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IndiaSep 18, 2024

The DGP filed an affidavit during the hearing in the High Court, making surprising revelations

DGP of Punjab Police Gaurav Yadav has made surprising revelations by filing an affidavit during the hearing in the Punjab-Haryana High Court in the case of jail interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. The DGP has admitted that after Lawrence's interview, the series of extortion and threats from Punjab jails has increased. Shiromani Akali Dal's senior leader Bikram Majithia has questioned Bhagwant Mann regarding the Lawrence case. Majithia said that no action was taken by the government against the SSP, and any other officer posted at the time of Lawrence's interview with the CIA staff of Khar
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IndiaSep 17, 2024

Congress appointed Charanjit Channi and Mukesh Agnihotri as observers for the Jammu and Kashmir elections

Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi and Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri have been appointed by the Congress party as senior observers of the All India Congress Committee for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections with immediate effect. It is to be noted that the elections are being held in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir. Voting will be held in 24 seats in the first phase on Wednesday, followed by voting in 26 seats in the second phase on September 25. Voting for 40 seats in the third phase will be held on October 1 and the results will be declared on Oct
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IndiaSep 17, 2024

Delhi 'AAP' government is a government of dramatists: Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa

Punjab Congress state in-charge and MP from Gurdaspur Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa termed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's resignation as a gimmick. Randhawa said that the AAP government of Delhi is a government of dramatists. He said that what the Aam Aadmi Party government is doing in Punjab, there is a bad situation of law and order. He said that Bhagwant Maan gives big speeches, while the condition of drugs is also bad in the state. Randhawa said that once the drama went on, now the drama will not continue. On the other hand, senior leader of Congress Pratap Singh Bajwa said that I giv
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IndiaSep 17, 2024

Kejriwal resigns from the post, Atishi will be the new Chief Minister

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday evening. M. Resigned from the post. His place will now be Chief Minister Atishi Singh, who is very close to Kejriwal. Kejriwal also recommended his name in the legislative party meeting. Atishi will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi till the assembly elections. Atishi is the third woman to become the Chief Minister of Delhi after former Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and former BJP Chief Minister Sushma Swaraj. It is to be noted that only 5 months are left for the assembly elections in Delhi and despite being out on bail, Kejriwal did
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IndiaSep 17, 2024

Malwinder Singh Mali will remain in Patiala Jail till October 1, orders given by the local court

The former advisor of Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, Malvinder Singh Mali, who was arrested by the Punjab Police last night, has been sent to Patiala jail on judicial remand till October 1 by the Mohali court. This action against Malvinder Singh Mali has taken place in the case of hurting religious sentiments in an interview on YouTube. After his arrest, the politics of Punjab has also heated up. Congress leaders have protested this on social media accounts and termed it a digital emergency. Mali retired from the education department of Punjab a few years ago. He is the PA of late Gurcha
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IndiaSep 16, 2024

Rahul Gandhi is the country's number one terrorist: Ravneet Singh Bittu

Ravneet Singh Bittu, Union minister of BJP from Punjab, has been embroiled in controversy for calling his old 'boss' Rahul Gandhi a 'terrorist'. In fact, Bittu made this comment while reacting to Rahul's recent statement regarding the Sikh community in America. Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Waring and senior party leader Pratap Singh Bajwa criticized Ravneet Bittu's statements. Waring said that Rahul Gandhi's father gave martyrdom for the country and Rahul Gandhi is the person who even forgave his father's killers. On the other hand, Ravneet Bittu alleged that earlier the Con
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IndiaSep 16, 2024

Punjab became prosperous during AAP's tenure: Bibi Jagir Kaur

Former President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Bibi Jagir Kaur launched a major attack on the Bhagwant Mann government. Bibi Jagir Kaur said that the 'AAP' government in Punjab has completed half of its tenure and in these two and a half years, it has made the burden of debt on the head of Punjabis even heavier by raising a debt of more than one lakh crore. Bibi Jagir Kaur criticized the Bhagwant Mann government and said that despite the bad economic condition of the state, the state government kept a budget of 750 crores for the promotion of its works and Aam Aadmi Party is usin
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IndiaSep 16, 2024

Kejriwal will resign tomorrow, then who will be the next Chief Minister?

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is once again in the headlines. Kejriwal, who came out of jail after nearly 4 months on the charge of liquor scam, will resign from the post of Chief Minister tomorrow. There is talk that any of his close associates Atishi Singh, Kailash Gehlot, Gopal Rai, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Sunita Kejriwal can become the next Chief Minister of Delhi. It is said that Kejriwal's full focus will now be on campaigning in Haryana, where voting is scheduled to take place on October 5. It is worth noting that only 5 months are left for the elections in Delhi and Kejriwal, who
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IndiaSep 13, 2024

NIA raided many places in Punjab

In the early hours of Friday, the NIA conducted raids at 13 different places in the state. According to police sources, these raids were in connection with the attack on the Indian High Commission in Canada in 2023. The NIA raided the houses of relatives of Amritpal Singh, an independent Lok Sabha member from Khadur Sahib and Khalistan Hamaiti, in Butala village, Jalupur Khera and Raya Feruman town. On this occasion, the officers took Amarjit Kaur, the wife of Amritpal Singh's uncle Parhat Singh, to Beas police station, where they interrogated her for about five hours. The investigation team

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