Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday exhorted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept his proposal for complete waiver of farmers and farm labourers’ debt adding he said Punjab government is ready to take over its share of debt burden along with Government of India. In a highly emotive letter to the Prime […]
Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab Dr. Raj kumar Verka has directed the senior officers of the department to tackle the new variant of Corona and launch an effective awareness campaign in this regard.During a high level meeting with senior officials of Medical Education and Research Department and principals of various medical colleges at Punjab […]
Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago, YSM, Bar to Sena Medal today took over as the 34th Commandant of National Defence College after the superannuation of Air Marshal D Choudhury, AVSM, VM , VSM. Prior to taking over as the Commandant NDC, he was commanding the prestigious 10 Corps.Hailed from Ludhiana, Lieutenant General Mago is an […]
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Om Prakash Soni on Tuesday ordered 40,000 daily Covid testing in the state following the reports of a spurt of a new Covid-19 variant in some parts of the world and a possible third wave of Coronavirus in the state.Mr. Soni held a high-level review meeting with senior health officials […]
Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister Gurkirat Singh on Monday directed the Public Works Department (PWD) of Punjab and Union Territory (UT) Chandigarh to expedite the ongoing renovation of Shaheed Beant Singh Memorial located at Sector 42 here. The Cabinet Minister chaired a meeting at his office to review the ongoing revamping works of the Memorial. […]
Renewing his attack on Aam Aadmi Party, the Education Minister today said that fake leaders are releasing fake figures to mislead people.In a statement issued here today, the Minister hoped that the list released by Mr. Sisodia pertaining to locations of 250 schools was the correct one. Mr Pargat Singh said that he thinks that […]
With the emergence of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in some parts of the World, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Om Prakash Soni on Monday reviewed the preparations of the state to tackle the third possible wave of the Pandemic, while asking the Health officials to ensure strict monitoring of the passengers coming especially from South Africa, […]
The construction work of the new Central Jail Goindwal Sahib was almost completed and is expected to be handed over to the Jail department in mid-December. The jail will be operational in December, said Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, while convening a high-level meeting to review the matters pertaining to the Jail Department. Randhawa, […]
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), Department of New & Renewable Energy Sources, on Monday exchanged the Implementation Agreements signed with M/S. EverEnviro Resource Management Private Limited, Mumbai, for setting up of 5 Compressed Biogas Projects based on paddy straw in the state in the presence of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, New & Renewable […]
Scripting history to weed out the menace of Tobacco usage, Punjab has created a new milestone with secured a place in Lowest Tobacco Use Prevalence as per latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data. Disclosing this here today, Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. OP […]