The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar and two other accused from a case of rioting and murder during the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots.
Two days after former Akali Dal minister Jagdish Singh Garcha and his family members were allegedly drugged and their house in Maharaja Ranjit Singh Nagar robbed, police on Wednesday said they have arrested three men in the incident.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday hit out at the centre over the census and delimitation clause in the Women's Reservation Bill and said that women have again been betrayed in the male-dominated parliament.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged the House to unanimously condemn the 1984 Sikh riots adding that it was shocking to see that in a free and independent India the then Congress government would stoop down so low to kill an entire community.
"We are going to visit Gurudwara Kartarpur Saheb via Kartarpur Sahib corridor...we will pray for happiness and prosperity of India, Punjab and PM Modi...we wish PM a very happy birthday...we will pray for his long life and happiness," said Sirsa.
"I am a soldier of Akali Dal and I am a member of their core committee. Even today I had a talk with Pradhan ji (Sukhbir Badal). There is no alliance between Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party," Virsa Singh Valtoha said.
"Called on India's dynamic Home Minister Shri @AmitShahJi. I sought his blessings for my new role as National Secretary, BJP. In my political life, I have got to work with several leaders but Amit Shah Ji will always have a very special place," Sirsa wrote in a post on X.
"The government knew that the High Court would decision against this decision. So even before the court ruled on this, the government withdrew its decision to dissolve all the Panchayats of Punjab. This was an anti-democratic step because the time left for all the Panchayats was still six mo
Ahead of the third meeting of the INDIA alliance, Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader Prem Singh Chandumajra took a jibe at senior Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and said, “It seems that all parties are coming together to save one family.”
A swollen Sutlej, and floods in the nearby villages have caused panic among the villagers near Nangal. The administrative teams as well as political leaders are making a beeline to these villages.
Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding a CBI and ED probe into the Punjab excise policy. She alleged that Punjab excise policy is a "replica" of Delhi excise policy that is being probed by the central investigation agencies