'Can become Prime Minister of Pakistan or Italy': Shehzad Poonawalla's swipe at Rahul Gandhi
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Political analyst and former BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday took a swipe at the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying that he can become the Prime Minister of Pakistan or of any of those countries where he goes on vacations. Speaking exclusively to IANS, Poonawalla said: Rahul Gandhi can become the Prime Minister but perhaps of Pakistan. If he prefers, of Italy, or whichever country he frequently visits, like Bangkokif he wishes to take citizenship there, he could become Prime Minister of that country, since he spends most of his time abroad anyway. In India, he only visits briefly between his vacations. He (Rahul Gandhi) could certainly become Prime Minister of those countries, but here, in 2029, Narendra Modi will be re-elected India's Prime Minister with an even bigger margin. In 2034, if he decides to contest, he will become Prime Minister then as well. In 2027, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will return with an even greater margin than the BJP received in 2017 Assembly polls, he asserted. He expressed optimism that under BJP President Nitin Nabin's leadership, the party will form governments in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, even in Punjab and emerge victorious in the 2029 Lok Sabha polls. The former BJP leader added: PM Modi will become the country's Prime Minister for the fourth time. Those who are unable to digest this fact can keep crying. Shehzad Poonawalla also shed light on his decision to resign from the BJP, saying that he had been considering a transition to the private sector after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Poonawalla added that he had always intended to return to the private sector after the 2024 elections, but decided to continue working with the BJP for some more time due to the political situation following the polls. After the 2024 elections, it was in my mind to transition to the private sector. The reason behind this was that when I joined politics in 2021 and became the national spokesperson of the BJP, I had previously been in the media. Before that, I drew a regular salary, he said.
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Digital Desk | Pathankot, Sep 18 (IANS) Saying Punjab faces an enemy that doesnt wear a uniform and sneaks silently into villages and homes, BJP National President, Nitin Nabin, on Friday rolled out the 13-day-long 'Drug-Free Punjab Journey from Pathankot, that will cover 4,000-kms across all 117 Assembly seats. Nabin said he had come from Patna, the land of Guru Gobind Singh, to Punjab. From there (Patna), I have brought just one message: That this drug-free campaign must be taken to every nook and corner of Punjab, and by joining hands with every single Punjabi, we must strengthen this campaign, he said, while addressing a gathering at the launch of the partys campaign in the election-bound state that shares a border with Pakistan. I have come with a call to make Punjab completely drug-free, he said at the flag-off event of the first march from Ekta Sthal at Madhopur in Pathankot district. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address the concluding rally in Jalandhar on September 30. Just hours before the launch, a convoy of senior party leader Ravneet Singh Bittu was attacked when he was on the way to attend the event. BJP President Nabin said, Todays day is very special for me as well. I have come with that issue, on which the pain and agony is being heard in every home of Punjab. I have come to connect myself with that pain. Our young Punjabis, whenever a threat loomed on the country's borders, or looms even now, stand ready at the frontlines with rifles in hand. But today, Punjab faces an enemy that doesnt wear a uniform; it sneaks silently into our villages and homes, gradually ensnaring entire families in its grip. This enemy is none other than addiction, and its mafia, the ones we must resolve to eradicate. He added that he had come to the heroic land of Pathankot not just to embark on a journey, but to begin a new battle for Punjab with a resolve. Just now, I was offering floral tribute at the statue of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. This very place in Pathankot is where, when he was on his way to oppose Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, he was arrested. After that, the BJP fought a long battle. I, too, got the opportunity to go to Kashmir in 2012, he said. The BJP chief further asserted that he was saying this today because if a BJP worker or leader takes any resolve, they also possess the strength to take it to fruition and complete it. We struggled for a long time, but throughout our entire struggle, resolve was tied to us. That was the reason we freed Jammu and Kashmir from Article 370 in 2019. Without mincing words, Nabin, who was sporting a saffron coloured turban, said, I have come to stand in solidarity with the people amid this suffering. We must take this 'Nasha Mukt' campaign to every corner of Punjab and strengthen it by uniting with every Punjabi and every community in the state. When the BJP, its workers and its leadership, undertake a pledge, it possesses the determination and capability to see it through to fruition.
