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  • Punjab Cabinet Rejig Likely Today: Bhagwant Mann To Drop 4 Ministers, Induct New Faces |

    Punjab Cabinet Reshuffle: The Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab cabinet is expected to witness a reshuffle on Monday evening. In the reshuffle, the Punjab cabinet will include five new ministers, while four ministers are likely to be dropped by the Aam Aadmi Party, news agency ANI reported, citing the Punjab government sources.

    The sources further stated that Ministers Balkaur Singh, Chetan Singh Jouramajra, Brahm Shankar Jimpa, and Anmol Gagan Maan are likely to be removed. The five new people who will be inducted are Hardeep Singh Mundian, Tarunpreet S Sondh, Ravjot, Barinder Goyal, and Mohinder Bhagat.

    The oath ceremony will take place tomorrow at 5 PM in Raj Bhavan, Punjab government sources told ANI.

    In Punjab Assembly Elections 2022, the AAP registered a landslide victory, winning 92 seats, sidelining most of its rivals including the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal.

    Earlier on September 12, in a major reshuffle the Punjab government transferred 38 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and one Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officer.

    On September 7, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also assured the youth of job security and criticized the previous government for not being considerate towards the youth of the state while speaking at an appointment letter distribution ceremony in Chandigarh.

    According to the government, a total of 293 appointment letters were made during the ceremony. Out of which 263 of them were under the health department, 9 were under technical education, and the other 21 letters were under the water supply department.

    (With ANI Inputs)

  • Pak Police may launch operation to arrest ‘terrorists’ holed up in Imran Khan’s Lahore dwelling

    By Press Trust of India: Plenty of Punjab police personnel on Thursday surrounded the house of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore and may launch a security operation any time to arrest the “terrorists” allegedly holed up in his residence because the federal authorities’s 24-hour deadline at hand them over expired.

    The caretaker Punjab authorities says the police movement at Khan’s Zaman Park residence is anticipated any time rapidly as a result of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has did not fulfill the deadline at hand over the terrorists.

    Senior police officer Hasan Bhatti on Thursday claimed that they arrested eight people from the Zaman Park house who’re suspected to be involved throughout the assaults on the army installations on May 9.

    Khan’s celebration disputed the declare, saying the police launched a bunch of arrested individuals to Zaman Park to indicate that that they’d been taken into custody outside their chief’s residence.

    The legislation enforcement officers armed with heavy gear have taken positions near Zaman Park. Police have moreover blocked all roads leading to Khan’s residence by erecting boundaries. Jammers have been positioned throughout the house.

    Citing sources, Geo News reported that the Inspector General (IG) of Punjab police and the capital metropolis legislation enforcement officers have requested the police to remain “vigilant”.

    On Wednesday, Punjab’s caretaker Information minister Amir Mir claimed that some “30 to 40” terrorists had been hiding inside Khan’s Zaman Park residence and gave an ultimatum of 24 hours to the chief at hand them over or face stern movement.

    The minister acknowledged on Thursday that as a result of the deadline expired the police may raid Zaman Park to arrest the terrorists, along with Khan’s nephew Hassan Niazi, who’s reportedly hiding there.

    Khan, within the meantime, requested the federal authorities to ship the police crew with search warrants because it is not going to object to it.

    He has claimed that the selection to arrest him has been taken and he could be tried beneath the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secrets Act in reference to assaults on military installations. He acknowledged he could possibly be saved in jail for 10 years beneath sedition costs.

    On Wednesday, Khan, in a tweet, shared a video of what he claimed had been “scenes outside my house while I was addressing the nation”. In the video, an enormous contingent of legislation enforcement officers and dozens of police vehicles had been seen shifting in a single route.

    In a sequence of tweets on Thursday, Khan demanded an instantaneous inquiry into the police firing on unarmed protesters whereby he claimed 25 people had been killed and tons of injured on May 6 and 7.

    “In France, despite protesters hurling petrol bombs at the police, not once were they fired upon by the police. Under the smokescreen of arson, which any independent investigation will show was pre-planned to justify the crackdown on PTI, there is no mention in the media discourse of the massive violations of our fundamental right to protest peacefully. And no mention of an inquiry into the killing of at least 25 peaceful protestors and wounding of around 600,” Khan acknowledged.

    He extra acknowledged: “The nation has been taken over by a bunch of crooks, criminals, duffers devoid of any ethics or morality. While the country sinks into its worst economic crisis, especially unprecedented inflation and unemployment, all those in power are concentrating on how to crush the biggest and the only federal party by unleashing a reign of terror. Time for all citizens to raise their voices before it’s too late.”

    Nation has been taken over by a bunch of crooks, criminals, duffers devoid of any ethics or morality.

    While the nation sinks into its worst monetary catastrophe esp unprecedented inflation and unemployment, all these in power are concentrating on crush crucial and theâ€æ pic.twitter.com/j6LktOHxQJ
    — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 18, 2023

    In his video deal with from his Zaman Park residence on Wednesday, Khan acknowledged Pakistan was heading within the path of imminent disaster and may face an East Pakistan-like state of affairs.

