Ending speculation, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday sent his resignation to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder singh at his official residence in Chandigarh.
Since his portfolio was changed recently, Sidhu wasn’t happy and hadn’t assumed the charge of his new portfolio.
Meanwhile, Capt Amarinder Singh is in New Delhi to see PM Narendra Modi.
Today I have sent my resignation to the Chief Minister Punjab, has been delivered at his official residence...
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) July 15, 2019
The accused, identified as Deepak, suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, slit the throat of his mother with a kitchen knife following a quarrel, police said.
The accused, identified as Prabhjot Singh, 25 and Sukhdev Singh, 19, were arrested while a third person, Inderjeet, who had brought the pistol used to commit the crime, has been on the run, they said.
Rejecting as totally inadequate the new proposed 60:40 fund-sharing pattern of the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry for the SC Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has demanded restoration of the old sharing scheme, under which states had to finance about 10% only.
At least 29 passengers were killed and 17 injured when a Delhi-bound UPSRTC Janrath bus fell into a water-filled nullah along the Yamuna Expressway in Agra, UP, early on Monday morning.
The Railway Board is deliberating on a second such route, which also would be within the 500-km distance range.
A similar Bill was brought by the previous government but it could not get parliamentary nod and lapsed.