Satinder Sartaaj explores love and longing with Guzarish: The simplest yet most beautiful feeling
Digital Desk | Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) Punjabi singer and songwriter Satinder Sartaaj has opened up about his latest song Guzarish. He described it as a heartfelt take on love, longing, and the simple joy of wanting to see someone special. Speaking about the song, Satinder said, Guzarish is a song about the simplest yet most beautiful feeling, the desire to see someone you love. Sometimes, just the thought of meeting that person can fill your heart with happiness. I wanted to bring that feeling into the song through its melody and emotions, keeping it honest and relatable. I believe the beauty of music lies in how it allows each listener to connect with their own memories and feelings. I hope Guzarish brings a little warmth to everyone who listens to it and becomes a part of their own love story. Guzarish, directed by Sandeep Sharma, is a soulful Sufi romantic song about the joy of meeting someone you have been missing and longing to see. The song tells the story of a lover whose greatest wish is to meet his beloved. When they finally meet, her presence fills his heart with happiness and makes everything feel more peaceful and complete. The track is written, composed and sung by Satinder Sartaaj. Set against a beautiful backdrop, the video shows Sartaaj falling in love with a woman and expressing his feelings through his soulful performance. He brings his natural charm to the role of a romantic lover who is completely drawn to his beloved. Satinder Sartaaj is known for his soulful Sufi music, poetic lyrics and efforts to promote Punjabi culture through his work. Over the years, he has delivered several popular tracks, including Jaiye Sajana, Udaarian, Sajjan Raazi, Ikko Mikke, Rutba, Titli, and Nilami. Apart from music, Sartaaj has also explored acting. He made his acting debut in the historical film The Black Prince, in which he portrayed Maharaja Duleep Singh. He later appeared in acclaimed Punjabi films such as Kali Jotta and Ikko Mikke.
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Punjab law and order deteriorating under AAP govt, say BJP, Congress after cops killing
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) With a Punjab Police Assistant Sub-Inspector being shot dead while on duty in Amritsar, leaders of the BJP and Congress on Friday alleged that the law and order situation in the state has deteriorated since the AAP government came to power. Speaking to IANS, BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia said: The law and order situation has been deteriorating since the Aam Aadmi Party government came to power. Extortion, demands for money and kidnappings have become common. BJP leader H.S. Phoolka also criticised the state government, saying, The law and order situation in Punjab is extremely bad. It is so bad that gangsters and drug traffickers are ruling the state. This is the situation in Punjab. It is in a very bad state. There are extortion calls from everywhere. BJP Punjab Vice President Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon said: The law and order situation in Punjab is currently at its worst. People are being shot in broad daylight, and even police personnel are not being spared. Today, our police personnel, ASI Harjit Singh, who was posted at Gate Hakima in Amritsar, was shot dead. He condemned the incident and appealed to the Punjab Police to intensify efforts against anti-social elements. Congress Punjab Vice President Rajkumar Verka said the government had failed to maintain law and order. I think this governments law and order has completely collapsed. The way killings and violence are taking place, today an ASI posted on duty in Amritsar was shot dead. This is not a new thing. Thousands of murders are taking place, thousands of ransom demands are being made, and thousands of incidents are happening, Verka said. According to officials, ASI Harjit Singh, a resident of Tarn Taran district, was on PCR duty when two unidentified motorcycle-borne men chased him and shot him at point-blank range around midnight in the Bhagtanwala grain market in Amritsar. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann condoled Singhs death and announced compensation of Rs 1 crore for his family. The killing comes days after a similar incident on September 11, when another ASI, Jaswant Singh, was attacked by two motorcycle-borne men while returning from duty in Amritsar. The assailants opened fire, with a bullet grazing his head and causing a minor injury. He is currently recovering.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announces 8% dearness allowance for employees
Amid the festive season, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced a significant 8 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA).Employee unions met with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh on Friday and reached an agreement on the pending dearness allowance (DA). Afterwards, the government decided to increase the DA by eight per cent.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav visits slain ASI Harjit Singh
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BJP Leader Bittu Alleges Attack On Convoy Before Anti-Drug Yatra Launch In Punjab
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Nitin Nabin alleges political protection behind Punjab drug menace
Digital Desk | Ujjain, Sep 18 (IANS) BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Friday alleged that Punjab's youth, particularly those from farming families, had been pushed towards drug addiction and claimed that the menace had flourished under political patronage. Speaking to reporters in Ujjain before departing for Punjab to participate in the BJP's anti-drug campaign, Nabin said the state's younger generation had been rendered directionless due to the growing drug problem. The younger generation of Punjab, which emerged from hardworking farming families and contributed significantly to the state's identity, has been pushed towards drug addiction and deprived of its direction, he said, adding that the youth, who could have played a crucial role in Punjab's development and future growth, had instead fallen victim to substance abuse. Nabin also alleged that political parties in Punjab had raised the issue of drug abuse for electoral gains but failed to address it after coming to power. Today, I believe that political parties there also raised the issue of drug abuse only to gain power and, after coming to power, treated it as a business and made it a centre of their activities. These things continued under political protection, the BJP chief said. Nabin's visit to Punjab comes amid the BJP's efforts to highlight drug abuse as a major social and political issue in the state. He is scheduled to join the party's anti-drug programme and address the issue of drug addiction among the youth. Before leaving for Punjab, Nabin visited the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain early Friday morning and participated in the Bhasma Aarti. He spent around one-and-a-half hours in the Nandi Hall witnessing the ritual and later offered prayers at the temple threshold. Madhya Pradesh BJP president Hemant Khandelwal and BJP MP Anil Firojiya also accompanied him during the temple visit. Nabin arrived in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday and participated in an event in Ujjain where 2.5 million earthen lamps were lit as part of programmes organised to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. He said this was his first Mahakal darshan after becoming BJP national president and that he had prayed for the happiness, peace and good health of the people of the country.
