The Punjab government on Thursday appointed DGP Sidharth Chattopadhyaya as new Director, Vigilance Bureau. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was reportedly backing his appointment as Punjab DGP head of police force. Sources said that a compromise has been reached within the warring groups within the Congress on Chattopadhyaya’s posting.
Ridiculing the Aam Adami Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for making false promises with the industrialists in a run-up to the State Assembly Polls 2022, the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said that he was befooling them with tall claims based on blatant lies. In a statement, the Chief […]
The Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has asked the MLAs to organise Suwidha Camps with the help of District Administrations for quick redressal of the people’s grievances in order to instill their confidence in the state governance.Channi however said that clean, transparent, and corruption free administration is the hall mark of his government and […]
With the sole aim of ending corruption in the State Government offices, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday gave a clarion call to the people of Punjab as well as honest officials to co-operate with Bureau by providing information or filing complaints regarding corruption/bribery by the public servants on its toll free number 1800-1800-1000, […]
Taking cognisance of the news-report published in an English daily wherein it was mentioned that Government School Heads in Muktsar have urged State Education Department officials to release cooking cost for the mid-day meals being served to students from Class I-VIII otherwise they would not be able to continue the serving of mid-day-meals from next […]
Colleges started with the goal of missionary education have been instrumental in giving impetus to higher education in the state. The interests of the private aided colleges which have been providing services in this field for a long time will be fully protected. It was stated by the Higher Education and Languages Minister Pargat Singh […]
Taking up the complaints regarding delay in delivery of driving licenses, registration certificates and high security number plates received on personal WhatsApp number, Punjab Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, on Wednesday issued strict instructions to authorities concerned for further speeding up the process. Presiding over a meeting at his office at Punjab Civil Secretariat, […]
Slamming the Centre for the recent amendment in Section 139 of the BSF Act that tantamount to an attack on federalism, the Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa asked the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to immediately withdraw this decision. In a statement, S. Randhawa, who also holds the portfolio of Home Affairs said […]
Acceding to the request of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday gave his nod to organize the upcoming PITEX (Punjab International Trade Expo) to be held at Amritsar from 2-6 December, 2021 and also accepted their invite to inaugurate the expo with a thrust […]
In a major step towards groundwater preservation, Punjab Soil and Water Conservation Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh today launched www.tupkasinchayee.punjab.gov.in, a portal for implementation of Micro Irrigation scheme in the state of Punjab. Launching the online platform at State Level Programme at the Soil Conservation Complex here, Rana Gurjeet said Punjab is making all-out efforts to arrest […]