As Bhagwant Mann shifts from 'AI' defence to a hyper-realistic mask claim, rivals are demanding an independent forensic probe into the very video the chief minister cites as key evidence.
Videos showed 'Mann' in compromising situations. Apart from videos with women, in one of the videos 'Mann' sprinkles liquor on symbolic pictures of Sikh Gurus and on figurine of Bhindranwale.
Earlier on 8 May, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan had appeared before Akal Takht and explained amendments to Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008.
The 43-yr-old had been staying atop the nearly 400-foot tower since 12 October 2024. Punjab govt passed amendment to Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008 this week.
On 12 October 2024, ex-serviceman Gurjit Singh Khalsa began a sit-in protest on top of the BSNL tower in Patiala's Samana to raise his demand for a dedicated anti-sacrilege law in Punjab.
After a decade of failed attempts, the Punjab government deployed a new legal strategy that uses the state law route to push through the tough anti-sacrilege legislation.
The wall painting in question is at the newly built memorial of Sikh general Bhai Jeewan Singh at Anandpur Sahib. The memorial was inaugurated by CM Bhagwant Mann last month.
The Sikh temporal body came down heavily on the administration after students staged massive protests alleging desecration of the revered text. V-C & other top officials have been booked.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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