    “I am having a frightening dream that the country is heading towards an imminent disaster,” he acknowledged.

    Rejecting the Punjab authorities’s declare that some 40 terrorists are hiding inside his Lahore dwelling, Khan acknowledged the federal authorities ought to search the house in a lawful technique after buying a search warrant on account of his private life was moreover in peril throughout the presence of terrorists.

    “But don’t make this an excuse to launch a crackdown on the country’s largest political party, the PTI,” he acknowledged.

    “This is high time that the powers that be should sensibly rethink otherwise the country might face an East Pakistan-like situation,” he acknowledged.

    The police in March had stormed the Zaman Park residence of Khan to arrest him nonetheless sturdy resistance of his celebration employees thwarted that plan.

    Following his deal with, Khan allowed the digital and digital media representatives entry to his residence to see for themselves that there have been no terrorists inside Zaman Park.

    My full speech earlier proper this second.

    PTI has always been a peaceful & democratic Party. Numerous examples I shared the place we confirmed restraint and chosen a peaceful decision to steer clear of confrontation even when it meant a set once more for me or the celebration.

    I ask the authorities to conduct aâ€æ pic.twitter.com/Av863plYuP
    — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 17, 2023

    The media people who visited the house, later reported that there have been solely house employees and some legislation enforcement officers inside the house.

    Earlier on Wednesday, Khan tweeted: “Probably my last tweet before my next arrest. Police have surrounded my house”.

    On May 9, violent protests erupted after the arrest of Khan. His celebration employees vandalised a dozen military installations, along with the Jinnah House (Lahore Corps Commander’s house), Mianwali airbase and the ISI setting up in Faisalabad. The Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was moreover attacked by the mob for the first time.

    Police put the lack of life toll in violent clashes at 10, whereas Khan’s celebration claims 40 of its employees misplaced their lives throughout the firing by security personnel.

    In his first public response to the newest incidents of violence, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir on Wednesday vowed to ship to justice all these “responsible for bringing shame to the nation on May 9” and acknowledged that such “orchestrated tragic incidents” would not at all be allowed as soon as extra at any worth.

    On Monday, the best military brass vowed to ship the arsonists, who attacked the civil and military installations, to justice by the use of trial beneath associated authorized pointers of the nation, along with the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secrets Act.

    Khan was ousted from power in April closing 12 months after dropping a no-confidence vote in his administration, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy concentrating on him attributable to his unbiased worldwide protection choices on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

  • Press Council of India uncover to Punjab govt over arrest of journalist

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India has issued notices to the Punjab authorities on the lookout for a report on the arrest of a reporter and “preventing her from doing her journalistic duty”.

    TV journalist Bhawana Kishore and two others had been arrested by Punjab Police on May 5 when their automobile allegedly hit a girl, injuring her hand. She was launched from jail in Ludhiana on May 7, a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her interim bail.

    In the notices to the chief secretary, residence secretary and Director General of Police of Punjab and completely different senior officers, Press Council of India chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai sought the report inside two weeks.

    The matter pertained to the curtailment of press freedom, which the Press Council of India has been mandated by regulation to guard.

    The PCI chairperson has expressed concern over the actions of the Punjab Police and has taken suo-motu cognisance of the matter as per the associated provisions of the regulation, it said.

    Kishore along with video journalist Mrityunjay Kumar and automotive driver Parminder Singh confronted charges beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly making casteist remarks in course of the woman.

    NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India has issued notices to the Punjab authorities on the lookout for a report on the arrest of a reporter and “preventing her from doing her journalistic duty”.

    TV journalist Bhawana Kishore and two others had been arrested by Punjab Police on May 5 when their automobile allegedly hit a girl, injuring her hand. She was launched from jail in Ludhiana on May 7, a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her interim bail.

    In the notices to the chief secretary, residence secretary and Director General of Police of Punjab and completely different senior officers, Press Council of India chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai sought the report inside two weeks.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The matter pertained to the curtailment of press freedom, which the Press Council of India has been mandated by regulation to guard.

    The PCI chairperson has expressed concern over the actions of the Punjab Police and has taken suo-motu cognisance of the matter as per the associated provisions of the regulation, it said.

    Kishore along with video journalist Mrityunjay Kumar and automotive driver Parminder Singh confronted charges beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly making casteist remarks in course of the woman.

  • Press Council of India uncover to Punjab govt over arrest of journalist

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India has issued notices to the Punjab authorities searching for a report on the arrest of a reporter and “preventing her from doing her journalistic duty”.

    TV journalist Bhawana Kishore and two others had been arrested by Punjab Police on May 5 when their automobile allegedly hit a woman, injuring her hand. She was launched from jail in Ludhiana on May 7, a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her interim bail.

    In the notices to the chief secretary, residence secretary and Director General of Police of Punjab and totally different senior officers, Press Council of India chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai sought the report inside two weeks.

    The matter pertained to the curtailment of press freedom, which the Press Council of India has been mandated by regulation to guard.

