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Ludhiana: After months of delay, CM Mann to inaugurate two SOEs on Aug 2

Ludhiana: After months of delay, CM Mann to inaugurate two SOEs on Aug 2

After missed deadlines and repeated postponements, two much-awaited Schools of Eminence (SOEs) at Kidwai Nagar and Millerganj Dholewal, are finally set to be inaugurated by chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday, paving the way for students to shift to upgraded campuses equipped with modern facilities. The Kidwai Nagar school has been built with 40 classrooms and modern infrastructure to provide better learning facilities. (HT File) The inauguration of the Kidwai Nagar campus was originally scheduled for May 28, but the event was postponed due to the chief minister’s unavailability. Since then, no revised date had been announced, leaving the newly completed school building locked despite being fully ready for use. The Kidwai Nagar school has been built with 40 classrooms and modern infrastructure to provide better learning facilities. Although the campus has remained ready for months, students continue to attend classes in cramped conditions at Government Senior Secondary School, Division No. III. The project had already missed several deadlines. In November last year, Ludhiana Central member of legislative assembly (MLA) Ashok Parashar Pappi had announced …

No paper leak in Punjab in 4.5 years of AAP rule, says CM Bhagwant Mann | Chandigarh News

No paper leak in Punjab in 4.5 years of AAP rule, says CM Bhagwant Mann | Chandigarh News

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that there has not been a single case of paper leak of a competitive examination during the four-and-a-half years of the Aam Admi Party AAP rule, even as Education Minister Harjot Bains said the alleged irregularities in pharmacy officers recruitment exam was a “cheating racket”. The statements by CM and Bains came amid mounting attack from the Opposition parties demanding the education minister’s resignation alleging ‘paper leak’ in the pharmacy officers’ recruitment exam held at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, on July 19 Police investigation revealed that some candidates had carried a hidden pen camera inside the exam hall to photograph the question paper. The images were sent via WhatsApp to a mastermind in Haryana. The answers were then dictated back to select candidates inside the exam halls via Bluetooth earpieces and wireless devices hidden inside their turbans, socks, and undergarments. The syndicate allegedly charged desperate candidates between Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs 13 lakh to guarantee passing marks. At least 35 arrests have been …

Mallikarjun Kharge urges PM Modi to make statement in Parliament instead of ‘one-sided Mann Ki Baat’

Mallikarjun Kharge urges PM Modi to make statement in Parliament instead of ‘one-sided Mann Ki Baat’

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a statement in Parliament on the issue of examination paper leaks instead of addressing the nation through what he described as a “one-sided Mann Ki Baat.” His remarks came a day after the Prime Minister announced that the Centre would introduce a Bill in Parliament next week containing stringent provisions to tackle examination paper leaks. Modi also said the proposed legislation would be discussed and finalised by the Union Cabinet before being introduced during the ongoing Monsoon Session. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann says all Sikh MLAs to appear before Akal Takht over anti-sacrilege law

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann says all Sikh MLAs to appear before Akal Takht over anti-sacrilege law

All Sikh MLAs and cabinet ministers will appear before the Akal Takht, which summoned them on June 29 regarding the anti-sacrilege law, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Sunday. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he has not been summoned. (PTI) His statement came after a closed-door meeting with the party MLAs in Amritsar to decide the course of action in view of the directions of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs. Following the meeting, Mann held a press conference in Amritsar where he was flanked by AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, who was on a three-day visit to Punjab. Mann shared details that the party’s Sikh MLAs and ministers will appear before the Akal Takht, while Kejriwal restricted himself to speaking about building a grand temple dedicated to Luv-Kush and Mata Janaki near the Bhagwan Valmiki Temple in Amritsar. Our MLAs and ministers will go there and present their sides in writing, Mann said while speaking to reporters in Amritsar. Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, on June 15, …

Prime Minister Modi to address nation in 135th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ today

Prime Minister Modi to address nation in 135th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ today

The much-anticipated broadcast, which has become a significant platform for the Prime Minister to share his thoughts on key national issues, policy initiatives, and inspirational stories, will once again reach millions of listeners across the country and abroad Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Poster war in Punjab: ‘Boycott Mann’ banners spread, anti-Sukhbir flex surfaces in Ludhiana | Chandigarh News

Poster war in Punjab: ‘Boycott Mann’ banners spread, anti-Sukhbir flex surfaces in Ludhiana | Chandigarh News

