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TopicBhagwant Mann

Topic: Bhagwant Mann

Punjab govt maintains silence in HC on lack of written orders backing Zira factory closure

Punjab Pollution Control Board had withdrawn operational consent to factory for not adequately complying with conditions. CM Mann had ordered its closure via 'video message & tweet'.

Governor had no discretion to delay Punjab assembly budget session: SC on Bhagwant Mann’s plea

SC says chief minister, governor should maintain 'dignity' and 'mature statesmanship' in their communication despite them representing different ideologies.

‘Not worthy of being called waris of Punjab’: CM Mann breaks silence on Amritpal Sandhu

Mann’s reaction came days after the radical activist, carrying the Guru Granth Sahib, along with his supporters clashed with cops, broke barricades and laid siege to Ajnala police station.

Punjab AAP MLA met sarpanch’s husband thrice to force him to pay bribe, says vigilance FIR

Following arrest of his aide last week, oppn had been demanding arrest of Amit Rattan Kotfatta. According to the FIR, Rattan demanded Rs 5 lakh to release funds for panchayat work.

Punjab CM vs Governor row: Purohit refuses to summon Budget session over Mann’s ‘derogatory’ letter

Will first seek legal advice on issue, says Banwarilal Purohit. Mann had written to him saying he was not accountable to the governor but to the 3 crore Punjabis who had elected him.

Asked about Amritpal & Khalistan, Punjab CM Mann speaks of mohalla clinics, schools & steel plants

Bhagwant Mann went off on a tangent this week when mediapersons asked about radical activist Amritpal Sandhu. Experts blame ‘political compulsion’ but warn of heavy costs.

Another IAS ‘export from Delhi’: Punjab AAP govt under oppn fire over new education board chief

Satbir Silas Bedi, a retired IAS officer of AGMUT cadre last posted in Delhi, was appointed chairperson of Punjab School Education Board Friday.

Opposition takes aim at Mann govt after Punjab AAP MLA’s aide arrested ‘for accepting bribe’

Rashim Garg, a close aide of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amit Rattan Kotfatta, was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh.

SC student dropouts to ‘outsiders’ in meetings: Punjab governor’s 5 bones of contention with Mann

Principals' trip to Singapore to  'illegal' appointment of biotechnologist Gosal as Punjab Agriculture University V-C, Purohit highlighted issues on which he had received no reply from Punjab CM.

2 months after claim of Goldy Brar’s detention in California, Punjab Police draw a blank

Brar, a native of Faridkot district in Punjab, is wanted in multiple criminal cases by the state police including the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.