    The PCI chairperson has expressed concern over the actions of the Punjab Police and has taken suo-motu cognisance of the matter as per the associated provisions of the regulation, it said.

    Kishore along with video journalist Mrityunjay Kumar and automotive driver Parminder Singh confronted charges beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly making casteist remarks in course of the girl.

    NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India has issued notices to the Punjab authorities searching for a report on the arrest of a reporter and “preventing her from doing her journalistic duty”.

    TV journalist Bhawana Kishore and two others had been arrested by Punjab Police on May 5 when their automobile allegedly hit a woman, injuring her hand. She was launched from jail in Ludhiana on May 7, a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her interim bail.

    In the notices to the chief secretary, residence secretary and Director General of Police of Punjab and totally different senior officers, Press Council of India chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai sought the report inside two weeks.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The matter pertained to the curtailment of press freedom, which the Press Council of India has been mandated by regulation to guard.

    The PCI chairperson has expressed concern over the actions of the Punjab Police and has taken suo-motu cognisance of the matter as per the associated provisions of the regulation, it said.

    Kishore along with video journalist Mrityunjay Kumar and automotive driver Parminder Singh confronted charges beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly making casteist remarks in course of the girl.

  • Punjab govt office timing modified as a summer season measure

    By Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: In a bid to keep away from losing electrical vitality, the Punjab authorities has modified its office hours from the current 9 AM to 5 PM to 7.30 AM to 2 PM. This change will come into impression on May 2. 

    The change, geared towards saving 300-350 MW {of electrical} vitality, will come to impression on May 2. 

    Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched the change of timings on Saturday. 

    He said it is an attempt to be taught the frequent people who run errands at authorities workplaces in the midst of the following summer season season. 

    The dedication has been taken after due session with stakeholders to verify the heaps’ welfare, the CM said. 

    The revised timings will maintain utilized until July 15. Mann said that this dedication may be related to the entire workplaces of the Punjab authorities. 

    He envisioned that this may increasingly additionally help in saving spherical 300-350 MW of vitality, as a considerable chunk of vitality was being consumed in authorities workplaces. He said that as per the data of PSPCL, the leak load of the board begins after 1 pm inside the day.

    Mann said that the model new timetable can also guarantee that most daylight is utilised by the people. 

    He assured the those who the state authorities will take additional such citizen-centric choices inside the coming days too.
     

    CHANDIGARH: In a bid to keep away from losing electrical vitality, the Punjab authorities has modified its office hours from the current 9 AM to 5 PM to 7.30 AM to 2 PM. This change will come into impression on May 2. 

    The change, geared towards saving 300-350 MW {of electrical} vitality, will come to impression on May 2. 

    Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched the change of timings on Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    He said it is an attempt to be taught the frequent people who run errands at authorities workplaces in the midst of the following summer season season. 

    The dedication has been taken after due session with stakeholders to verify the heaps’ welfare, the CM said. 

    The revised timings will maintain utilized until July 15. Mann said that this dedication may be related to the entire workplaces of the Punjab authorities. 

    He envisioned that this may increasingly additionally help in saving spherical 300-350 MW of vitality, as a considerable chunk of vitality was being consumed in authorities workplaces. He said that as per the data of PSPCL, the leak load of the board begins after 1 pm inside the day.

    Mann said that the model new timetable can also guarantee that most daylight is utilised by the people. 

    He assured the those who the state authorities will take additional such citizen-centric choices inside the coming days too.
     

  • Punjab Governor Vs AAP govt: Assembly summoned on March 3, SG Mehta tells Supreme Court

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Amid a tussle with the AAP authorities, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday advised the Supreme Court that he has summoned the Assembly for the funds session on March 3 whilst the highest courtroom advised each side that constitutional discourse must be performed with a way of decorum and mature statesmanship.

    The courtroom, which was listening to the state authorities’s plea towards the governor’s alleged “refusal” to summon the Budget session for March 3, stated the Punjab authorities is duty-bound to furnish info as sought by the governor and on the identical time the governor can also be duty-bound to simply accept the suggestions of the Cabinet on the convening of meeting.

    The apex courtroom stated there was no event for the Punjab governor to hunt authorized recommendation on whether or not to convene a Budget session as he’s certain by the help and recommendation of ministers.

    A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took notice of the submission of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the governor, that the plea filed by the Punjab authorities doesn’t survive in view of the governor’s resolution to convene the Assembly.

    WEB SCRAWL | Raj Bhavans metamorphosing into political warfare rooms threatens Indian democracy

    “While this court is cognisant of free speech and expression, the constitutional discourse has to be conducted with a sense of decorum and mature statesmanship, particularly in the context of constitutional dialogue between functionaries. Political differences in a democratical polity are acceptable and have to be worked out with sobriety. Unless these principles were borne in mind, the effective implementation of constitutional values is liable to be placed in jeopardy,” the bench additionally comprising Justice PS Narasimha stated.

    Senior advocate A M Singhvi, showing for the Punjab authorities, alleged that the governor was hijacking the Constitution. “A constitutional authority is acting in ignorance of the Constitution. He is hijacking the Constitution,” Singhvi stated.

