punjab politics

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...

New Delhi, March 23 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday to order a CBI investigation into the death of Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, who was forced to take the extreme...

Chandigarh, March 23 Laljit Singh Bhullar, a former Punjab minister and AAP MLA, who is accused of encouraging the suicide of a state warehousing corporation official, was arrested on Monday, sources said.Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing...

New Delhi, March 23 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday promised to immediately order a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide of an official from the state warehousing corporation if all Punjab MPs gave him a written request on the matter. A Punjab minister subsequently resigned...

Fazilka, March 22 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday criticized the opposition Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), alleging that these parties "plundered" the state when they were in power and were now joining hands to ruin it.Addressing a rally, Mann urged the people to come...

Chandigarh, March 22 – Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar alleged on Sunday that a group “is looting the state and has taken control of the government”.He was addressing the media before heading to gherao (surround) the Chief Minister’s residence here in connection with the demand for justice...

Chandigarh, March 22 – The family of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation District Manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, who allegedly committed suicide in Amritsar, demanded strict action and the immediate arrest of former state minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Sunday, alleging that sustained...

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 21 Opposition parties on Saturday announced that they would jointly protest outside Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in Chandigarh, demanding the arrest of former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar for the suicide of an official of the state warehousing corporation in...

Chandigarh, March 21 Punjab Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar tendered his resignation on Saturday, following instructions from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, sources said.The MLA from Patti in Tarn Taran was asked to resign in connection with the alleged suicide of a Warehouse Corporation...

Chandigarh, March 20 Aam Aadmi Party leader Baltej Pannu accused Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday of attempting to shift blame and distort facts regarding the sacrilege incidents in Punjab.Pannu stated that major sacrilege incidents, including those in 1986 and 2015...

Chandigarh, March 19 Former IAS officer Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the presence of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal here on Thursday.Cheema, a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from West Bengal, served as the special principal...

Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday criticised the ruling AAP, as well as the Congress, accusing them of trying to create an anti-BJP environment under a "premeditated plan".Jakhar added that the people of Punjab are now aware of the truth and recognize how the...

Chandigarh, March 19 – Punjab BJP President, Sunil Jakhar, stated on Thursday that the AAP and the Congress are working in alliance to divert people's attention from the real issues of the state.Strongly criticizing both parties for spreading misinformation against the Centre and the BJP...

Chandigarh, March 19 Former IAS officer Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday in the presence of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal here.Cheema, an IAS officer from the 1993 batch in West Bengal, had served as a special principal secretary to former Punjab...

Jagraon, March 18 Lashing out at rival parties, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said that only his party is concerned about the welfare of the people of Punjab.Badal appealed to the people to support the SAD for the welfare of Punjab, Punjabis, and...

Mohali, March 18 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann called for greater participation of women in politics on Wednesday, urging them to actively participate in decision-making and bring necessary changes to society.Addressing a gathering after felicitating women entrepreneurs here, Mann said...

Dhuri (Punjab), March 17 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Tuesday that the Aam Aadmi Party will retain power in the state in 2027, asserting that fulfilling all promises within four years of his rule has left the opposition without any issues concerning the people.Mann said while...

Chandigarh, March 16 – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated on Monday that his government has fulfilled all its pre-election promises within four years of its term, and the state is progressing.Mann was addressing journalists here on the completion of four years of the AAP government in...