Greater Mohali Area Development Authority last week announced acquisition of 5,000 acres. This will include 3,500 acres needed to develop a township around Mohali int'l airport.
PM Modi’s silence on Punjab floods while he tweets about earthquakes in Afghanistan and floods in Pakistan was deafening. A phone call to CM Mann was a small consolation, but people wanted public empathy.
Slamming handling of 2015 sacrilege cases, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh says he is being 'humiliated on purpose' by Mann govt. Another MLA had hit out at a 'senior AAP leader' Sunday.
Arrested Thursday in a 2015 drug case, Khaira has been a vocal critic of the AAP govt in Punjab, but has also had differences with his current party, Congress, in the past.
On Wednesday, Punjab govt inaugurated its first ‘School of Eminence’. Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, MLA from Amritsar North, claims cosmetic changes had been made to an existing school.
On Sunday, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann called Congress’s Sukhpal Khaira ‘aira, gaira, Nathu Khaira’. The latter subsequently accused Mann of being 'foolishly arrogant'.
Govt move months ahead of local body polls was slammed as 'politically motivated' by Opposition. Multiple petitions challenging decision were also filed in Punjab & Haryana HC.
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.
In July 2022, Gaurav Yadav was named acting DGP, replacing then DGP V. K. Bhawra. State hasn't sent list of eligible officers to UPSC in line with rules laid down by SC, it is learnt.
In video statement, V-C Arvind points out Bhagwant Mann govt has allocated only Rs 164 cr against the Rs 360 cr the university had sought. His predecessor had quit over fund crunch.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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