    Mehta advised the apex courtroom that the plea filed by the Punjab authorities has change into infructuous and won’t survive. “Governor never refused and he said he is taking legal advice,” he stated.

    The high courtroom earlier within the day agreed to listen to the plea of the Punjab authorities as Singhvi requested for pressing listening to on Tuesday itself.

    The tussle between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had worsened final week with Purohit indicating he’s in no hurry to summon the meeting’s funds session, and reminding the CM about his “derogatory” response to a letter from the Raj Bhavan.

    In that February 13 letter, the governor had requested Mann to clarify the method of choosing 36 authorities faculty principals for a coaching seminar held lately in Singapore, and raised different points as nicely.

    Mann had responded that he was solely answerable to 3 crore Punjabis, to not a Centre-appointed governor and likewise questioned the Centre’s standards for appointing governors.

    Purohit had known as Mann’s replies not solely “patently unconstitutional but extremely derogatory” additionally, saying he was compelled to take authorized recommendation.

    Purohit’s letter to CM Mann had come two days after the Punjab Cabinet determined to name the meeting session on March 3 and requested the governor to summon the House.

    The governor had advised Mann that he’ll take a name on summoning the funds session solely after taking authorized recommendation on the CM’s response to the problems raised by him in an earlier letter.

    “Since your tweet and letter both not only patently unconstitutional but extremely derogatory also, therefore, I am compelled to take legal advice on this issue. Only after getting legal advice, I will take a decision on your request,” stated Purohit within the newest letter.

    Purohit had questioned the choice of faculty principals for a international journey for a coaching seminar, saying he has acquired complaints of “malpractices and illegalities”.

    He had additionally raised problems with “illegal” appointment of the Punjab Agricultural University vice-chancellor and promotion of an IPS officer who was shunted out for alleged misconduct, amongst others.

    Claiming that Mann “never cared to reply” to his letters prior to now, Purohit had advised the chief minister that individuals didn’t elect him to run the state in response to his “whims and fancies” and that as per the Constitution, he’s “bound to furnish” any info sought by the Raj Bhavan.

    The governor had requested the chief minister to answer to his letter inside a fortnight, failing which he would search authorized recommendation for additional motion.

    Last yr too, there had been a squabble between the governor and the AAP authorities over holding a session of the Punjab Assembly.

    The governor had withdrawn the permission to carry a particular session on September 22 after searching for authorized opinion when the AAP authorities needed to deliver a confidence movement solely within the House.

    Later, the governor gave his nod solely after the federal government supplied particulars of the legislative enterprise.

    In October, Governor Purohit had refused to approve the AAP authorities’s choose for the vice chancellor’s put up at Faridkot’s Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.

    NEW DELHI: Amid a tussle with the AAP authorities, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday advised the Supreme Court that he has summoned the Assembly for the funds session on March 3 whilst the highest courtroom advised each side that constitutional discourse must be performed with a way of decorum and mature statesmanship.

    The courtroom, which was listening to the state authorities’s plea towards the governor’s alleged “refusal” to summon the Budget session for March 3, stated the Punjab authorities is duty-bound to furnish info as sought by the governor and on the identical time the governor can also be duty-bound to simply accept the suggestions of the Cabinet on the convening of meeting.

    The apex courtroom stated there was no event for the Punjab governor to hunt authorized recommendation on whether or not to convene a Budget session as he’s certain by the help and recommendation of ministers.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took notice of the submission of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the governor, that the plea filed by the Punjab authorities doesn’t survive in view of the governor’s resolution to convene the Assembly.

    WEB SCRAWL | Raj Bhavans metamorphosing into political warfare rooms threatens Indian democracy

    “While this court is cognisant of free speech and expression, the constitutional discourse has to be conducted with a sense of decorum and mature statesmanship, particularly in the context of constitutional dialogue between functionaries. Political differences in a democratical polity are acceptable and have to be worked out with sobriety. Unless these principles were borne in mind, the effective implementation of constitutional values is liable to be placed in jeopardy,” the bench additionally comprising Justice PS Narasimha stated.

    Senior advocate A M Singhvi, showing for the Punjab authorities, alleged that the governor was hijacking the Constitution. “A constitutional authority is acting in ignorance of the Constitution. He is hijacking the Constitution,” Singhvi stated.

    Mehta advised the apex courtroom that the plea filed by the Punjab authorities has change into infructuous and won’t survive. “Governor never refused and he said he is taking legal advice,” he stated.

    The high courtroom earlier within the day agreed to listen to the plea of the Punjab authorities as Singhvi requested for pressing listening to on Tuesday itself.

    The tussle between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had worsened final week with Purohit indicating he’s in no hurry to summon the meeting’s funds session, and reminding the CM about his “derogatory” response to a letter from the Raj Bhavan.

    In that February 13 letter, the governor had requested Mann to clarify the method of choosing 36 authorities faculty principals for a coaching seminar held lately in Singapore, and raised different points as nicely.

