In a bonanza to the pensioners across the State, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday directed the Finance Department to pay the revised pension w.e.f 01.07.2021 to over 3 lakh pensioners involving an additional expenditure of Rs. 1887 crore during the current fiscal year in line with the recommendations of the 6th […]
The School Education, Higher Education, Sports and NRI Affairs Minister Pargat Singh on Monday directed the above said four departments to form committees of experts. Experts in their respective fields will give advice to ensure smooth functioning of the departments as per the ground realities. This decision was taken by the Minister in a meeting […]
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa along with MLAs was forcibly detained today evening by the Uttar Pradesh police and taken to Police Post, Shahjhapur falling under Police Station, Sarsawa, Saharanpur. S. Randhawa was accompanied by PCC Working President and MLA Kuljit Nagra and other MLAs, Parminder Singh Pinky, Barinder Singh Pahra, Kuldeep Vaid, […]
With a procurement of 43,799 MTs paddy on day two of the Kharif Season bythe government agencies, the state government has till now procured 67,263 MTs of paddy in Central Pool this season. Disclosing this here today, the Food Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu said that in total 72474 MTs paddy has been already procured […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday submitted a detailed memorandum on vital farmers’ issues to the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit here at Raj Bhawan along with his Cabinet colleagues to further send the same to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to impress upon the Uttar Pradesh government for taking firm steps in ensuring […]
In view of the rising number of dengue cases in Punjab, Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni (Minister for Health and Family Welfare) has issued orders to top officials of the health department to expedite anti-dengue activities. Giving information regarding dengue cases, O.P. Soni said that till date department had conducted test of total 13532 suspected […]
In view of the imposition of Section 144, the Uttar Pradesh Government has denied the permission to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to visit Lakhimpur Kehri following the recent incident of violence there yesterday. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister said that Secretary […]
Underlining the state’s immense investment potential, Punjab Chief Minister S. Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday asked the private investors to come and invest more aggressively here to fully explore and leverage the existing opportunities in sectors including Agro processing, Pharmaceuticals, Iron & Steel, Health, Education and manufacturing. Pointing out further, the Chief Minister said that […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday said that the new DGP would be appointed as per the law as the state government has already forwarded the panel of all senior police officers with 30 years of experience to the Centre. Talking to the media persons on the sidelines of the state level function […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday formally launched the paddy procurement operations during KMS 2021-22 across the state from Grain Market Morinda here.The development came a day after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, acceding to the request of Mr. Channi, has allowed the state to undertake paddy procurement from October 3 instead of […]