Chandigarh DSP slaps defamation notice on Sidhu for 'humiliating the police'
India | Dec 27, 2021, 10:43 PM ISTChandigarh DSP Chandel dubbed Sidhu's remark as "shameful". He even dared Sidhu to return his force deployed for his protection.
Chandigarh DSP Chandel dubbed Sidhu's remark as "shameful". He even dared Sidhu to return his force deployed for his protection.
Captain Amarinder Singh is returning to Chandigarh today after spending two days in Delhi, meeting Home Minister Amit Shah and announcing his departure from the Congress party.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh virtually laid the foundation stone of the Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur State University of Law to mark the 400th Prakash Purb of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
Addressing party workers in Jalandhar, the new state unit chief said the Congress high command's 18-point program will be implemented.
Rejecting charges of the Congress lacking inner-party democracy, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said anyone was free to take their grouse to the party chief or the working committee but internal party issues should not be raised at public platforms.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will lead a relay 'dharna' of Congress MLAs at Delhi's Rajghat on Wednesday following President Ram Nath Kovind’s refusal to meet a delegation led by him over the Centre’s farm laws.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday made it clear that regardless of security concerns, the Kartarpur Corridor willll remain open for ‘Khulle Darshan Deedar of the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan.
The Chief Minister did not find the comparison between this fee and the money charges by Saudi Arabia from Haj pilgrims to be apt in the present case, given the Sikhi tradition.
The Chief Minister said that he also informed the party President of the key programmes implemented successfully by his government, including employment generation, drug eradication, farm debt waiver and the extension of PMJAY health insurance cover to 42 lakh families in the state, among others.
The SAD on Wednesday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over his remarks against party leader and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, saying his comments reflected his “feudal” mindset of treating women as “secondary”.
After an aerial survey to assess the damage caused by flooding in Sultanpur Lodhi of Kapurthala and Jalandhar areas, the chief minister announced a project to realign river streams and courses besides strengthening and widening river embankments.
Several villages of Ferozepur are already inundated because of the recent rains and breaches in embankments of the Sutlej river. "With the opening of gates of headworks (used for regulating water flow) in Kasur area by Pakistan, 17 villages in our side (located near Indo-Pak border) have been affected," Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur.
The state will bear the entire premium under the scheme and nearly 400 private hospitals have been empanelled. Beneficiaries are provided secondary and tertiary care treatment under the scheme, for which all public hospitals above the Community Health Centre level are also empanelled to provide secondary and tertiary care treatment.
The Bhakra Beas Management Board also opened flood gates of the Bhakra Dam to flush out excess water, which increased water level in rivers in the state, said, officials.
The cybercrime accused, Ata-ul Ansari had allegedly called her over phone posing as a bank manager and obtained details of her ATM card and one-time password and illegally withdrew money from her account, the police said.
Racing against time, workers are doing three shifts a day to complete the Indian part of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor that will enable pilgrims from here to visit the revered Sikh shrine in Pakistan. Construction of around 4.2 km-long corridors is targeted to be completed by October 31, a week before the celebrations to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda also wished good health and long life to Rahul Gandhi, who turned 49 on Wednesday.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder on Thursday trashed criticism of the Congress president after the party's Lok Sabha defeat, saying he has worked closely with Rahul Gandhi and found him to be a "fine leader".
Veteran Congress leader Manish Tewari welcomed the move and tweeted, "Dope test of government servants for recruitment/promotions proposed by Punjab government is a welcome step. Must be made mandatory for all MLAs and MPs from state."
The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have accused the Amarinder government of doing nothing to contain the drugs racket in the state.
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