    Mann had responded that he was solely answerable to 3 crore Punjabis, to not a Centre-appointed governor and likewise questioned the Centre’s standards for appointing governors.

    Purohit had known as Mann’s replies not solely “patently unconstitutional but extremely derogatory” additionally, saying he was compelled to take authorized recommendation.

    Purohit’s letter to CM Mann had come two days after the Punjab Cabinet determined to name the meeting session on March 3 and requested the governor to summon the House.

    The governor had advised Mann that he’ll take a name on summoning the funds session solely after taking authorized recommendation on the CM’s response to the problems raised by him in an earlier letter.

    “Since your tweet and letter both not only patently unconstitutional but extremely derogatory also, therefore, I am compelled to take legal advice on this issue. Only after getting legal advice, I will take a decision on your request,” stated Purohit within the newest letter.

    Purohit had questioned the choice of faculty principals for a international journey for a coaching seminar, saying he has acquired complaints of “malpractices and illegalities”.

    He had additionally raised problems with “illegal” appointment of the Punjab Agricultural University vice-chancellor and promotion of an IPS officer who was shunted out for alleged misconduct, amongst others.

    Claiming that Mann “never cared to reply” to his letters prior to now, Purohit had advised the chief minister that individuals didn’t elect him to run the state in response to his “whims and fancies” and that as per the Constitution, he’s “bound to furnish” any info sought by the Raj Bhavan.

    The governor had requested the chief minister to answer to his letter inside a fortnight, failing which he would search authorized recommendation for additional motion.

    Last yr too, there had been a squabble between the governor and the AAP authorities over holding a session of the Punjab Assembly.

    The governor had withdrawn the permission to carry a particular session on September 22 after searching for authorized opinion when the AAP authorities needed to deliver a confidence movement solely within the House.

    Later, the governor gave his nod solely after the federal government supplied particulars of the legislative enterprise.

    In October, Governor Purohit had refused to approve the AAP authorities’s choose for the vice chancellor’s put up at Faridkot’s Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.

  • Whatever is Happening in Punjab: Kangana Ranaut Tweets on Ajnala Police Station Attack

    Home LeisureWhatever is Happening in Punjab: Kangana Ranaut Tweets on Ajnala Police Station Attack in Amritsar

    Whatever is Happening in Punjab: Kangana Ranaut just lately tweeted on Ajnala police station assault in Amritsar.

    Whatever is Happening in Punjab: Kangana Ranaut Tweets on Ajnala Police Station Attack in Amritsar

    Kangana Ranaut Tweets on Ajnala Police Station Attack: Kangana Ranaut, recognized for her fierce and outspoken persona by no means misses an opportunity to name a spade a spade. The actor, who just lately wrapped up the capturing of her directorial Emergency posted a collection of tweets on the Ajnala Police Station assault in Amritsar, Punjab. For the unversed, Kangana is taking part in Indira Gandhi in Emergency and the film additionally throws mild on the Bhindranwale lead Khalistani motion and its aftermath on Punjab’s socio-political situation. The Emergency actor additionally challenged Amritpal Singh Sandhu, head of the unconventional outfit Waris Punjab De to confront her at an ‘intellectual debate’. She additionally requested for assurance that she received’t be attacked recalling vandalism try on her automobile at Punjab’s Kiratpur Sahib in 2021.

    KANGANA RANAUT POSTS EXPLOSIVE TWEET ON PUNJAB POLITICAL SCENARIO

    Kangana wrote in her tweet, “Whatever is happening in Punjab I predicted two years ago, many cases were filed on me, arrest warrant was issued against me, my car was attacked in Punjab, lekin wahi hua na jo maine kaha tha (whatever I predicted earlier is now actually happening), now is the time non- Khalistani Sikhs need to make there position and intension clear.” She reposted her quote tweet which learn “6 summons, one arrest warrant, ban on my movies in Punjab, physical attack on my car, the price a nationalist pays to keep the nation together. Khalistanis are declared terrorists by GOI if you believe in the constitution, you mustn’t have any doubt about your position on this”.

    Whatever is going on in Punjab I predicted two years in the past,many circumstances had been filed on me, arrest warrant was issued towards me, my automobile was attacked in Punjab, lekin wahi hua na jo maine kaha tha,now’s the time non- Khalistani Sikhs have to make there place and intension clear 👍

    — Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaWorkforce) February 24, 2023

    KANGANA RANAUT CITES MAHABHARATA REFERENCE IN HER TWEET

    Referring to Amrit Pal’s assertion the place he spoke about explaining the mental relevance of Khalistani motion, Kangana mentioned, “In Maharashtra (she later corrected the typo error with Mahabharata) Pandavas did Rajsu yagya, Arjun himself went up till China to claim the tax from all kings. Then all kings declared Yudhishthir Samrat of Virat Bharata. Even the world war that happened eventually was called Mahabharata, Amrit Pal mujhse discussion kare (cont)”. She additional added, “Amrit pal has openly challenged the nation if anyone ready to have intellectual discussion with him he can justify the demand of #Khalistan I am shocked no one has accepted this challenge not even any politician. If I am not beaten/attacked or shot dead by Khalistanis I am ready”.

