Punjab’s patwaris went on strike Friday, demanding appointments to more than 3,000 vacant posts. CM had invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act, threatened them with dismissal.
Controversy centres on govt notification dissolving gram panchayats, zila parishads and block samitis months ahead of elections. Oppn had called decision ‘politically motivated’.
Revenue Patwar Union president Harvir Singh Dhindsa says will move Punjab & Haryana HC against imposition of Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) by Mann-led AAP government.
Mann says governor Purohit should enter electoral fray in Rajasthan after latter warned CM that he could write to President about failure of constitutional machinery in Punjab.
In four-page letter to CM, Governor Purohit says he has 'reason to believe there was failure of constitutional machinery in state', warns he'll write to President under Article 356.
A farmer died in clashes with police during a protest. Farmers have been demanding compensation for crops damaged in floods. Opposition has hit out at CM for using floods for publicity.
CM Bhagwant Mann promises Punjab will be drug-free by next Independence Day. Oppn says AAP's poll promise was to eradicate drug abuse within 3-4 months of coming to power.
Lal Chand Kataruchak has been accused of facilitating transfer of an officer accused in Pathankot land scam. This comes months after allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal took potshots at Bhagwant Mann and explained why he thinks Congress-AAP tie-up in INDIA alliance will benefit SAD in Punjab.
Badal also warned CM to ‘control your tongue’. Mann had dragged his rival's brother-in-law into verbal duel that has been ongoing since vigilance inquiry against BJP leader last week.
Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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