Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI/PNN): The book is a classic example in the form of a long report on investigative journalism. The narrative is just the tip of an iceberg of all the incidents and events which took place in reality and the psyches of the people involved in the incident, yet the chronicle reveals most of the facts and dates in one document.

Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit on Thursday raised concern about the cross-border smuggling of weapons and drones from Pakistan by saying that the state will have to be alert.

Addressing a letter to Secretary Punjab Vidhan Sabha, governor Purohit had said that a legal opinion was sorted on the entire matter from the Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain. Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has called for a cabinet meeting on Thursday. The cabinet meeting is... The post appeared first on .

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 13 (ANI): Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit said sedition charges should be imposed against those involved in illegal mining in border areas.

Chandigarh [India], August 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Strengthening Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign and taking it to the international level to mark the 75th Independence Day of India, the NID Foundation and Chandigarh University on Saturday created the Guinness World Record for the formation of 'World's Largest Human Image of a Waving National Flag' when as many as 5885 students from Chandigarh University and other schools and colleges along with the volunteers of the NID Foundation of the UT and other dignitaries gathered for the flag formation at Chandigarh Cricket Stadium and created the history in the heart of the City Beautiful.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 30 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday claimed that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is 'not worthy of holding the office of the chief minister' as his decision of withdrawing security of Congress leader and singer Sidhu Moose Wala' has cost his life.

Chandigarh Mar 21 PTI Past five years saw a serious disconnect between the people and the government as rulers considered themselves masters and the public their servile subjects Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit told the state assembly on Monday Purohit made the remark without naming the previous Congress-led regime in his address to the years first session of Vidhan Sabha Outlining the AAP governments roadmap for the next five years in the state the governor said the government is committed to rooting out illegal syndicates in transport liquor and sand mining in the state with a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption The governor also spoke of improving health and education sectors establishing rule of law in letter and spirit delivering government services at peoples doorstep curbing the drug menace and a thorough probe into the sacrilege incidents The past five years have seen a serious disconnect between the people and the government The rulers became inaccessible not only to the common people but even to their representatives Governor Purohit said They began to look at themselves as masters and the people as their servile subjects This ran against the very concept of democracy in which people alone are the masters and those in the government have to function as their conscientious servants the governor added To my government accessibility is the cornerstone on which the edifice of its relationship of trust and mutual affection with the people rests he added He said the major area of concern of his government was the injection of bitterness personal as well as political into the affairs of the state Character assassination which has never been a component of Punjabi culture became the norm This tendency was also at the root of the confrontationist politics that Punjab saw during the past years The people of the state have clearly rebuffed this confrontationist tendency by voting in favour of an agenda for good governance and development he added He said his government believes that in democracy people are the king Janta raj mein janta hi raja My government is committed to ending all sorts of illegal syndicates in transport liquor and sand mining in the state These anti-social elements have looted Punjab in the past during previous regimes and deprived the state exchequer of the funds to the tune of thousands of crore which could have been used for the welfare of common people said Purohit Stating that the government will work to bring back the heydays of Punjab the governor said the people of Punjab have overwhelmingly voted for change and gave a historic mandate This mandate is of hope and aspiration said the governor saying the people have reposed faith in not only a new approach to governance but also to a new political culture that stresses the need to place the citizen at the centre of our thoughts actions and policies It is a mandate that carries the dreams aspirations of the aam aadmi regardless of caste class gender or creed In the age of cynicism people of Punjab came together to usher in inqilab in the hope of a better day -- in hope of re-establishing Rangla Punjab said the governor PTI CHS VSD RAX RAX

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): In Bhopal Central Jail, the prisoners, who are sentenced for heinous crimes, are taking lessons to perform various Vedic rituals so that they can become purohits (priests) and earn an honourable living when they are released from the jail.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 11 (ANI): Outgoing Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi submitted his resignation along with other cabinet members to Governor Banwarilal Purohit in Chandigarh.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 4 (ANI): The incumbent Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Banwarilal Purohit on Friday expressed grief over the demise of former Indian Army chief and ex-Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, General (Retd.) SF Rodrigues.