    WHO IS AMRITPAL SINGH AND ALL ABOUT AJNALA POLICE STATION ATTACK

    The police in Punjab’s Amritsar district had booked Amritpal and his supporters for allegedly kidnapping a person, as reported by The Indian Express. The Waris Punjab De head’s supporters barged inside Ajnal police station in Amritsar carrying swords and weapons. Prior to reaching Ajnal, that they had staged a protest in the course of the highway at Dhilwan toll plaza in Kapurthala district. Despite being prevented by police at Ajnala bus stand by erecting barricades Singh and his compelled their manner by the police station after clashing with the police. Amrit Pal had beforehand reportedly threatened that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will face the identical destiny as former prime minister Indira Gandhi. His group Waris Punjab De was based by late actor and activist Deep Sandhu.

    Kangana may even be seen in Tejas, the place she performs an Air Force Pilot. The actor can be producing and directing Emergency aside from herself taking part in Indira Gandhi within the film. She has additionally commenced capturing for P Vasu’s Chandramukhi 2. The different films Kangana has added to her pipeline are Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda, Sita-The Incarnation, and the Noti Binodini biopic.

    For extra updates on Kangana Ranaut, try this house at India.com.

    Published Date: February 25, 2023 2:32 PM IST

    Updated Date: February 25, 2023 2:45 PM IST

  • Punjab not cooperating in resolving SYL canal dispute, Centre tells SC

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday advised the Supreme Court the Punjab authorities is “not cooperating” in resolving the decades-old Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute between the state and Haryana.

    The apex court docket, which noticed that water is a pure useful resource and residing beings should be taught to share it, stated the events need to have a “broader outlook” and realise the ramifications and necessity of a negotiated settlement, extra so in view of safety issues, apparently referring to the occasional violence over the challenge.

    The counsel for Punjab advised a bench headed by Justice S Ok Kaul that the state authorities could be very eager to resolve the difficulty amicably.

    At the outset, Attorney General Ok Ok Venugopal, showing for the Centre, advised the bench that the apex court docket had in 2017 stated that matter must be amicably settled and the Union of India, by the Water Resources Ministry, has been attempting to deliver collectively states of Haryana and Punjab for the aim of an amicable settlement.

    “Unfortunately, Punjab has not been cooperating,” the highest legislation officer stated, including that letters have been despatched in 2020 and 2021 to the then Punjab chief minister who didn’t reply in any respect.

    Though official-level talks have been occurring between the 2 states on the SYL problem, the Centre has been insisting on conferences between the 2 chief ministers.

    He stated a letter was despatched in April this yr when the brand new chief minister took over in Punjab however he has not responded until date.

    “It is essential that so far as Punjab is concerned, it has to cooperate. It cannot refrain from coming to the discussion table,” Venugopal advised the bench, additionally comprising Justices A S Oka and Vikram Nath.

    He stated the bench could direct the Punjab counsel to make sure the chief minister participated within the discussions on the difficulty along with his Haryana counterpart.

    Responding to the suggestion, the bench stated typically the ultimate resolution lies somewhat past the courts.

    “But then either the court proceeds to take a hard stand or the parties cooperate. So, I am hoping that the concerned stakeholders realise that abstention from the discussion is not the way forward,” Justice Kaul stated.

    When the counsel representing Punjab stated they’re very eager to resolve the difficulty amicably, the bench quipped, “That keenness must reflect (in action).”

    “Attorney General rightly points out that chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana were and are required to meet and it is agreed before us by the counsel present that such a meeting will be held within this month itself,” the bench stated.

    The counsel showing for Rajasthan advised the bench that they wish to take part within the course of however are usually not allowed regardless of the orders of the apex court docket.

    Senior advocate Shyam Divan, showing for Haryana, stated Rajasthan was not a celebration to the decree handed by the apex court docket within the matter.

    The water dispute began in 1966, when the Punjab Reorganisation Act divided erstwhile Punjab into Punjab and Haryana and the necessity arose to share river water between the 2 states.

    Punjab, nevertheless, opposed sharing the water of Ravi and Beas rivers with Haryana, citing the Riparian Principle, which states that the proprietor of land adjoining to a waterbody has the precise to make use of the water. It additionally argued it had no water to spare.

    Venugopal steered the court docket could give the states 4 months and, throughout this era, on the finish of the primary month, the 2 chief ministers will meet.

    The bench famous in its order {that a} letter dated September 5, 2022, addressed by the secretary of the Ministry of Jal Shakti to the Attorney General, has been positioned earlier than the court docket.

    It famous that Venugopal has knowledgeable the court docket that regardless of varied endeavours, Punjab didn’t be a part of the negotiating desk.

    “The endeavour of this court has been to arrive at a mediated settlement. That should not be taken as a licence for an infinite period of time to elapse,” the bench noticed.

    The apex court docket stated it expects the Ministry of Jal Shakti in addition to the states of Punjab and Haryana and likewise the state of Rajasthan to lend full cooperation in resolving the difficulty. The bench granted 4 months to the Centre to submit a progress report.

