Five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators were on Monday inducted as ministers in the Punjab government as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expanded his Cabinet.Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to AAP MLAs Aman Arora, Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Fauja Singh Sarari, Chetan Singh Jourmajra and Anmol Gagan Mann at the Guru […]
Five AAP MLAs on Monday were inducted as ministers in the Punjab government as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expanded his cabinet. It was the first cabinet expansion of the Mann-led government after AAP stormed to power in the state during the Assembly elections earlier this year.Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and […]
The Punjab Government has appointed counter-intelligence expert DGP Gaurav Yadav as Punjab DGP. He was earlier posted as Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Incidentally, Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal had cleared the Civil Services Examination together in 1992. While Yadav got selected in the […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is expected to expand its ministry in Punjab on Monday. At least six ministers, including one woman, are expected to be inducted in the Bhagwant Mann ministry, taking its total strength to 16.According to sources, the state government has sent a letter to Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit seeking time […]
Chitkara University conferred the Doctor of Literature degree on Sameer Guglani – Founder of Supermorpheus, a community-driven seed investing platform with 700+ members and a portfolio of 65 plus investments, for his outstanding contribution to Business, Startup community and Humanity.The Doctorate was awarded to Sameer Guglani at the gathering to celebrate the 17th Convocation of […]
Chandigarh along with parts of Delhi and Punjab received heavy rains on Thursday morning bringing respite from sweltering heat and humid weather, as the mercury settled at 27.6 degrees Celsius. Delhi had reeled under sultry weather on Wednesday when the maximum temperature was recorded at 40.9 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average.The national […]
Since no new tax has been announced and the revenue receipts are projected to increase by almost Rs 14,000 crore over 2021-22, Finance Minister Harpal Cherma said revenue augmentation would be through excise policy, which would yield the state a revenue increase of 56 per cent. Buoyancy in GST collection will get state an increased […]
The AAP on Sunday suffered a setback in the Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection as SAD (Amritsar) president and candidate Simranjit Singh Mann claimed victory.“My priority will be to raise the issue of the poor economic condition of Sangrur, including the condition of farmers under debt. We will work with the Punjab Government,” SAD (Amritsar) chief […]
Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh who succumbed to injuries after being brutally beaten by inmates in a Pakistan jail in 2013, died here on Sunday. She was 67.Dalbir Kaur had hit the headlines when she led a vociferous campaign for the release of her brother from the Pakistan jail, where he had been […]
Punjab is in an economic morass and debt trap, said the White Paper on state finances presented in the state Assembly here on Saturday.The document presented by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema blamed previous governments for the fiscal mess. According to the document tabled two days ahead of the presentation of the state Budget in […]