Its been few weeks since businessman Raj Kundra husband of Shilpa Shetty was arrested in a pornography racket case for allegedly uploading porn films on mobile applications. His bail has been rejected and he is currently in judicial custody. Actress Sherlyn Chopra was summoned by Property Cell in the same case and on August 7 2021, she appeared before them to record her statement. Continue Reading...

On Friday July 23 Ronnie Screwvala and Harman Baweja announced that they have signed Kartik Aaryan for Captain India which will be directed by Hansal Mehta. The next day producer Subhash Kale accused them of plagiarism and claimed that the plot of the film is similar to that of their project Operation Yemen. Subhash Kales film which will be directed by editor turned director Sanjay Sankla is about Operation Raahat a 2015 operation wherein the Indian Armed Forces under the leadership of General V K Singh evacuated Indian and foreign citizens from Yemen during the Yemeni crisis. Continue Reading...

Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday reiterated the state government stand to streamline the power supply by cancelling the power purchase pact that was executed during the SAD BJP regime. He wrote: “Let us start with Congress High Command’s Pro-People 18 Point Agenda and get rid of the faulty un-negotiable Badal-signed Power Purchase Agreements through “New Legislation in Punjab Vidhan Sabha fixing rates as per National Power Exchange with No fixed charges! Continue Reading...

Punjab CM said the state government has already allotted 40 acres of land at Dalla Gorian in Gurdaspur to establish Sainik SchoolThe Punjab government has urged the Centre to sanction a third Sainik school for the state in Bathinda district. The first Sainik School is at Kapurthala and the second is to come up at Gurdaspur. Continue Reading...

Bajwa is keen on returning to Punjab politics by contesting Assembly elections in 2022 In a major political development that could alter the power equation in Punjab Congress, Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa is learnt to have “sealed” a political compromise with his rival, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. Continue Reading...

Fixed charge burden Rs 1,500 cr Power consumers are paying approximately Rs 1.05 per unit extra due to the faulty power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed by the state in the name of making Punjab a “power-surplus state”. This is over and above the separate taxes and cess paid by consumers on power consumed. The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been paying fixed costs to independent power producers (IPPs) despite its failure to draw optimum electricity from them. Till date, it has paid roughly over Rs 5,500 crore in the past over six years as per PPAs with the IPPs. Continue Reading...