Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said the state s investigating agencies were fully capable of investigating the alleged irregularities in the post matric scholarship scheme and there was no need to hand the over the probe to a central agency. India News | No Question of Handing over Probe into Post Matric Scholarship Scam to Central Agency: Mann.
Almost all markets and commercial centres of the city remained closed on Friday as the SC community had given a call for a bandh in protest against the alleged comments of former Advocate General Anmol Rattan Sidhu regarding not following reservation policy in the appointment of law officers.
Amid rumours of dispute over “territorial control” in administration between Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and a senior functionary of the party, the former denied any such misgivings.
Senior advocate Anmol Rattan Sidhu has resigned from the post of advocate general (AG) of Punjab citing personal reasons, while criminal lawyer Vinod Ghai is set to succeed him.
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the prime suspect in singer Sidhu Moose Wala's murder, will be in the custody of Punjab Police for 7 days, a local court said today.