Dhillon stated that the Prime Minister's visit on July 17 would usher in a major wave of development for Punjab, featuring projects worth thousands of crores of rupees.
The protest had witnessed violent scenes after police stopped the demonstrators near the minister's residence.
The NCP-SP leader dismissed reports regarding her party's stance on the delimitation bill as "incorrect and based solely on speculation."
Rishi Diwakar, son of late Ram Lakhan Dhobi, a former MLA from Etawah's Lakhna assembly constituency, quit the BJP and joined the Congress on Wednesday, along with dozens of supporters.
After the death of his uncle and senior ruling National Conference (NC) leader Dr Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said there will be no change in the schedule for the 20 July Delhi protest for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, even if we don’t get permission for the protest at Jantar Mantar.
Speaking at a function here after handing over the appointment letters to 1,112 junior assistants and 22 X-ray technicians, he said, "These were the same family members who sold jobs for money and looted the people of Uttar Pradesh."
The SC bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, however, also stated that Aadhaar will not be considered a proof of citizenship and the poll panel was at liberty to establish the genuineness of Aadhaar card number submitted by an elector.
The CCC is the apex-level brainstorming forum of the Armed Forces, bringing together the nation’s top civil and military leadership to exchange views at the conceptual and strategic levels
To a question on the Union government ignoring the state for the last 10 years and the DMK government remaining silent, he said “Despite that, we continue to be the number one state. Do not think we are keeping silent. It is a silent revolution. How much ever they ignore us, we are proving that we are forging ahead and remain the number one.”
The President noted that in the last 10 years, India's engineering exports have increased from 70 billion dollars to more than 115 billion dollars.
