Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced names of ten Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators, including senior leaders Harpal Cheema and Vijay Singla, who will becomes ministers in his cabinet. The new ministers will take oath on Saturday, Mann said in a tweet.Cheema is the AAP legislator from Dirba area, and is one of […]
An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on Friday alleged that the Municipal Corporation authorities removed over 50 hoardings of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann from different parts of the city. Parminder Singh Dhot said the local party unit had spent more than Rs 2 lakh on installing these hoardings to congratulate Mann who took […]
A truck driver and a mechanic, engaged in repairing the vehicle on the roadside, died after being hit by a car on Phagwara-Jalandhar national highway on the outskirts of Phagwara, police said on Friday. The cleaner of the truck was seriously injured in the incident on Thursday evening.Sadar Police Station SHO Jatinder Kumar said the […]
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann met Sangrur and Patiala SSPs at his Sangrur residence on Friday. He also received the guard of honour from Sangrur Police.The CM met all senior police officers of Sangrur. Sangrur MLA Narinder Bharaj, on the occasion, said they would get investigated all “scams” under the previous government in the coming days.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday exhorted the top brass of state Civil and Police Administration to discharge their duties as public servant in the letter and spirit, thus respecting the massive mandate got by AAP in the recently concluded assembly polls. Addressing a maiden meeting after assuming charge as Chief Minister here at […]
Miffed with the delay in announcement of schedule for Delhi civic polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday approched the Supreme Court, seeking directions from the top court to the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct these elections in a ‘free and fair’ manner. “AAP moves Supreme Court seeking directions to the SEC to […]
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly and party veteran Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday. The meeting comes a day after Hooda attended a meeting of dissenting Congress leaders at the residence of Ghulam Nabi Azad where they discussed the Congress’ disastrous performance in the recently concluded Assembly elections […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday announced an anti-corruption helpline number. Mann chose the March 23 Matrydom Day for the launch of the helpline. This is the first major announcement made by Mann after he took over as Punjab Chief Minister yesterday.Claiming that this would be his personal WhatsApp number, he asked people […]
Chitkara University, Punjab, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gemini Solutions here today and launched the Gemini Ambassador Program to provide the students with enhanced opportunities. The MoU will pave a path for collaboration and co-operation between the duos and promote more effective use of each of their resources.The formal signup was completed by […]
SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal has surrendered his pension as an ex-MLA to the Punjab government.In a tweet addressed to the Punjab government and Assembly Speaker, the SAD patriarch says whatever pension accrues to him as an ex-MLA should be spent on public welfare and in no case should be sent to him. A formal […]