V.P. Singh Badnore was today sworn in as Governor of Punjab. The Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr. Shiavax Jal Vazifdar, administered the oath of office to V.P. Singh Badnore at Punjab Raj Bhavan.
As per media reports the police on Sunday seized six swords and a knife from the house of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker who died in a bomb blast in a suspected accidental explosion near Koothuparamba while handling explosives on Saturday night.
Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) chief S. Simranjeet Singh Mann has criticised the Punjab police for imposing ban on covering face while riding two wheelers in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur.
Tihar jail authorities today failed to present Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara in a local court in Ludhiana. Bhai Hawara's counsel Jaspal Singh Manjhpur told Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) over phone that the authorities of Delhi based Tihar jail cites lack of security staff to transport Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara from Delhi to Ludhiana.
Former Chief Editor of the Jalandhar based Punjabi Daily Akali Patrika and Aaj Di Awaz Bharpur Singh Balbir, passed away today. He was 89 and was breathed last in Jalandhar after a prolonged illness.
An explosion took place in a paper mill in Malerkotla at around noon today. As per media reports, the blast which left two persons dead and 21 other injured was caused by some fault in the factory machinery.
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