Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said he would soon announce his own political party and is hopeful of a seat arrangement with the BJP if the farmers’ issue is resolved in their interest. His media advisor and close associate Raveen Thakural confirmed the development through his tweet. Singh resigned as chief minister of Punjab […]
To fulfill the long standing demand for recruitment of staff in Government Colleges of the state, the Higher Education Department has decided to make recruitments to 1158 posts in theses colleges. The recruitment would be done by Punjabi University, Patiala and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar by forming selection committees which have been directed to […]
Standing at the front against the Union Government’s decision to extend BSF jurisdiction in Punjab, Technical Education & Industrial Training, Employment Generation & Training, Horticulture and Soil & Water Conservation Minister, Rana Gurjeet Singh, on Tuesday said that the border state has been ignored while granting special package of incentives to neighboring states like Himachal […]
Carrying forward his agenda of rural transformation in order to ensure overall development of villages, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday visited various villages of Chamkaur Sahib Constituency for the second day in a row and distributed cheques worth Rs. 27 crore for the development works in the 63 villages of Morinda […]
Punjab Vigilance Bureau today nabbed Punjab State Ware Housing Corporation (PSWHC) an Inspector Munish Kumar red handed for accepting bribe of Rs. 30,000. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of State Vigilance Bureau said Munish Kumar, Inspector posted at Bholath, Kapurthala district was caught red handed on the complaint of Johan Gupta of Patiala. Giving […]
In order to curb the spread of dengue fever cases in the state. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Om Parkash Soni has directed to form district level committees under Deputy Commissioners, during a meeting of the Inter-sectorial coordination committee of the State Task Force on dengue control here at Punjab Bhawan today. Soni who also […]
Punjab Sports Minister Pargat Singh today approved the cash prizes, in limbo since 2 years, to the players and Coaches hailing from State who performed exceedingly well at the State, National and International level. A total of over 3000 players would be given prize money amounting to Rs. 11 crore for the year 2018-19 and […]
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has sought a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi, flagging in his letter issues which the government “must deliver upon” and saying it is the poll-bound state’s “last chance for resurrection and redemption”. In the letter to the Congress president on October 15, a day after he had meetings […]
In a major reprieve for millions of families especially from weaker and underprivileged sections of society, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr Charanjit Singh Channi today launched ‘Mera Ghar Mere Naam’ scheme to confer proprietary rights on the people living in the houses within the ‘Lal Lakir’ of villages and the cities. Addressing the gathering during […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today said that the state government is committed for holistic, sustained and inclusive development of state. The Chief Minister, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Revenue Minister Ms Aruna Chaudhary, paid obeisance at Swami Jagat Giri Ashram in Pathankot. Mr Channi, who attended the Satsang while […]