4 min readLudhianaJun 26, 2026 01:18 AM IST A poster war has been surfacing across Punjab with multiple ‘Boycott Bhagwant Mann’ flex boards at several places and a separate banner in Ludhiana targeting SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal over past sacrilege-related controversies during the SAD-BJP tenure. This comes in parallel to a campaign mobilising crowds to socially and religiously isolate Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. This movement gathered pace after the Akal Takht edict, on June 15, declared the CM “Guru Dokhi” and “Khalsa Panth Virodhi”. The first such flex boards against the CM were seen outside an SGPC-run gurdwara in Chauke, Bathinda, on June 23. On June 24, similar flex boards surfaced near Takht Damdama Sahib, one of Sikhism’s five Takhts, in Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda. Similar boards have also appeared in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, while information available indicates that SGPC-run gurdwaras are installing such flex boards at different locations across the state. The display is gradually spreading from Bathinda to Muktsar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and other places of Punjab. The latest anti-Mann …

Punjab Chief Minister Mann denies he is in controversial video

Punjab Chief Minister Mann denies he is in controversial video

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann addresses a press conference, in Mohali, Punjab on Thursday (June 25, 2026). | Photo Credit: PTI Facing mounting criticism from the opposition over a controversial video, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday (June 25, 2026) reiterated that he was not in that video and claimed that the person seen in the objectionable clip was wearing a mask resembling his face. Also read | AAP under fire over CM sacrilege video row The Chief Minister again accused the opposition parties — the Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP — of joining hands to defame him on religious issues. Addressing the media in Chandigarh, Mr. Mann showed a video, claiming that the person seen in the video was wearing a mask that resembled his face. He further said that a mark on his neck was also not visible on that man in the video, stressing that he was not in the purported video. The Chief Minister claimed that a Canada-based person, whom he identified as Jagman Samra and called …

Fake forensic report conspiracy: BJP Haryana chief corners Punjab CM Mann, demands immediate resignation

Fake forensic report conspiracy: BJP Haryana chief corners Punjab CM Mann, demands immediate resignation

Bharatiya Janata Party Haryana president Archana Gupta on Sunday (June 21, 2026) demanded the immediate resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over allegations of insulting Sikh gurus and “orchestrating” a fake forensic report on a viral video. Addressing a press conference in Narnaul, Ms. Gupta said the viral video showed CM Mann indulging in an act of disrespect towards Sikh gurus, adding that “the people of Punjab and the country will never forgive” it. Ms. Gupta alleged that after the video surfaced, the Punjab government and police “exerted all efforts” to prove it fake. She claimed CM Mann later commissioned a fabricated forensic report to discredit it. “Orchestrating a fake forensic report to discredit a genuine video is a criminal offense. Punjab Police tried to secure a favourable report to shield Bhagwant Mann, but the Haryana government and Gurugram Police brought the facts to light,” she said, referring to the FIR and arrests made in Gurugram in the case. Citing Sirsa resident and the complainant in the case, Jaspreet Singh’s revelations, Ms. Gupta said …

People of Punjab won’t tolerate disrespect of their Gurus, will punish…”: BJP chief Nitin Nabin slams CM Bhagwant Mann | Chandigarh News

People of Punjab won’t tolerate disrespect of their Gurus, will punish…”: BJP chief Nitin Nabin slams CM Bhagwant Mann | Chandigarh News

In a scathing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the alleged sacrilege video, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said on Sunday that the “people of Punjab will not tolerate the disrespect of their Gurus” and that the “time has come to punish him for the act”. With the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections drawing closer, Mann has been embroiled in a major controversy over an alleged sacrilege video purportedly showing him sprinkling liquor on images of Sikh Gurus. The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, has declared the video “authentic” on the basis of forensic reports and described Mann as “Guru dokhi” (anti-Guru) and “panth virodhi” (anti-panth). Mann, however, has maintained that the person in the video was not him but an actor used to defame him. Nabin, who is on a three-day visit to Punjab, addressed a karyakarta sammelan in Ludhiana on Sunday. Attacking Mann, he said from the stage: “It would be better if I do not comment on the working style of Punjab’s Chief Minister. It feels disheartening …

AAP protests statewide against SAD for circulating ‘fake’ video to defame Mann | Chandigarh News

AAP protests statewide against SAD for circulating ‘fake’ video to defame Mann | Chandigarh News

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday held statewide protests against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, accusing the Akali leadership of circulating a “fake” video of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to defame him. Accusing the SAD of misusing religion, spreading propaganda and hatching political conspiracies to mislead the people of Punjab, AAP ministers, MLAs, senior leaders and workers held demonstrations outside SAD offices and residences of several Akali leaders across Punjab, including Bathinda, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Barnala and Pathankot, among other districts. Leading a protest in Mohali, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, “Today, AAP karyakartas come out on the streets not only in Mohali, but across Punjab to protest Shiromani Akali Dal’s anti-Panth and anti-Punjab activities. The people of Punjab are fully aware of these conspiracies and will never allow those who have repeatedly harmed the interests of the state.” The minister said the party will expose the SAD’s conspiracy and send a strong message that politics based on lies and deception will not be tolerated. “AAP workers across …