Vadodara (Gujarat), Jan 30 (IANS) A member of the international criminal syndicate, the dreaded Jeevan Fauji Gang, wanted for an extortion-related firing in Punjab’s Dera Baba Nanak area on January 13, has been arrested in Gujarat’s Vadodara area. The Local Crime Branch (LCB) and Absconding Squad (Zone 2) of Vadodara police apprehended the accused, Sunil … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Delhi Police have filed a case after a vehicle labelled “Punjab government” was intercepted with cash, liquor and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) pamphlets, an official said. The Punjab government, however, said the car had a fake registration plate and was different from the registered model. The car was found on … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government after a huge amount of cash, liquor bottles, and election pamphlets were recovered from a government vehicle bearing a Punjab registration plate which was parked at the Copernicus Road near Punjab Bhawan here. Reacting … Read more
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Demanding an investigation by an independent agency into vandalising of B.R. Ambedkar’s statue followed by an attempt to burn the stone sculpture of the Constitution in Amritsar on the Republic Day, a delegation of senior BJP leaders on Wednesday met Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, here. They apprised the Governor that … Read more
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Wednesday, lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government for reneging on its much-hyped promise to provide Rs 1,000 per month to women over the age of 18. “Now the party is promising Rs 2,100 per month … Read more
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) The Congress continued to deceive the people of Punjab with its duplicitous strategies and by not fielding a candidate for the Chandigarh Mayor elections, it has clearly demonstrated its hidden alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party, said Punjab BJP spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal on Tuesday. In a video released here, Baliawal … Read more
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) After the BJP’s membership drive across the nation, every state unit under the ‘Sangathan Parv’ is conducting the organisational elections of the booth president, circle president, and district president in a prescribed manner in their respective states. Punjab BJP’s state election officer and former deputy speaker, Dinesh Singh Babbu, on Tuesday … Read more
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) Punjab Police have busted Pakistan’s ISI-backed narco terror module being operated by Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passian, and Sarwan Bhola, both based in the U.S., with the arrest of its two members on charges of lobbying a hand-grenade at a police post in Amritsar, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Accusing Arvind Kejriwal of being “anti-Dalit”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Monday that the former Delhi Chief Minister should go to Punjab and bow down and apologise for the desecration of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal and resign from his post of the legislator and AAP’s national … Read more