SC stays Punjab and Haryana HC ruling declaring IT Act's Section 147A unconstitutional
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the operation of a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment which had declared Section 147A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 unconstitutional and set aside reassessment notices issued by jurisdictional Assessing Officers. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran passed the interim order while hearing a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Union of India and other Income Tax authorities challenging the High Court judgment passed on September 10. In the interim, the apex court directed that the assessment proceedings shall not proceed further until the final disposal of the main matter and ordered that the case be listed for final hearing on December 3. The impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court shall remain stayed on the condition that the assessment proceedings shall not proceed further till the final disposal of the main matter, the Justice Pardiwala-led Bench ordered. The proceedings stemmed from a batch of petitions before the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 147A of the Income Tax Act, introduced retrospectively with effect from April 1, 2021, through the Finance Bill, 2026. The petitioners had sought a declaration that Section 147A was ultra vires Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 265 of the Constitution. They also challenged notices issued under Section 148 of the Act, contending that the notices had not been issued through the automated allocation mechanism prescribed under Section 151A of the Act and the scheme framed thereunder. The High Court, in its judgment pronounced on September 10, had held that the retrospective introduction of Section 147A could not override the existing statutory framework requiring randomised allocation and faceless proceedings. A Division Bench of Justices Deepak Sibal and Rupinderjit Chahal had observed that Section 147A sought to clarify that an Assessing Officer for the purposes of Sections 148 and 148A would mean an officer other than the National Faceless Assessment Centre or an assessment unit referred to under Section 144B. It recorded that the Supreme Court, in an earlier order passed on April 10, had set aside earlier judgments in the matter on the limited ground that the legislative position had subsequently been altered and remitted the cases to the respective High Courts for fresh consideration. The apex court had then left open all questions concerning the validity, scope, effect, retrospectivity and applicability of the amended provision, while granting an interim stay on further assessment or reassessment proceedings pursuant to the impugned notices. After examining the challenge afresh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said it had o hesitation to declare Section 147A of the Act to be unconstitutional. It further held that, even independently of Section 147A, the notices issued under Section 148 by the jurisdictional Assessing Officers were not sustainable because they had not been issued through the process of randomised allocation and in a faceless manner as mandated under Section 151A of the Act read with the scheme dated March 29, 2022. It accordingly directed that the notices issued under Section 148 to the petitioners be set aside and allowed the batch of writ petitions. The Union government, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, and the National Faceless Assessment Centre (NFAC) subsequently approached the Supreme Court against the judgment.
I Called Amit Shah: Ex-Union Minister Ravneet Bittu Blames AAP After Convoy Attack In Punjab
BJP leader and former Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged that his cavalcade was attacked by AAP workers near Batala in Punjab while he was travelling to Pathankot for an anti-drug yatra. Bittu claimed over 100 AAP workers targeted the convoy and hurled eggs at it. He alleged that a window pane of two escort vehicles was broken and the jammer vehicle was damaged. Bittu said he had informed the Union Home Ministry and held Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the state DGP responsible if anything happened to him or his associates. His security team reportedly apprehended three people.
