Despite a sustained decline in daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases across the country, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat showed a significant increase in new infections over the last week. Delhi recorded 943 fresh Covid cases, a 26 per cent increase from the previous week, while neighbouring Haryana witnessed a nearly 50 per cent rise with 514 […]
Newly appointed Punjab Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Partap Bajwa, along with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring met Rahul Gandhi here on Monday. Working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu and deputy CLP leader Raj Kumar Chabbewal were also in attendance.
Trident Group Chairman Padma Shri Rajinder Gupta, a stalwart in the ‘Indian Textile and Paper industry, an entrepreneur extraordinaire, and a luminary who has helped bring Indian Textile Industry to the global stage was conferred with Honorary Doctorate, Honoris Causa during the 1st convocation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab. Maharaja Ranjit […]
Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today conferred degrees to the students of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU) during the first convocation ceremony held. Addressing the students, the Chief Minister congratulated students for getting degrees from premier institute. He said that the Punjab Government was committed to stop […]
In a major reshuffle, three commissioners of police and five district police chiefs were transferred by the Bhagwant Mann-led Government in Punjab on Friday. They include seven Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and one Punjab Police Service (PPS) officer.Arun Pal Singh, a 1997-batch IPS officer, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, replacing Sukhchain […]
Union health secretary Rakesh Bhushan on Friday warned Haryana, Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram about recent weekly surges in Covid 19 cases in these states despite sustained and declining national trends. In a letter to Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Haryana today, Bhushan said nationally Covid-19 cases had been plummeting for two […]
Showing zero tolerance towards gangsterism, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asked the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) to stamp out gangsters from the state in order to repose people’s full faith and confidence in the law and order machinery. While chairing a meeting with the newly constituted AGTF team led by DGP […]
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday said that all the arrangements for the smooth procurement of wheat crop in the state have been put in place and assured all the stakeholders especially the farmers involved in procurement process would not face any difficulty. He said that the wheat procurement in all mandis of the […]
On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab government has issued detailed guidelines to all the administrative secretaries, head of departments, divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners to ensure punctuality of all employees/officers for the convenience of general public coming from far flung areas to these offices. Likewise, fixed timings should be prescribed […]