Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath to the ministers at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan at 4 pm.Champai Soren, who had earlier replaced Hemant Soren as CM, is back in the cabinet. Other ministers who took oath included Congress's Dr Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta, Irfan Ansari...
Bathinda, a man was attacked here by two people with sharp weapons in public view, resulting in his death, police said on Monday.Jaspal Singh Athiyani, 40, was taken to a government hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.A video of the attack that took place near Maur Mandi...
Chandigarh, As many as 106 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) have united behind Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and pledged their loyalty to him, the party said on Tuesday.After a meeting of SGPC members with Badal here, SAD vice-president Daljit...
The incidents comprise damaging the religious sentiments of the Sikh community by self-styled god and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by allegedly performing an imitation of Guru Gobind Singh at the sect's dera in 2007, the sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 and the...
Chandigarh, the women's wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday expressed faith in the leadership of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, saying he is the best suited to lead the party at this juncture.At a meeting of the Istri Akali Dal (SAD women's wing) here, members said it had reached out...
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal paid homage at the revered Golden Temple on Sunday and expressed gratitude for victory in Bathinda constituency for the fourth consecutive time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.After offering prayers at Harmandir...
Chandigarh, amid a rebellion in Shiromani Akali Dal by a section of party leaders, the rank and file of the party's youth wing at a meeting here said they had "complete faith" in the leadership of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal .The Youth Akali Dal (YAD) praised Badal for refusing to align...
Addressing the media, Cheema stated that certain leaders always say one thing in meetings and do the opposite outside of them, and appealed to these leaders not to allow their personal failures to become so desperate that they damage the sacred organization to which they owe their political...
Chandigarh, launching a scathing attack on the party leadership, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) rebel leader Prem Singh Chandumajra on Thursday said the party is not the personal property of anyone, adding that it is an ideology and a principle.However, he said that no one from the section of...
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], after Shiromani Akal Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal alleged that some of the "BJP stooges were trying to destabilize the party, Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sunil Jakhar said the BJP should not blame internal dissent within the SAD. Jakhar...
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Working Committee has reposed confidence in the leadership of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal following a revolt by a faction of SAD leaders against the party chief, demanding a change in leadership after the party's fall. a severe...
Chandigarh, A day after a section of Shiromani Akali Dal leaders rebelled against its chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, the party on Wednesday said its working committee has expressed confidence in Badal's leadership.The committee also asked "detractors" not to play into the hands of the enemies of...
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Delhi unit Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Paramjit Singh Sarna on Wednesday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the BJP wanted to weaken regional parties through the operation Lotus.Speaking to the media, Sarna said, "I have given a...
New Delhi [India], Delhi Police has arrested a man who allegedly planned to extort money from jewelery shops in Mayur Vihar area, police said.Police said the accused has been identified as 25-year-old Badal Kumar Pathak. He hails from Munger district of Bihar and works in a health insurance...
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man who made ransom calls in the name of dreaded gangsters to a jewelery shop in East Delhi's Mayur Vihar has been arrested. The police gave this information on Tuesday.He told that the accused was influenced by watching videos of gangsterism on YouTube.Police said...
Chandigarh, a section of senior Shiromani Akali Dal leaders on Tuesday rebelled against Sukhbir Singh Badal, demanding that he resign as party chief following the SAD debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.At a press conference after a meeting in Jalandhar, they also announced that a 'SAD bachao'...
Chandigarh Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday called for a scientific approach to fix the minimum support price for all crops.He also claimed that the marginal increase in paddy MSP of Rs 117 per quintal did not take into account the overall cost plus 50 per...
He also said that although the MSP for both moong and maize has been increased, no mechanism exists to purchase these crops at MSP.“Farmers in Punjab as well as elsewhere in the country have been left at the mercy of private players as the central government is not purchasing these crops at...
Chandigarh SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday strongly opposed the one-year extension of the detention of Khadoor Sahib MP-elect Amritpal Singh, calling the Punjab government's move a "clear violation of the Constitution and of basic human rights and civil liberties".The detention of...
“Punjab government records clearly show that the decision to increase NSA in this matter is that of Bhagwant Mann. His anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh face has now been completely exposed.He stressed that the party is “fully committed to the atmosphere of peace and communal harmony in the state and...