Punjab announces Rs 1 crore ex-gratia for family of police officer killed on duty
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Nihang opposes halal chicken sale at Punjab shop, demands action
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Aam Aadmi Party Launches Door-to-Door Campaign in Punjab to Highlight Government Achievements
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Punjab Cop Chased, Shot Dead By 2 Men On Bike, BJP, Congress Target AAP
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'Eggs, Tomatoes Thrown': BJP Leader's Convoy Attacked In Punjab
Bittu's office informed that his security team reportedly caught three protesters who attacked the convoy, adding that they are allegedly linked to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
AAP to launch door-to-door campaign in Punjab ahead of 2027 Assembly elections: Manish Sisodia
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Friday announced that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will personally lead the party's massive statewide door-to-door outreach campaign from his home constituency of Dhuri starting September 20.
Experience The New Punjabi Music Video 'Akh Da Kasoor' by Aparshakti Khurana
Get ready to be swept away by the latest punjabi track 'Akh Da Kasoor' beautifully sung by Aparshakti Khurana. This captivating track feature mesmerizing music given by Rochak Kohli and beautiful lyrics are also penned by Gurpreet Saini and Gautam Govind Sharma. Don't miss the chance to witness Aparshakti Khurana's performance in the captivating punjabi video track 'Akh Da Kasoor '. Dive into a world of musical excellence by exploring more punjabi tracks in the music videos section of punjabi ETimes. Discover the incredible vocal talents of Aparshakti Khurana. Indulge in the latest punjabi video tracks of 2026, groove to the soulful compositions by Rochak Kohli, immerse in the punjabi music video tracks.
BJP leader Bittu alleges cavalcade attack, claims AAP supporters pelted stones and eggs
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Ravneet Bittus convoy was attacked in Batala, with protesters throwing eggs and tomatoes as tensions rise over drug issues in Punjab. Attack on Former Union Minister Ravneet Bittus Convoy in Batala Involves Eggs and Tomatoes
BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu claims attack on his cavalcade near Punjab's Batala
BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged AAP workers attacked his cavalcade near Batala. Over one hundred workers reportedly hurled eggs and damaged escort vehicles. Bittu stated Chief Minister Mann and the state DGP would be responsible for any harm. He has informed the Union Home Ministry about the alleged incident.
Jagtar Singh Jaggi Johal Granted Bail in All Seven Remaining Cases; Release Expected Soon
Jagtar Singh Jaggi Johal has been granted bail in all seven remaining cases. Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur told Sikh Siyasat News that his release is expected after the required bail bonds and legal formalities are completed. The post Jagtar Singh Jaggi Johal Granted Bail in All Seven Remaining Cases; Release Expected Soon appeared first on Sikh Siyasat News .
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An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Punjab police, Harjit Singh, was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne men while on duty at the Bhagtawala Grain Market in Amritsar. The incident occurred around 3 am, and the officer was declared dead at a private hospital.
Sikh Truck Driver Stabbed 17 Times At Wyoming Rest Stop, Suspect Arrested
A 28-year-old Sikh truck driver from Sacramento is recovering in a hospital after being stabbed 17 times at a Wyoming rest area, in an attack that has renewed concerns among Punjabi Sikh truck drivers following a controversial social media post by the Department of Homeland Security.
Weather today, September 18: IMD forecasts widespread thunderstorms across north and northeast India
The IMD has forecast rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds across India from September 17-23, with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely in states including Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and parts of the Northeast. South Peninsular India, particularly Tamil Nadu, Kerala and coastal Andhra Pradesh, may see gusty winds reaching up to 60 kmph alongside sustained rainfall through the week, with strong surface winds also expected in some areas.
Punjab BJP to launch four anti-drug marches across state today
Digital Desk | Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) To bring the issue of drug abuse into sharper focus in Punjab ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and Opposition parties trading accusations over the government's handling of the issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch four statewide marches against drug abuse in the state from Friday. The marches will cover all 117 Assembly constituencies before culminating in a rally later this month, which will be addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatras will begin from four locations between September 18 and 21 and collectively cover about 4,000 km, according to the Punjab BJP. BJP national President Nitin Nabin will flag off the first march from Ekta Sthal at Madhopur in Pathankot district on Friday. The march will pass through constituencies in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Kapurthala and Jalandhar before reaching its destination. The second yatra will begin on September 19 from Fatehgarh Sahib and will be flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta after she pays obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Jyoti Saroop Sahib, Punjab BJP general secretary and yatra in-charge Rajesh Bagha said. It will travel through parts of Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr and Phagwara before concluding in Jalandhar. The third yatra will start on September 20 from the Sadiki border in Fazilka, near the Asafwala 1971 War Memorial, with Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal scheduled to flag it off. It will cover constituencies in Fazilka, Muktsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Moga, Ludhiana and Malerkotla. The fourth march will begin on September 21 from Gurdwara Sri Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will flag it off. That route will cover Bathinda, Mansa, Barnala, Sangrur and Patiala districts before heading towards Jalandhar. All four yatras are scheduled to converge in Jalandhar on September 30, when the BJP will hold a public rally addressed by HM Shah. The BJP has described the campaign as an effort to build public awareness against drug abuse. Party leaders have also raised concerns about law and order and corruption in Punjab as part of their wider political messaging.