    “Water is a natural resource and living beings must learn to share it, whether it be individuals, states or countries,” it noticed and posted the matter for listening to on January 19 subsequent yr.

    The bench stated it understands these are delicate points for the states however some name must be taken to resolve them.

    In 2017, the apex court docket had stated that decrees handed within the SYL canal dispute between Punjab and Haryana can’t be flouted. The controversial 1981 water-sharing settlement got here into being after Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966. For efficient allocation of water, SYL canal hyperlink was conceptualised.

    A stretch of 214 km SYL was set to be constructed, of which 122 km have been to be in Punjab and 92 km in Haryana.

    In 2004, the then Congress authorities of the state got here out with the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act with an intention to terminate the 1981 settlement and all different pacts referring to sharing of waters of rivers Ravi and Beas.

    The apex court docket had first decreed the swimsuit of Haryana in 2002 asking Punjab to honour its commitments with regard to water sharing within the case.

    Punjab challenged the decision by submitting a swimsuit which was rejected in 2004 by the Supreme Court.

    NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday advised the Supreme Court the Punjab authorities is “not cooperating” in resolving the decades-old Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute between the state and Haryana.

    The apex court docket, which noticed that water is a pure useful resource and residing beings should be taught to share it, stated the events need to have a “broader outlook” and realise the ramifications and necessity of a negotiated settlement, extra so in view of safety issues, apparently referring to the occasional violence over the challenge.

    The counsel for Punjab advised a bench headed by Justice S Ok Kaul that the state authorities could be very eager to resolve the difficulty amicably.

    At the outset, Attorney General Ok Ok Venugopal, showing for the Centre, advised the bench that the apex court docket had in 2017 stated that matter must be amicably settled and the Union of India, by the Water Resources Ministry, has been attempting to deliver collectively states of Haryana and Punjab for the aim of an amicable settlement.

    “Unfortunately, Punjab has not been cooperating,” the highest legislation officer stated, including that letters have been despatched in 2020 and 2021 to the then Punjab chief minister who didn’t reply in any respect.

    Though official-level talks have been occurring between the 2 states on the SYL problem, the Centre has been insisting on conferences between the 2 chief ministers.

    He stated a letter was despatched in April this yr when the brand new chief minister took over in Punjab however he has not responded until date.

    “It is essential that so far as Punjab is concerned, it has to cooperate. It cannot refrain from coming to the discussion table,” Venugopal advised the bench, additionally comprising Justices A S Oka and Vikram Nath.

    He stated the bench could direct the Punjab counsel to make sure the chief minister participated within the discussions on the difficulty along with his Haryana counterpart.

    Responding to the suggestion, the bench stated typically the ultimate resolution lies somewhat past the courts.

    “But then either the court proceeds to take a hard stand or the parties cooperate. So, I am hoping that the concerned stakeholders realise that abstention from the discussion is not the way forward,” Justice Kaul stated.

    When the counsel representing Punjab stated they’re very eager to resolve the difficulty amicably, the bench quipped, “That keenness must reflect (in action).”

    “Attorney General rightly points out that chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana were and are required to meet and it is agreed before us by the counsel present that such a meeting will be held within this month itself,” the bench stated.

    The counsel showing for Rajasthan advised the bench that they wish to take part within the course of however are usually not allowed regardless of the orders of the apex court docket.

    Senior advocate Shyam Divan, showing for Haryana, stated Rajasthan was not a celebration to the decree handed by the apex court docket within the matter.

    The water dispute began in 1966, when the Punjab Reorganisation Act divided erstwhile Punjab into Punjab and Haryana and the necessity arose to share river water between the 2 states.

    Punjab, nevertheless, opposed sharing the water of Ravi and Beas rivers with Haryana, citing the Riparian Principle, which states that the proprietor of land adjoining to a waterbody has the precise to make use of the water. It additionally argued it had no water to spare.

    Venugopal steered the court docket could give the states 4 months and, throughout this era, on the finish of the primary month, the 2 chief ministers will meet.

    The bench famous in its order {that a} letter dated September 5, 2022, addressed by the secretary of the Ministry of Jal Shakti to the Attorney General, has been positioned earlier than the court docket.

    It famous that Venugopal has knowledgeable the court docket that regardless of varied endeavours, Punjab didn’t be a part of the negotiating desk.

    “The endeavour of this court has been to arrive at a mediated settlement. That should not be taken as a licence for an infinite period of time to elapse,” the bench noticed.

    The apex court docket stated it expects the Ministry of Jal Shakti in addition to the states of Punjab and Haryana and likewise the state of Rajasthan to lend full cooperation in resolving the difficulty. The bench granted 4 months to the Centre to submit a progress report.

    “Water is a natural resource and living beings must learn to share it, whether it be individuals, states or countries,” it noticed and posted the matter for listening to on January 19 subsequent yr.

    The bench stated it understands these are delicate points for the states however some name must be taken to resolve them.

