Gurjit Singh

The Congress leadership has officially sanctioned the appointment of 53 district unit presidents in Bihar, a strategic move designed to enhance the party's organizational effectiveness. This initiative is part of the recently completed district-level restructuring aligned with the national Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan initiative.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has demanded the resignation of Transport and Jails Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar amid a controversy over the alleged suicide of a district manager. The manager reportedly accused Bhullar of harassment in a video before his death. Mann stated that the minister's resignation is the biggest action taken to ensure a fair probe into the matter.

Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar resigned after a district manager died by suicide, leaving a video purportedly blaming the minister. Opposition parties allege harassment and demand a CBI probe, while Bhullar denies the accusations and calls for a fair investigation.

Alleging that municipal corporation functionaries were seeking cuts from contractors out of the payments against the works undertaken by them, Congress MLA Rana Gurjit Singh has asked the Kapurthala SSP to register a case under Prevention of Corruption Act.

Even as pre-monsoon showers in Punjab have led to inundation in several areas, both urban and rural, the flood protection works are still midway, with just ten days left for the lapse of deadline fixed for completion of these works.

Four Congress leaders have written to party president Sonia Gandhi to demand the expulsion of cabinet minister and Kapurthala candidate Rana Gurjit Singh for “backstabbing” the party by fielding his son as an independent candidate from Sultanpur Lodhi assembly constituency.

With Punjab and Haryana high court pulling up Punjab police for its failure to nab a former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) who jumped parole, Sherpur cops have intensified the search operations.

The debate on deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab translated into lawlessness in the Vidhan Sabha as ministers and legislators hurled abuses, nearly reached out at each others' throats, forcing adjournment of the House.

Alleging massive corruption in Amritsar's bus rapid transit system (BRTS), Congress's Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar, Gurjit Singh Aujla, said his party's government would launch an investigation into the “scam“ if his party was voted to power in the state.