Punjab

Chandigarh, April 13 As a mark of respect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Punjab Assembly led by CM Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday unanimously passed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, thereby stipulating harsher punishment for beadbi (sacrilege) of living Guru Sahib. In a decisive and uncompromising move, the Bhagwant Mann Government has introduced...

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The unidirectional push by the Union Government for privatisation of the power sector is likely to have crippling effects on the future of the farmers, common consumers and weaker sections of society. The central government released the draft of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 on October 9 last year. The Ministry of Power has claimed that the Draft Electricity (Amendment)...

Politics

Chandigarh, April 13 Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today welcomed the amendment to the sacrilege law making it more stringent, while at the same time demanding a deadline for punishing those guilty of sacrilege. Welcoming the amendments, the PCC president said, “in any case there was no doubt about the passage of amendments to the Sacrilege law by...