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AAPs Newly Formed PAC Holds First Meeting to Strategize for Upcoming Elections
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Experience The New Punjabi Music Video 'Jatt Kade Larda E Ni' by Sajjan Adeeb
Get ready to be swept away by the latest punjabi track 'Jatt Kade Larda E Ni' beautifully sung by Sajjan Adeeb. This captivating track feature mesmerizing music given by G Guri and beautiful lyrics are also penned by Babbu Brar. Don't miss the chance to witness Sajjan Adeeb's performance in the captivating punjabi video track 'Jatt Kade Larda E Ni'. Dive into a world of musical excellence by exploring more punjabi tracks in the music videos section of punjabi ETimes. Discover the incredible vocal talents of Sajjan Adeeb. Indulge in the latest punjabi video tracks of 2026, groove to the soulful compositions by G Guri, immerse in the punjabi music video tracks.
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CM Omar inaugurates renovated J&K House at Amritsar
Amritsar , Sep 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated the renovated Jammu & Kashmir House at Amritsar, Punjab. The heritage property, located at 2-Court Road, Amritsar has been comprehensively upgraded with modern amenities to provide affordable and comfortable accommodation to residents of Jammu and Kashmir visiting Amritsar, particularly patients and their attendants travelling to the city for medical treatment. The renovation and upgradation works commenced in October 2025 and were completed at an approximate cost of 2.30 crore. The works covered civil and electrical works, interiors, guest amenities, external development and allied infrastructure. The upgraded facility comprises four guest rooms with attached dressing areas and washrooms, besides a common sitting lounge, dining area and kitchen. Located close to major hospitals and other key destinations in the city, the J&K House will serve as an important support facility for patients and their attendants, besides benefiting students, pilgrims and other visitors from Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Minister inspected the upgraded facilities and directed the concerned officers to maintain high standards of hospitality, cleanliness and upkeep for guests. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said the facility would help ease the difficulties faced by patients and their families travelling outside Jammu and Kashmir for treatment, while also providing a convenient and affordable place to stay for other visitors from J&K. The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of the departments and officers involved in the renovation and upgradation of the property and stressed the importance of maintaining the facility to high standards. The Chief Minister was accompanied by his Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Dheeraj Gupta, Resident Commissioner J&K Ramesh Kumar, Secretary Hospitality & Protocol Avny Lavasa, Additional Resident Commissioner Anil Sharma and senior officers of Government of J&K and Government of Punjab.
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100-week Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan to begin with nationwide Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh tomorrow
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Department of Youth Affairs will launch on Friday a 100-week nationwide Youth Pledge and Signature Campaign to mobilise support for a collective commitment for a Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat through awareness and community-led activities, an official said. The Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, through Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) and the National Service Scheme (NSS), will commence the Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan with the Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh, said the official in a statement. The Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 2 through a virtual address to spiritual organisations, industry associations, NGOs and university associations. The campaign is structured around four pillars Prevent, Protect, Recover and Lead. Since its launch, the initiative has recorded participation from over 30,200 locations, more than 2.5 crore viewership and over 1 crore pledges. As part of the opening phase, the Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh will be organised by NSS from September 18 across 300 identified locations. The participating network comprises educational institutions located across States and Union Territories and includes colleges, universities and other institutions identified through NSS Regional Directorates, the statement said. The identified institutions include, among others, institutions in Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra and Kerala. The first Sunday of the 100-week Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan will be observed on September 20, with activities being organised across 485 MY Bharat units, including MY Bharat District Offices and Youth Hostels. The Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh will centre on a collective Youth Pledge and Signature Campaign, complemented by thematic street plays, slogan writing and youth-led discussions. These activities will provide young people with platforms to participate in awareness-building and reaffirm their collective commitment towards a Nasha Mukt Bharat. The opening of the 100 Weeks Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan will be followed by a structured 12-week activity calendar from September to December 2026, with three thematic phases My Health, My Pride, Fit Youth, Addiction-Free Youth and Life Skills Month, said the statement. The programme will feature health check-up and BMI camps, meditation and wellness sessions, health walks and runs, Yuva Melas, yoga sessions, traditional sports, mini marathons, cyclothons, sports leagues, decision-making workshops, discussions on peer pressure, problem-solving activities and youth-led role plays and street plays, said the statement. Under the NSS component, activities will subsequently be conducted on Fridays and Saturdays, with 200 locations planned for each of the following 11 weeks, taking the projected NSS coverage to 2,500 events during the 12-week period, it said. MY Bharat will undertake weekly activities across its designated units, with the implementation plan providing for 3,235 MY Bharat unit-level activities during the period, it said.
