Punjab Congress chief Raja Warring urges CM Bhagwant Mann to consider release of Navjot Sidhu from jail
The appeal comes a day after the Punjab Cabinet approved a proposal of granting special remission to five convicts serving terms in jails Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturday appealed to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to consider early release of Navjot Singh Sidhu who is serving a year-long sentence in Patiala central […]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
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
Sidhu taken to Patiala hospital for medical check-up
Sidhu had moved an application before the court of the Patiala chief judicial magistrate (CJM) on Saturday seeking permission for a special diet due to his medical problems and health issues. Former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is undergoing rigorous imprisonment in Patiala Central Jail in a 1988 road rage […]Read More
What Two Successive High-Profile Exits Portend for the Congress Party
The developments in the Congress have given yet another opportunity for critics to attack the party leadership, after some dissent was neutralised during the recent Chintan Shivir. New Delhi: The high-profile exits of Hardik Patel and Sunil Jakhar from the Congress have come on the heels of the party’s Chintan Shivir – a brainstorming camp in Udaipur that […]Read More
Navjot Singh Sidhu surrenders after sentencing in road rage case, sent to Patiala jail
The former Punjab Congress president surrendered before court shortly after 4 pm Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu surrendered before a court here on Friday, a day after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road rage death case. “He surrendered before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Amit Malhan,” […]Read More
Worried for Navjot Sidhu today, sad he has to go through so much: Bunny Sandhu who was earlier acquitted in the case
Bunny Sandhu, a close friend of Navjot Singh Sidhu– who was acquitted in the same road rage case–on Friday met the Congress leader at the latter’s residence in Yadavindra Enclave . Bunny has been a close friend of Sidhu since school days. He said that he was worried and sad that Sidhu has to face […]Read More
Raja Warring comes in support of Navjot Sidhu ‘at this difficult hour’
Former MP Dharamvira Gandhi calls on Sidhu at latter’s residence Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday came out in support of Navjot Singh Sidhu. “With due respect for the verdict of the Hon Supreme Court, I stand by my senior colleague @sherryontopp ji and his family at this difficult hour,” Warring wrote on Twitter. […]Read More
Sidhu targets Mann, Kejriwal as Punjab sees farmers’ protest again: ‘Don’t run to…’
The farmers’ agitation near the Chandigarh-Mohali border continued on Wednesday after they were stopped from heading to the state’s capital to raise various demands. Senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu hit out at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday amid farmers’ protest in the state over various demands including a bonus on wheat. In […]Read More