New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the husband of Punjab minister Razia Sultana, Mohammad Sultana, should be arrested in connection with alleged hate speech in Malerkotla district during the election campaign.
Malerkotla (Punjab) [India], January 23 (ANI): An FIR has been lodged against the former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Mohammad Mustafa, who is also the principal strategic adviser to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday allegedly for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion.
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): BJP's national spokesperson Shazia Ilmi accused the former Punjab DG Police Mohammad Mustafa, who is also the principal strategic adviser to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, of trying to incite violence and disturb communal harmony by giving provocative statements ahead of the Punjab assembly polls.
Chandigarh : The Punjab Government appointed senior advocate Deepinder Singh Patwalia as the new Advocate General on Friday, in replacement of APS Deol who resigned on November 1. The post had fallen vacant since then. This recruitment comes amid the wake of demand for his ouster by state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
A service matters lawyer, 47-year-old Patwalia is the son of former Supreme Court judge Kuldeep Singh. An alumnus of Panjab University, he was designated as a senior advocate by the Punjab and Haryana high court in 2014.