    In 2017, the apex court docket had stated that decrees handed within the SYL canal dispute between Punjab and Haryana can’t be flouted. The controversial 1981 water-sharing settlement got here into being after Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966. For efficient allocation of water, SYL canal hyperlink was conceptualised.

    A stretch of 214 km SYL was set to be constructed, of which 122 km have been to be in Punjab and 92 km in Haryana.

    In 2004, the then Congress authorities of the state got here out with the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act with an intention to terminate the 1981 settlement and all different pacts referring to sharing of waters of rivers Ravi and Beas.

    The apex court docket had first decreed the swimsuit of Haryana in 2002 asking Punjab to honour its commitments with regard to water sharing within the case.

    Punjab challenged the decision by submitting a swimsuit which was rejected in 2004 by the Supreme Court.

  • ‘Punjab is in deep debt lure resulting from earlier regimes’, says state authorities’s White Paper

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: The Bhagwant Mann authorities in Punjab on Saturday admitted the state is being pushed deeper right into a debt lure in a White Paper tabled within the Assembly, however sought guilty the earlier governments for the financial morass.

    The economies of fairly a number of state governments are beneath related stress, however it is just Punjab that has accepted it upfront. Just final week, the RBI had warned that the economies of Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, and Bihar are in serious trouble. But Kerala sought to rebut it.

    Punjab’s debt has spiraled to 2.63 lakh crore and the state has Rs 24,351.29 crore value liabilities to service within the fast time period, the doc stated, warning of an impending disaster. “The current debt indicators of the state are probably the worst in the country, pushing it deeper into a debt trap,” it claimed. The White Paper was tabled by state finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on the second day of ongoing finances session.

    It quantified the present debt as a whopping 45.88 per cent of the state GDP. Debt ballooned 44.23 per cent within the final 5 years at a compounded annual progress fee of seven.6 per cent, it added. Pointing fingers on the earlier Congress authorities, it stated they left a right away and medium-term legal responsibility of Rs 24,351.29 crore. Of that quantity, Rs 13,759 crore will go in the direction of non-payment of arrears of the sixth pay fee and Rs 7,117.86 crore for energy subsidy arrears.

    Besides, the share of central taxes plus grants from the Centre, which was 24 per cent of whole income receipts in 2011-12, has doubled to 46 per cent in 2021-22. This comes because the state’s tax income as a proportion of whole income receipts decreased from 72 per cent to 48 per cent throughout the identical interval.

    With the GST compensation regime ending in June, the state authorities could be staring down a giant gap in its funds to the tune of Rs 14,000-15,000 crore in 2022-23 itself, the doc identified.

    Total excellent debt: Rs 2,63,265 crore

    How it ballooned

    1980-81 – Rs 1,009 crore

    2011-12 – Rs 83,099 crore

    2021-22 – Rs 2,63,265 crore

  • Punjab govt does a U-turn, withdraws ban on ‘Jugad Rehri’

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has made a U-turn from its earlier stance by withdrawing a round banning ‘Jugad Rehris’ (carts made up of previous motorbikes or scooters) within the state.

    On April 18 a letter was issued by Additional DGP (Traffic) to all Senior Superintendents of Police and Police Commissioners. The letter directed them to launch a particular drive in opposition to such carts fitted with motors or mixed with the previous and condemned motorbikes for transportation of products citing that they may turn into a explanation for accidents. However, almost every week after issuing the directive, following a backlash from the opposition for banning these `Jugad Rehris,’ the federal government has determined to not take motion in opposition to ‘Jugad Rehris’ in the intervening time.

    A contemporary directive by Additional DGP (Traffic) has requested the district police chiefs to not take motion in opposition to the house owners of those revolutionary autos until additional order they usually have been requested to unfold consciousness amongst drivers about their illegality and the way they trigger accidents on the streets. Thus the police on Saturday night suspended its drive in opposition to the revolutionary carts.

    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann right now took again the order banning ‘Jugad Rehris’ within the state, as he mentioned that his authorities’s goal is to supply employment to the individuals and to not snatch it from them.

    The opposition events had slammed the AAP-led authorities within the state, saying the ban would render hundreds of individuals jobless. Shiromani Akali Dal had urged the federal government of the state to withdraw its order banning such carts within the state and mentioned that this choice will render hundreds jobless. Senior Vice  President of Akali Dal Dr Daljit Singh Cheema mentioned that call has come as a shock to hundreds of people that have adopted technique of self-employment. He mentioned that such individuals have been promoting greens, carrying waste in cities and are utilizing such facility, created by themselves, for transporting numerous issues from one place to a different. He mentioned that call of the federal government will immediately hit such individuals and several other thousand will turn into jobless.

    He mentioned that earlier than ordering the imposition of such guidelines the federal government ought to have studied actuality on the floor degree.

    Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring mentioned, “Since this government has nothing constructive to do, it has been resorting to destructive action.”

    What are Jugad Rehris?

    ‘Jugad Rehris’  often known as gharukka or maruta in Punjab are ‘improvised’ autos that should not have any registration certificates. These autos are fitted with engines of discarded scooters and bikes. They come beneath the unclassified class and haven’t any car registration plate.