Topic: Punjab

Police-health department raids lead to rescue of 150 patients. Of them, 30 face criminal cases, including a proclaimed offender allegedly linked to a local gangster.

'If you (govt) have nothing to hide, you should be taking the lead in getting the audio clip examined from a neutral lab,' said Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu.

Opposition trained its guns at CM for 'insulting' dera chief even as former minister Bikram Singh Majithia walked out of jail after being granted bail in disproportionate assets case. 

Amritpal, the Independent MP from Khadoor Sahib, was arrested by Punjab police in April 2023 under NSA. He is lodged at Assam’s Dibrugarh jail.

In August last year, Mann government junked its land-pooling scheme after protests. Months on, its two housing policies are now mired in cases before the NGT and High Court.

The visit is seen as a targeted strategy by the BJP to woo Dalit voters, particularly the Ravidasias and Ad-Dharmis, who often play a key role in close electoral battles in Punjab.

The stalemate mirrors a failed 1986 attempt to resolve a related but equally intractable territorial dispute, both rooted in the 1985 Rajiv-Longowal Accord.

After a news report on Arvind Kejriwal getting a large official residence in Chandigarh, Punjab Kesari has alleged that the AAP govt is using agencies to target it. Four different premises owned by the group were raided between 10 January and 15 January.

Simran Preet Panesar, a former Air Canada manager, is said to be based in Punjab’s Mohali. Arsalan Chaudhary, the other suspect, was arrested in Toronto when he landed from Dubai.

Summon came after Mann govt revived five-year-old row, registered police case over missing copies of Guru Granth Sahib, which the Sikhs consider a living guru.