Amritsar (Punjab) [ September 17 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday urged his counterparts in Ladakh to seek written assurances from the Centre on their demands, citing the pending restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir despite earlier verbal commitments. Speaking to the media, Abdullah said the Centre had indicated that delimitation, elections and restoration of statehood would follow in sequence, but the final step remains pending. We were told that statehood would be restored to Jammu & Kashmir after the elections, but nothing was put in writing; assurances were given verballyeven in Parliament and the Supreme Court. It was stated that three steps would follow: first delimitation, then elections, and finally, the restoration of statehood. We accepted the delimitation process, and we held elections in which a significant number of people participated. Yet, the restoration of statehood remains pending for us, he said. The J-K CM also advised Ladakh, which is currently in talks with the Central government, not to rely on verbal assurances and instead seek them in writing. On the issue of UPI Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) transaction charges, Abdullah said the charges would not be imposed on customers and that businesses facilitating the transactions would have to bear the cost. It won't apply to you or me; the businesses facilitating the transactions will have to bear it. Furthermore, the issued order explicitly states that this cost cannot be passed on to the customer, he said. Abdullah also said that no tax would be levied when individuals transfer money to each other through UPI. If you and I transfer money to each other, no tax will be levied on that either, he said. As for transactions under Rs 2,000which constitute the bulk of the businessthere are no merchant charges; for amounts exceeding Rs 2,000, there is a set limit. If large factories and merchants were to pay for it instead, I don't think anyone should have an objection, Abdullah added. The remarks came amid a political row over the revised UPI MDR framework announced by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Under the framework, a 0.4 per cent MDR will apply to select Person-to-Merchant (P2M) UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, capped at Rs 300 per transaction. The framework is scheduled to come into effect from October 15, 2026. The Centre has maintained that MDR is neither a tax nor a charge collected by the government, but is distributed among participants in the digital payments ecosystem, including banks and payment application providers. (ANI)
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Members of Parliament offer prayers for PM Modi on his birthday
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Several BJP MPs extended warm greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday and visited places of worship to pray for his health and success. BJP MP Sambit Patra visited Puris Jagannath Temple, offered prayers, and performed puja. Fellow party MP Tarun Chugh visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar and offered prayers, wishing the Prime Minister a good and healthy life. Speaking to IANS, Patra said: On the occasion of our dearly beloved Prime Minister Modi's birthday, we offered our prayers to Lord Jagannath and performed puja. We prayed for the PMs long and healthy life. We are all part of his family who have benefited from various policies launched by PM Modi. Some of us have benefited from Ayushman, some through Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, some from Ujjwala, and some from Ujala. More than 80 crore people have benefited. Thus, we prayed for his long, healthy life. The people of Puri prayed at the Almightys feet that Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains healthy. I would urge others to do the same. Similarly, Chugh visited Sri Harmandir Sahib, where he offered prayers for PM Modis long life and good health. Speaking to IANS, he said, Sri Harmandir Sahib always guides and blesses all of us. We draw strength from here, which allows us to move forward. Today is Prime Minister Narendra Modis birthday. Acknowledging PM Modis contribution, MP Chugh said: He has devoted his entire life to service, to the progress of the country and to ensuring that Indias name shines across the world. Today, 25 years of his service as a head of government have been completed, and every moment of these 25 years has been dedicated to serving and advancing the nation, he added. Praising PM Modis achievements as a leader, Chugh said that owing to his policies, the nation has recorded a 7.8 GDP growth. Today we are the worlds 4th most powerful nation (in economic terms). He also added that nearly 18-19 crore households have water supply and 6 crore people have been given homes. Under PM Modis leadership, India has emerged as a powerhouse and nearly 100 crore people are benefiting from all the welfare schemes launched by the Modi government. Chugh further said it was his desire that PM Modis vision of Viksit Bharat is fulfilled, and that Punjab also gets developed under Viksit Bharat, and that is why the people of Punjab are praying to the Almighty for the Prime Ministers good health and long life. suruchi/vd
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Over Rs 2.9 crore to be disbursed to 2,550 farmers as soil carbon payments: Govt
