Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday requested the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to get the case of Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder investigated by a sitting judge of the court, as demanded by the singer’s father. This comes after Balkaur Singh, father of Sidhu Moose Wala, wrote to Mann demanding […]
Chandigarh: In a major decision, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government withdrew the security cover provided to 424 people in the state. Those whose security cover has been withdrawn included many retired police officers, religious leaders and political figures. Earlier in April, the Punjab government had ordered the withdrawal of security cover of 184 persons […]
Chandigarh: Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla was sacked from the state Cabinet Tuesday over graft charges, and was arrested shortly afterwards, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asserting his government has zero-tolerance to corruption. The chief minister himself announced Singla’s removal from the Cabinet which was sworn-in just two months ago after the Aam Aadmi Party […]
By Amitava Mukherjee Bhagwant Mann, the new Chief Minister of Punjab, will have to face the daunting task of eliminating the drug menace which has become the greatest social threat in the strategic State. Even in 2020, Punjab stood second in the country so far as registration of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic […]
Chandigarh: After registering a landslide victory in Punjab Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann and his Cabinet colleagues will be sworn-in on March 16, it was announced on Friday. The AAP recorded a thumping win in the Assembly polls by winning 92 of the 117 seats. The ruling Congress won 18 […]
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Bhagwant Mann, who on Thursday won the Dhuri seat with a margin of 58,206 votes, is set to become Punjab’s next chief minister. AAP is heading to a landslide win in the 117-member legislative Assembly by leading at over 90 seats. In his first public address in his home town […]
Chandigarh: Bhagwant Mann will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial face for the Punjab assembly polls, party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday. Mann, 48, is a two-time MP from Sangrur and is the party’s state unit chief. The announcement was made a public event. Kejriwal declared the result of AAP’s ‘Janta Chunegi […]