Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said it was unfortunate that the farmers agitating against the black Farm Laws had given a political twist to his remarks instead of understanding the pain and misery caused to the people on account of their protests in the state, which were quite uncalled for, given his […]
Under the Crop Residue Management (CRM) scheme for providing agri-machinery to the farmers before commencing of paddy harvesting season, the Punjab Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Department has sanctioned 31,970 agri-machinery/equipments for individual farmers, Primary Agriculture Cooperatives Societies (PACS), Panchayats and Customer Hiring Centres (CHCs) so far. Disclosing this here today, the Director Agriculture Sukhdev Singh […]
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju today said that after rationalization the number of polling booths in the state has been enhanced to 24,689 from the existing 23,211. Interacting with the media, at his office today, the Chief Electoral Officer said that due to the due COVID pandemic, the limit of voters […]
The much-awaited cargo complex at international airport in Mohali will be made operational by this November while a mega milk processing plant at Bassi Pathana in Fatehgarh Sahib district will be opened by this month end. This was disclosed by the Chief Secretary, Vini Mahajan, after chairing a meeting of the Public Investment Management (PIM) […]
The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, along with J&K Tourism, today announced the J&K Open 2021 Presented by J&K Tourism which will be held at the picturesque Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC) in Srinagar, from September 15 – 18, 2021, and will carry a prize […]
Punjab SC Commission writes to Chief Secretary for renaming of caste-based villages, towns and other places Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairperson Mrs. Tejinder Kaur in a letter to the Chief Secretary Mrs. Vini Mahajan has asked to rename the caste-based villages, towns and other places, besides refraining from using the word Harijan and […]
Secretary Health, UT Administration, Yashpal Garg conducted a surprise late-night checking at various city based government hospitals. Despite finding many shortcomings during this checking, Garg refused to take any action and insisted that officials should perform their duties wholeheartedly. He also announced that this exercise will continue in coming months in order to get a feedback […]
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday appealed to the representatives of various farmers’ unions not to hold protests across the state against the draconian farm laws passed by the Centre as the state government and its people have already expressed solidarity with them on this issue. In his address, after laying the foundation […]
FC Goa became the third team to make it through to the quarterfinals of the 130th Durand Cup football tournament, after getting the better of Sudeva Delhi FC 2-1, courtesy goals from Muhammed Nemil and Spaniard Jorge Ortiz Mendoza, at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) in Kolkata on Monday. William scored from a penalty […]