NEW DELHI: In a move to trim the debt burden and shore up state coffers, the Punjab government on Thursday decided to increase the value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.The CM Bhagwant Mann-led government has also slashed the subsidised power tariff for domestic consumers by Rs 3 that the previous Congress regime had rolled…
NEW DELHI: Ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat prayed to Waheguru for strength while paying respects at the Golden Temple on Friday.As per ANI, after offering prayers at the Golden Temple, Vinesh said while speaking to reporters, “I am feeling very good after coming here. I am feeling a positive energy. I prayed to Waheguru to give…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab govt claimed before Punjab & Haryana HC that Amritpal Singh, radical Sikh preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP, was “involved in anti-state activities and had ties with foreign agencies“.In response to Amritpal’s petition challenging his detention order under National Security Act passed by Amritsar district magistrate in March this year, the state said “Amritpal…
NEW DELHI: Putting stress on performance and participation in Parliament, Congress is learnt to have instituted a system to assess its LS MPs. It has told members that a keen eye is being kept on them and they should live up to the expectations of their large support base that elected them.LoP in Lok Sabha…
President Droupadi Murmu appointed governors to several states late Saturday night: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde (Rajasthan), Jishnu Dev Varma (Telangana), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Jharkhand), C P Radhakrishnan (Maharashtra), Lakshman Prasad Acharya (Assam & additional charge of Manipur), Gulab Chand Kataria (Punjab), Ramen Deka (Chhattisgarh), C H Vijayashankar (Meghalaya), Om Prakash Mathur (Sikkim).K Kailashnathan will be LG…
After Congress’s surprise comeback in Punjab, which saw it win 7 of the 13 Lok Sabha seats, leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa tells TOI’s Subodh Ghildiyal that not allying with AAP was a conscious decision that bore fruit.How did Congress do so well after being wiped out in the assembly polls 2022?I and state…
MOHALI: Special CBI court judge RK Gupta on Thursday convicted former Punjab Police DIG Dilbagh Singh and retired DSP Gurbachan Singh in a fake encounter case of 1993. The conviction came 31 years after the fake encounter and the two convicted former police officers will be sentenced on Friday.Advocate Sarabjeet Singh Verka said the case…
BATHINDA: It has been a long and hard initiation into active politics for 46-year-old Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, who contested as an independent candidate and won the Faridkot parliamentary seat.Sarabjit Singh, who completed his matriculation in 1995, was elected to LS on re-emergence of Panthic politics in Punjab along with self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC on Friday struck down Haryana govt’s policy of assigning additional marks based on socio-economic criteria while evaluating job aspirants, terming the system a violation of constitutional safeguards against discrimination.The division bench of Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Sudeepti Sharma was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the criteria entitling a…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday appealed to Punjab voters, two days ahead of their vote, to ‘protect democracy and Constitution from repeated assaults’ by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Calling the people of Punjab warriors, the Congress leader said that BJP has been targetting ‘Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat’ over the withdrawal of…