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Indias agricultural carbon market has moved from policy to the farm level, with over Rs 2.9 crore to be distributed among 2,550 small farmers in Punjab and Haryana through digital payments for adopting regenerative farming practices, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday. The first payments were released at a programme organised at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana, marking a new link between sustainable agricultural practices and additional income for farmers. Dr ML Jat, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General, ICAR, initiated the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the farmers. The first issuance covered around 30,000 acres and more than 50,000 carbon credits, with participating farmers receiving approximately Rs 3,000Rs 15,000 each. The payments are part of Aadi, a 'Grow Indigo' farmer carbon programme launched in 2019 with technical guidance from ICAR. Under the programme, farmers adopted practices such as Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), reduced tillage, and carried out crop residue management between 2019 and 2022. The resulting greenhouse gas reductions and increases in soil carbon were measured and independently verified before carbon credits were issued. The programme covers more than two million acres and over 100,000 farmers across seven states and has issued agricultural carbon credits under the 'Verra VM0042' methodology. It builds on a broader transition towards regenerative agriculture in Punjab and Haryana, including crop residue management, water conservation, and farming systems aimed at improving soil health and climate resilience. ICAR institutions have contributed scientific and field expertise in areas including greenhouse-gas accounting, crop-simulation modelling, soil-sampling protocols, device validation, field-team training and satellite and remote-sensing approaches. Dr Jat said that the initiative demonstrates how climate-smart farming practices, backed by scientific assessment and rigorous verification, can create additional income opportunities for small farmers while contributing to water conservation and improved air quality. The carbon payments provide an economic incentive for practices that can also generate environmental benefits. Direct Seeded Rice can reduce irrigation requirements compared with conventional transplanting, while improved crop-residue management can help reduce stubble burning and associated air pollution. For enrolled fields during 20192022, the programme estimates savings of 45 billion litres of water and more than two lakh tonnes of crop residue kept out of fires, avoiding an estimated 1,000 tonnes of PM2.5 emissions. Farmers were paid according to their share of the carbon credits generated from their fields. Grow Indigo released the payments digitally from its own funds before the credits were fully sold, enabling farmers to receive the payments without waiting for sale proceeds. Farmers could choose between an assured upfront payment and 75 per cent of the net carbon revenue after the credits were sold. The payments followed a multi-year process of measurement and independent verification. Farmers who joined the programme after 2022 are part of the next monitoring cycle and will receive payments as their carbon credits are issued.
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When a civilisation is summoned to refute a factoid, the aim is neither to enlighten nor to engage. It is to turn a claim about scarcity into a slight upon dignityby stealth. The agenda is political. It is also ahistorical. The real being of Kashmiris is ancient, spiritual, aesthetic and evolved. Their economic conditions are neither incidental nor accidental. They belong to the same society as a structure. For Lal Ded, a civilisational icon, the stone under the rice was hunger dressed as a heap. A National Conference spokesperson, speaking on Sheikh Mohammad Abdullahs death anniversary and quoting old-timers, recalled Kashmiris not having pyjamas to wear, a pair shared across a village or a mohalla. The reference was to Dogra-era poverty, and to the land-to-the-tiller laws the National Conference treats as its founding miracle. One pyjama for a village is not invented fiction. It is living folklore generations of Kashmiris grew up with as a shorthand for mass destitution. It compresses class, inequity and scarcity into one picture. The image works because other evidence records the same condition; thin retained harvests, wages in annas, a dress system in which the pheran often did the work of a whole wardrobe. I do not recall anyone ever being offended by the recital. This time it was resented, amplified on social media, and followed by an apology from another spokesperson. Forget the Bharatiya Janata Party, which took out processions with effigies; it has no sense of this history. Did the Peoples Democratic Party hear something new? A party ideologue accused the ruling party of confining a 5,000-year-old civilisation to trivia and of humiliating a people it still regards as a hereditary flock. Recalling rural destitution was treated as a way of belittling Kashmir itself. The criticism sounds like history. It is a category error. Civilisation is not a wardrobe. Kashmir can claim civilisational depth without the pyjama being invoked: a written historical tradition rare in the subcontinent, Neolithic sites, Sanskrit and Buddhist scholarship, Sufi and Reshi thought, and craft systems that dressed courts from here to Europe. None of that is cancelled by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when a Muslim