Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has denied appearing in a controversial video, claiming the person depicted wore a mask resembling his face. CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday denied being the person seen in a controversial video that has triggered a political row, claiming that the man seen in the objectionable clip was…
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…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann stated that the video does not show him, pointing out physical differences 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…
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…
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…
Amritsar: After the Haryana Police registered an FIR over alleged fabrication of a report regarding the controversial video of Bhagwant Mann, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has once again demanded the chief minister’s resignation.In a release issued here on Wednesday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said the incident questioned administrative credibility and raised serious…
Yamunanagar: In a breakthrough in the murder case of an elderly man in Jathlana village on June 19, teams of crime investigation agency (CIA)-I and CIA-II jointly arrested two accused allegedly involved in the crime.Yamunanagar ASP Ashish Chaudhary said that following the brutal murder of elderly resident Jagdish Bansal on June 19, SP Kamaldeep Goyal…
35-year-old man named Manjot Singh is alleged to have shot his aunt, her young son, and a friend before taking his own life CHANDIGARH: A suspected land dispute turned deadly in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district after a 35-year-old man allegedly shot dead his aunt, her teenage son and his own friend before turning the gun on…
Pankaj Aggarwal (File Photo) (Image Credit:X) CHANDIGARH: CBI has arrested a second IAS officer in Haryana in a funds swindle case in less than a week, picking up Pankaj Aggarwal late Monday. The former principal secretary of the state’s education and agriculture departments is accused of involvement in a Rs 60.5-crore scam.The money was allegedly…
Police suspect the contractor used his licensed firearm. (Image used for representational purposes only.) HISAR: A 30-year-old contractor working with the public works department’s (PWD) buildings and roads (B&R) branch allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Krishna Nagar on Tuesday, police said.The deceased was identified as Aman Sharma. According to the preliminary investigation,…
