New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea filed by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia seeking quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday posted for hearing on April 26 a plea filed by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia seeking quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): 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 Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 for hearing on April 21.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 9 (ANI): The State Meteorological Department of Uttarakhand has issued a 'red alert' for severe heatwave conditions in several districts of the state on Saturday.

Shimla Feb 24 PTI Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state assembly on the second day of the ongoing budget session on Thursday that the manager of the Unas illegal firecrackers factory had been arrested Six migrant workers had been killed and 14 others sustained burn injuries in the explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in Una district on Tuesday Thakur said that the factory manager Deepak Kumar Rana was arrested on February 23 and the location of other accused is being traced and teams have been sent to arrest them The chief minister said that 1905 kg of gunpowder and 90 litres of paint has also been seized besides a car and a laptop Wednesday The chief minister said the company in question was earlier Novatech Engineering which was later merged with Guruji Enterprises illegally without any registration Earlier the leader of the opposition Mukesh Agnihotri demanded that those responsible for the Una explosion should be hanged and their property should be confiscated Meanwhile in his statement the industry minister Bikram Singh said preliminary investigations have found that the firecracker factory functioning illegally without regulatory approvals The minister said that the company Novatech Engineers in whose premises the blast occurred had taken approval from the state government for manufacturing weighbridges and steel RCC under the Land Tenancy and Reforms Act 1972 Bikram Singh said the company was however illegally manufacturing pop-pop crackers for which it had no regulatory approvals and for power supply a Diesel Generator DG set was installed in the premises Explosive material used to make firecrackers was recovered from the shed of Jai Guruji Enterprises he added The State Level Single Window Clearance Committee had given approval to Guruji Enterprises for making firecrackers and manza thread for kites in February 2019 with the condition that it should obtain approvalno objection certificate from the concerned departments he added The company however did not obtain any approvals from Pollution Control Board Labour and Employment Department and started the production illegally he added The government has also marked an inquiry to the Divisional Commissioner Dharamshala and a Special Investigation Team headed by DIG Sumedha Dwivedi is also conducting the probe he added The probe is still on and the Government is committed for safety in industries said the minister adding that he personally inspected the incident site on Wednesday and asked to submit the investigation report at the earliest PTI DJI RCJ RCJ

Chandigarh Feb 24 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday appeared before a court in Mohali in connection with a drugs case complying with the directions of the Supreme Court Speaking to reporters outside before entering the court premises Majithia said As per orders of the Honble Supreme Court I have appeared before the Mohali court The apex court had recently directed the Punjab Police to not arrest the former Punjab minister till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering in the state A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli had however directed Majithia to surrender before a trial court after the Punjab assembly polls on February 20 It had also directed the trial court to hear and expeditiously decide Majithias regular bail plea after his surrender in the case The pre-arrest bail plea of Majithia who was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act on December 20 last year was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 24 An appeal had been filed in the apex court Majithia who is the SAD MLA and brother-in-law of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal contested the February 20 polls from the Amritsar East constituency from where Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu is seeking re-election PTI SUN VSD AQS AQS

Mohali (Punjab) [India], January 12 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday appeared before the SIT at the State Crime Branch office in Mohali in a drugs case.

New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Friday decided to defer the tax rate hike on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent. The new GST rate on textiles was scheduled to be implemented from January 1, 2022.

Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], December 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi laid foundation stones for a slew of development projects like Civil Hospital, Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Bus stand, among others worth Rs 87 crores in the Zira constituency of Ferozepur district on Sunday.