Tag: Ranjit Singh

Punjab: Radicalised operative held with hand grenades, pistols

The DGP said acting on intelligence inputs about the presence of Ranjit Singh in the area of Amritsar, special teams from SSOC Amritsar were sent to the specified area to spot the suspect and Ranjit Singh was apprehended.

November 25, 2021

No power shortage in Haryana: Minister

Adequate amount of electricity is being provided to all small and large scale industries. Responding to some misconceptions, he said that there is 5000 Mega Watt (MW) of surplus power available in the state.

November 18, 2021

Reforms have made Haryana power distribution corporations profitable: Minister

Division and Circle wise special teams will be assigned a programme to issue 2000 to 3000 connections immediately.

November 17, 2021

Congress MP in Rajya Sabha asks govt to bring back remains of last ruler of Sikh empire from UK

Duleep Singh was born in Lahore in 1838 to the renowned ruler Ranjit Singh and at the age of five the boy prince sat on the throne of the Sikh kingdom.

December 3, 2019

Kaun Banega Crorepati 11: Contestant Pankaj fails to answer this 50 lakh question

Pankaj Maheshwari from Jaipur was a rollover contestant and resumed his game on Tuesday’s episode.

November 6, 2019

Capt, Badal to show strength in each other’s strongholds

While the Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced a rally in former CM Parkash Singh Badal's constituency in Lambi on 7 October, the SAD announced to hold a rally in the CM's home city of Patiala the same date.

September 24, 2018

SAD alleges deliberate leak of probe report on sacrilege cases

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday alleged the second part of Justice (retired) Ranjit Singh report on sacrilege cases too has been leaked in less than 24 hours of its submission to the government. In a statement, SAD leader and former minister Daljit Singh Cheema said the leak is evident from the tweet of …

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August 18, 2018

Final sacrilege cases report filed, Capt orders action

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the state home department to take further necessary action on the full and final report on sacrilege cases, which was submitted to him on Thursday by Justice (retired) Ranjit Singh. The Justice Ranjit Singh Commission had earlier, on 30 June, submitted Part-I of his report to the …

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August 17, 2018

Trial in murder cases against Dera chief Ram Rahim reaches final leg

Already serving a 20-year jail sentence for rape, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is also facing conspiracy charges in two murder cases. The final arguments in the said cases began on Saturday and Ram Rahim appeared before the special CBI court, Panchkula, through video link from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail. Sources said the …

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September 16, 2017

Ranjit Singh was a great humanist, says historian

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire, was a "great humanist" who saw every religion uniformly and constructed more temples and mosques than gurdwaras, a noted British-Pakistani historian has said. Delivering the annual lecture on ‘Maharaja Ranjit Singh – the rise and fall of a secular empire’ – organised by the Pothohar Association, …

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September 25, 2016