cultivator often kept barely a third of his harvest, and a shawlbaf took home four annas a day, half of it gone in tax, leaving a few chilkee rupees a month. Even after settlement cut the states share, many families had grain for only part of the year, then lived on wild greens, walked to Punjab for wages, or were hauled up for begaar. Civilisation and distress have shared the same cities for as long as there have been cities. The pyjama quarrel treats that pairing as a paradox. History treats it as routine. Egypt built high civilisation on corve and grain extraction. Rome had law, literature and slaves. China had bureaucracy and famine. Medieval Europe had cathedrals and peasants with one set of clothes. Bengal had a refined court and, in other decades, people dying in ditches. High culture and low consumption are not opposites. They are often partners. No pyjama is not a Kashmiri invention. Politics everywhere has used a missing, shared or wrong garment to say three things at once: we were poor, we were powerless, and we were not allowed to stand complete in public. The cloth changes. The grammar stays. Kashmirs trouser lessness is akin to Latin Americas shirt lessness: an exclusion from the oligarchys republic and its rights. One pyjama for a mohalla was never a civilisational thesis. So what work is 5,000 years doing? It is a status object. Once civilisation is treated as a single honour belonging to everyone equally, talk of class poverty sounds like an attack on the whole. That is useful. It turns an economic description into a civilisational insult -- emotive enough to denounce for a present purpose: that the National Conference is, and has been, anti-Kashmiri. To answer with five millennia is to change the subject from distribution to pedigree. A Kashmiri peasant in 1890 could belong to an old civilisation and still be poor. That is not a paradox. It is the ordinary weather of history. The insult, if there is one, is not in saying so. Civilisation does not guarantee that its heirs eat well or dress completely in every generation. A people can have an old script and a new indebtedness; a sacred geography and a landlord; a distinctive robe, the pheran, and still lack the later, more individual garment that modern speech treats as being properly covered. Antiquity is not a savings account. In that register, yezar-roste is a metaphor for political disempowerment and for the economic emaciation of the massesfor public helplessness. Across languages, a humiliating defeat is still pants taken off. It exposes manhood; a feeling of imbecility that marks character. One pair for a mohalla is the slow form of that stripping: not sudden battlefield shame, but a standing condition in which completeness itself is rationed. Ethnographic evidence from the 1890s -- sketches, woodcut lithographs, photographs -- shows men and women in long pherans with no visible trousers. A separate lower garment was not what made the outfit complete. That was costume, not a morality play. Neighbouring high valleys show the same pattern: Hunza women commonly without pyjamas until about 1890, Nagar until about 1925. The two-piece finished body is later respectability, not the old Kashmiri rule. Walter Lawrences recollection of men borrowing a lower garment from a mosque is an imported grammar of completeness. In his worldview dignity was read as a two-piece suit, and so the absence was an anomaly and morally required. No pyjama is being made a civilisational verdict today. In the older wardrobe it would have sounded like a description of how a gown works. Once pyjama is made to mean dignity, other meanings rush in. That is a semiotic hijack, not a necessary reading. It is possible only because a sign of poverty is now being rewritten as a sign of shame. This is intrinsically related to the present situation of political thinning. If the political self feels smaller, the cultural self is asked to stand in for it. Five thousand years is not a history seminar. It is a substitute spine. Coming from where it does, it reads as a lack of social self-confidence: local political parties rewriting pedigree because their agency has been diluted. Tailpiece: Kashmiri keeps its social map in cloth. The pheran, the pyjama, the shawl and the shoe all have phrases attached to them. Phirith pheran tshunun, literally to put the pheran on inside out, means to blame someone else for your own fault. Phrases that use pyjama tend to sting connoting negativity. That tone suggests it was never the easy, everyday garment later respectability made it out to be. Khashir pyjaman zang chinenen means to take on more than one can handle; to bite off more than one can chew. The etymology: Khashur is a scab on the arms and legs; prefixed to pyjama, it makes the garment sound soiled and best left alone. The slur yaji pyjama points the same way: an ugly or unmannerly person in form, appearance or speech. In both, the pyjama is the awkward piece; trouble to wear, and a ready figure for trouble itself. The author is a Contributing Editor of Greater Kashmir.
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600 Kg Paneer Seized, Destroyed In Jammu Over Poor Transport, Labelling
SRINAGAR: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), J&K, in coordination with Jammu Police, has seized and subsequently destroyed around 600 kg of paneer worth approximately Rs 1.50 lakh during an enforcement operation in Jammu. Acting on specific information, the Food Safety Team, Jammu, intercepted a passenger sleeper bus arriving from Punjab and found around 20 []
