Dr S Karuna Raju, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab has started holding virtual meetings with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to motivate them for the ensuing Assembly Elections. To be held in staggered manner with BLOs of all 23 districts, first such virtual meeting was held yesterday with all the BLOs of Ferozepur and Barnala districts. […]
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to conduct himself befitting the dignity of the office he holds and not allow “ an extra constitutional Super CM to treat him as a dummy and rubber stamp.” Badal said that he had heard some “ridiculous statements” about security and […]
Haryana Home Minister Anil termed Congress veteran Amarinder Singh’s exit as the Punjab CM a “political murder”, which he said was done as the “nationalist” leader was a hurdle in the party’s “gameplan”. Vij also accused the Congress of hatching an “anti-national conspiracy” in Punjab while referring to state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s visit […]
Moderate to heavy rains lashed many parts of Haryana and Punjab on Thursday leading to a sharp dip in the day temperatures. Chandigarh, the common capital of both states, received 31 mm of rain during the day. The city recorded a maximum temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, down eight notches against normal range, according to […]
Ahead of winter when the pollution level is likely to spike, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday held a key meeting with the governments of Delhi and the neighbouring states on the action plan to mitigate air pollution caused by stubble burning. The minister said discussions were held over implementation of action plans by […]
Asserting that he is a common man and brother of every Punjabi, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today said that he has set the wheels in motion to end the VIP culture in government functioning thereby facilitating the common masses. “I am one of you and I don’t need an army of 1000 […]
Punjab Launches Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2021 Department of Water Supply and Sanitation, Punjab (DWSS) has launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021 with the objective to achieve National ranking on basis of quantitative and qualitative sanitation (Swachhata) parameters. Divulging the details, a spokesperson informed that Jaspreet Talwar Principal Secretary launched SSG at Mahatma Gandhi State […]
Principal Secretary Health Alok Shekhar here today stated that an upsurge in dengue cases has been reported in Punjab in the current year. He said 1724 confirmed cases from across state have already been reported till day. Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Sri Muktsar Sahib, SAS Nagar, Bathinda, and Pathankot are among the major districts attributing dengue cases. […]
A 1990-batch IAS officer, Anirudh Tewari, on Thursday joined as Punjab Chief Secretary. He took the charge as the new state Chief Secretary replacing Vini Mahajan, who has now been posted as Special Chief Secretary. According to the orders issued by the state government he would also be the Principal Secretary Personnel and Vigilance besides […]
With over 4.71 lakh candidates are expected to appear for the written examination for the posts of Constable in District & Armed cadres, the Punjab Police is all set to facilitate seamless conduct of the examination process under this mammoth recruitment drive. Gurpreet Kaur Deo, ADGP-cum-Chairperson of Central Recruitment Board for Constables, informed that admit […]