The Dera has massive following in Punjab & even as it has remained largely apolitical for decades, the optics of 'Babaji' visiting the Akali leader in jail sends a strong political signal.
In February 2022, he surrendered in drugs case & was granted bail 6 months later. He was then booked in DA case & was arrested 25 June 2025. He has been denied bail in DA case.
Blue Corner Notice was issued against Canada-based NRI at request of SIT probing drugs case against SAD leader & former Punjab minister Bikram Majithia.
Majithia, who is currently in a 14-day judicial custody, had requested the court for additional time to revise the petition in an alleged money laundering case linked to drugs.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has accused Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt of imposing an 'undeclared emergency' in Punjab and detaining Akali workers at their houses.
While Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that there is “irrefutable evidence” against Majithia, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader has denied all charges.
Member of Bikram Singh Majithia’s legal team says Akali Dal leader ‘resigned as director of firm Saraya Industries, and his role was limited to that of a shareholder’.
Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested Majithia at his residence in Amritsar. Raids carried out at around 25 premises linked to Majithia across the state, including around 9 in Amritsar.
The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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