Chandigarh: Acceding to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s demand, IT giant Google has removed the secessionist, anti-India mobile application ‘2020 Sikh Referendum’ from its Play Store, state officials said on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office said this app was not available any more on Google Play Store for mobile users in India. The […]
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Govt considering Ram Rahim-Honeypreet meeting: Haryana Minister
Chandigarh: The ruling BJP in Haryana seems to be favouring accused in the Panchkula violence, Honeypreet Insan, to meet her foster father and jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who was convicted in August 2017 for raping two of his disciples and is now seeking parole. A Punjab Minister said it is her […]
Differently abled Punjab youth to get special national award from President
Chandigarh: Yashveer Goyal, a differently-abled sportsperson and IT whiz kid from Bathinda, Punjab, has been selected for a national award to be given by President Ram Nath Kovind next month. Yashveer, 20, has hearing and speech impairment. The award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities of 2019 will be awarded to him in the Role […]
India should remain alert from Pakistan: Punjab CM
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday once again warned India to remain alert of Pakistan Army’s hidden agenda behind the opening the Kartarpur shrine for Indian pilgrims. Reacting to the release of the Pakistan government’s official song welcoming Sikh pilgrims, with posters of Sikh separatist leaders in the background, the Chief Minister said: “On […]
Kartarpur: Hoardings hailing Navjot Sidhu, Imran Khan surface in Amritsar
Chandigarh: Hoardings of Congress’ Amritsar legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan mysteriously surfaced in Amritsar, describing them as ‘real heroes’ for playing a crucial role in linking the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan with the Indian territory. “Kartarpur Sahib da langah khulwaon vale asli hero. Assi Punjabi hik te thok ke kehne […]
Barring Cabinet colleagues, Khattar, Dushyant take oath
Chandigarh: Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana where the BJP formed a government, state’s first non-Congress government at the helm for the second consecutive term. The saffron party formed the government in alliance with the newly formed Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) led by Dushyant Chautala, 31, who took […]
Haryana: BJP wins 40 seats but almost all ministers lose
Chandigarh: The ruling BJP in Haryana led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday won 40 seats but failed to cross the halfway mark in the 90-member Assembly. Also all the party’s state ministers, except two, lost the polls, including Anil Vij and party chief Subhash Barala. However, the rival Congress won 31 seats, […]
Congress will form govt in Haryana: Kumari Selja
Chandigarh: Haryana Congress President Kumari Selja said on Thursday that her party will form the next government in the state, as early trends in counting of votes for the Assembly polls indicated a vastly improved showing by the grand old party. In a tweet, Selja said, “Haryana has given the verdict — it will not tolerate […]
Modi to open Kartarpur Sahib corridor in November
Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kartarpur Sahib corridor linking India with historical Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, where Guru Nanak Dev breathed his last, in Pakistan in November and its construction work would be completed by October 31. This was decided at a high-level meeting held on Monday between officials of the Central and […]
BJP ‘hero’ in publicity, ‘zero’ in work: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Chandigarh: Mocking the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said the party was a “hero in publicity and zero in work”. “We are hero in work, zero in publicity. But the other party (BJP) is hero in publicity and zero in work,” Azad […]