Drugs case: SC issues notice to SAD leader Majithia on Punjab’s plea against bail
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on a plea filed by Punjab government against the High Court order. A bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia passed the order while hearing the Punjab government’s plea against the high court order. The Punjab and Haryana high […]Read More
SAD leader joins PRTC, Punbus employees’ protest; demands reinstatement
Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Sunday demanded that the AAP government immediately reinstate 302 Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation and Punbus employees who had been ‘arbitrarily thrown out of service and blacklisted’, over the course of the last few years. Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Sunday demanded that the AAP government immediately reinstate 302 […]Read More
AAP dithering on promise made to PTIs, says Bikram Majithia
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia today said his party would hold a protest march to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence to remind him about the promise made by AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal to one of the protesters, Sippy Sharma, a year ago promising that the services of 646 physical training instructors (PTIs) would be regularised […]Read More
SAD chief Badal quizzed for 6 hours in 2015 Kotkapura police firing case
After the questioning as he emerged out, Sukhbir was accompanied by his brother-in-law and senior Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema, former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur and BJP import into Akali Dal Anil Joshi. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal was on Wednesday questioned for six hours from […]Read More
Rivals Navjot Singh Sidhu, Bharat Bhushan Ashu lodged in Patiala jail, but separate cells
Former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was yesterday shifted to Central Jail here after he was sent to judicial remand in the tender allotment scam case. This means he is lodged in the same prison, where his rival and party colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu is lodged. Bailable warrants against Jail Suptd A Ludhiana court has […]Read More
Sukhbir Singh Badal hits out at BJP Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat over Chandigarh remark
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia have hit out at Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who has said people of Chandigarh should be consulted on the transfer of UT to Punjab. They said if anything happened in Punjab, Shekhawat would be responsible. The two Akali leaders were […]Read More
SAD’s Majithia seeks clearance of cane dues from Punjab govt, pvt sugar mills
Majithia, who was recently released from the Patiala jail after he was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court in a drugs case, said it was brought to his notice that farmers had been protesting here and demanding their cane dues of Rs 72 crore pending towards a local sugar mill here. HIGHLIGHTS […]Read More
The misuse of a jail canteen card, and other stories from Punjab’s VIP prison
Overcrowded like most jails – housing 2,450 against the sanctioned capacity of 1,801 – the Patiala Central Jail has been trying to meet the demands of its special inmates. Housing Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bikram Singh Majithia already, the Patiala Central Jail has acquired another VVIP inmate. This week, Punjabi singing star Daler Singh Mehndi landed in the jail […]Read More
SC to hear Akali leader Majithia’s plea against NDPS cases on April 21
A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said it would hear the matter on April 21 after counsels sought adjournment. The Supreme Court on Monday posted a plea filed by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, seeking the quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic […]Read More
SIT probing drugs charges against Majithia reconstituted
As per the official order, the other three members of the five-member SIT are AIG Ranjit Singh Dhillon, DSPs Raghbir Singh and Amarpreet Singh. In one of the major decisions after Aam Aadmi Party came to power in the state, the Punjab police have reconstituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe charges against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh […]Read More
