Recognising the Cooperation Department as the backbone of Punjab’s economic development, the state’s Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday affirmed that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann the government is providing full support to the Cooperation Department.
Cheema made these remarks while addressing the state-level function on the last day of the 71st All-India Cooperation Week here.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has petitioned the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on trial in the money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo contended that the trial court took cognizance of the alleged offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) without any prior sanction having been obtained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for prosecution.
Six landmines, planted along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch district, exploded in a forest fire on Wednesday, officials said, adding the blaze, which originated from the other side could be a "deliberate attempt" to cripple the defence system to enable an infiltration bid by terrorists.
In a significant haul of drugs in Mizoram, the Assam Rifles and state police jointly seized 28.520 kg of Methamphetamine tablets, 52 grams of Heroin worth Rs 85.95 crore and a foreign Pistol in three separate operations on Wednesday in Champhai district, bordering Myanmar. Assam Rifles sources said that two Myanmar nationals were apprehended with these drugs.
In a special gesture, the President of Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, along with the country's PM Brigadier (Retd.) Mark Anthony Phillips and over a dozen Cabinet Ministers - welcomed PM Modi at the airport as he arrived from Rio de Janeiro following the conclusion of the G20 Summit on a historic visit - the first by an Indian Prime Minister to the South American nation in 56 years.
The union representing port supervisors in British Columbia is formally challenging the legal and constitutional authority of the federal labour minister to order them back to work. In a legal document dated Tuesday, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 says it's questioning whether the order issued by Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon last week violates the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike.
