehousing corporation who died by suicide after accusing former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar of harassing him was cremated in Amritsar on Tuesday, with top opposition leaders from the state among those present.Earlier in the day, the...

Chandigarh, March 23 The Punjab BJP claimed on Monday that the AAP government was forced to arrest former state minister Laljit Singh Bhullar over the suicide of an official of the warehousing corporation because Union Home Minister Amit Shah indicated that the case might be handed over to the...

Chandigarh, March 23 Former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was arrested on Monday, two days after a state warehousing corporation official died by suicide after accusing the AAP MLA of harassment.Bhullar was arrested in Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district, a police official told...

Chandigarh, March 23 – Leader of the Opposition in Punjab, Partap Singh Bajwa, said on Monday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been forced to abandon its high-handed approach and arrest its former minister, Laljit Singh Bhullar, following sustained pressure from the Opposition.Bajwa...

Chandigarh, March 22 – Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa, joined the protest on Sunday along with Congress workers, standing in solidarity with the family of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, who...

Chandigarh, March 22 Police detained the leader of the main opposition party and used water cannons to disperse protesters as they attempted to force their way through barricades here on Sunday to "besiege" Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence during a joint protest demanding the...

Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday demanded the disqualification of AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura, who was convicted in a 2013 case of sexual harassment and assault.Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bajwa, said that along with deputy...

Chandigarh, March 16 The Punjab Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution, seeking the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, for the late Kanshi Ram, the Dalit icon and founder of the BSP.On the concluding day of the budget session in the assembly, Finance Minister...

Chandigarh, March 16 – On the final day of its session on Monday, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the conferment of India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, on Dalit icon and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram.Earlier, Rahul Gandhi, the leader of...

Chandigarh, March 12 Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sunil Jakhar said on Thursday in the State Assembly that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Opposition Congress "are creating drama through mutual coordination to divert people's attention from real issues affecting the...

Chandigarh, March 12 The Punjab Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday to refer a breach of privilege matter against Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira to the House's Privileges Committee for allegedly calling AAP members "bonded laborers."The House also witnessed heated exchanges when rebel...

Chandigarh, March 11 Heated exchanges erupted between the ruling AAP and Congress legislators in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday over alleged derogatory remarks made by main opposition party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira about women.Unruly scenes unfolded in the House after Finance Minister Harpal...

Chandigarh, March 11 The ongoing Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly saw heated exchanges between the ruling AAP and opposition legislators on Wednesday over alleged derogatory remarks made by Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira about women.Unruly scenes erupted in the House after Finance...

Chandigarh, March 10 The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between AAP and Congress legislators, after Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa objected to Cabinet Minister Aman Arora's intervention while Health Minister Balbir Singh was answering a question.Arora, along...

Chandigarh, March 10 – The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira over his derogatory comments about women participating in the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhian Satkar Yojana," under which the state government will provide Rs 1,000 per month to...

Chandigarh, March 10 The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between members of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, as Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa objected to the intervention of Cabinet Minister Aman Arora while Health Minister Balbir Singh was answering a...

Chandigarh, March 9 Congress MLAs on Monday walked out of the Punjab Assembly after alleging that Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, who had targeted the AAP government over a host of issues, was not given adequate time to speak.Participating in the discussion on the Governor's...

Chandigarh, March 8: Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Sunday criticised the budget presented by Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, stating that "it is nothing more than a collection of grand announcements aimed at creating headlines while completely ignoring...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Opposition parties on Sunday strongly criticized the AAP government over the Punjab budget, stating that it "completely ignored" the urgent need to revive the "struggling economy." The Congress called the announcement of a monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 for women...

Chandigarh, March 6 Punjab Minister Harbhajan Singh led a protest here on Friday against Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa for allegedly making a casteist remark against him.Last month, Bajwa accused Harbhajan Singh of corruption and said, "He used to play in a band before, we will take him...