Wednesday, July 1, 2026
ADVT 
India

Former Punjab deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh dies

Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 Jun, 2023 11:19 AM
  • Former Punjab deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh dies

Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) Former Punjab Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker and two-time legislator Bir Devinder Singh died at the PGI Chandigarh on Friday. He was 73.

His close associates said he had been suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment in the PGI.

He was the deputy speaker between 2003 and 2004.

Condoling Singh's demise, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he made a valuable contribution to the development of Punjab while serving in various capacities and his demise has left a void that will be tough to fill.

Legislative Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan said with the passing away of Bir Devinder Singh, "we have lost a unique personality, a good politician, eminent orator and an avid writer".

MORE India ARTICLES

Gambling den busted in Delhi hotel, 8 arrested

Gambling den busted in Delhi hotel, 8 arrested
The accused were identified as Mohit Sharma, Rishab Jaitley, Aman Gupta, Sachin Chhabra, Manav, Deepak Agarwal, Saurabh Chabbras and Sachin, all residents of Delhi.

Gambling den busted in Delhi hotel, 8 arrested

Who are the preferred leaders to become Chief Minister?

Who are the preferred leaders to become Chief Minister?
In Punjab, it has not been very long since Bhagwant Mann was projected as the chief ministerial candidate by the Aam Aadmi Party. The Congress announced Charanjit Singh Channi as the CM face just recently.

Who are the preferred leaders to become Chief Minister?

Indian-origin blood cancer survivor meets her blood stem cell donor

Indian-origin blood cancer survivor meets her blood stem cell donor
Suneel Narayan, a 34-year-old finance professional from Bengaluru had, in 2018, registered himself as a potential blood stem cell donor with non-profit organization DKMS BMST Foundation India, dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders, such as Thalassemia and Aplastic anaemia.

Indian-origin blood cancer survivor meets her blood stem cell donor

US authorities charge 6 Indian call centres, directors in alleged scam

US authorities charge 6 Indian call centres, directors in alleged scam
The six companies and their directors were charged with conspiring with a company that provides telephone services over the internet, E Sampark, and its director, Guarav Gupta, "to forward tens of millions of scam calls to American consumers".

US authorities charge 6 Indian call centres, directors in alleged scam

12 held in Delhi for duping people on pretext of providing airline jobs

12 held in Delhi for duping people on pretext of providing airline jobs
Ten of the arrested persons have been identified as Neeraj Kumar, Amir, Sandhya, Neeta Rawat, Muskaan, Harpreet Kaur, Nisha, Jaya and Deepika Moni, all residents of Delhi, and Sonu, a resident of Haryana.

12 held in Delhi for duping people on pretext of providing airline jobs

BJP-led alliance promises to waive debt of Punjab farmers

BJP-led alliance promises to waive debt of Punjab farmers
Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said the alliance government will set up a special task force to probe the sacrilege incidents and fast-track courts to try such cases.

BJP-led alliance promises to waive debt of Punjab farmers